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| First Name | Susan |
| Last Name | Sommers |
| Member Since | October 8, 2021 |
| susan@susansommers.ca | |
| Phone | 416-303-4028 |
| City | Toronto |
| State | ON |
| Country | Canada |
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| Branch Affiliation | Toronto |
| Website | WWW.POWERSOURCEFORWOMEN.COM |
| @blondbookie | |
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| Bio | ABOUT SUSAN SOMMERS SUSAN SOMMERS is an engaging, high-energy, impactful speaker who inspires her audiences to build resiliency, conquer change, and accelerate success. As a popular motivational speaker, Susan delivers memorable, moving, and humorous presentations to audiences of all sizes internationally and has been featured at International Women’s Day events in India and Canada and on transatlantic cruise ships. Susan delivers Keynote presentations, workshops, courses, and retreats through her company, www.powersourceforwomen.com Susan is an award-winning health and fitness expert and a two-time Marathoner with a unique, compelling story: She entered her first walk race, The Beaches Jazz Festival 5k Race in downtown Toronto, at 59 and came in first in her age group. Two weeks after the race, Susan received a pair of socks and a certificate in the mail. She was hooked: that summer, Susan signed up for 3 more 5k’s and, the next year, two 10k races. At 61, Susan completed her first 21k, the Scotiabank Half Marathon. At 63 and 65, she completed two full Marathons, walking for 7 ½ hours. Since then, she has entered thirty-three other races and has co-authored two books on health, fitness, and spirituality, Power Source for Women: Strategies, Tools, and Success Stories for Women 45+ and Love Your Body…Embrace Your Life! In June, 2020, during COVID-19, Susan registered online for the Conqueror Challenge: to walk the 778 kilometre El Camino de Santiago route virtually. Walking 15,000 steps a day through neighbourhoods, ravines, and waterfronts in downtown Toronto, she completed the challenge in four months and received a gorgeous medal in October, 2021. She launched her latest new book, The Magic of Walking: Your Guide to a Balanced, Purposeful Life, in July, 2021. Based on her own fitness and health successes, Susan provides her audiences with proven strategies, tools, and journaling, photography, and Vision Boarding ideas for physical, mental, and spiritual strength at all stages of life. |
| Publications | AUTHOR, THE MAGIC OF WALKING: YOUR GUIDE TO A BALANCED, PURPOSEFUL LIFE, Susan Sommers (launched, July, 2021) and the audiobook edition (launched, June, 2022) CO-AUTHOR, LOVE YOUR BODY...EMBRACE YOUR LIFE! Balboa Press, 2016 CO-AUTHOR, POWER SOURCE FOR WOMEN: PROVEN FITNESS STRATEGIES, TOOLS, AND SUCCESS STORIES FOR WOMEN 45+, Irwin Publishing, 2010 AUTHOR, MARKETING TO WIN: CREATING AND SUSTAINING YOUR NONPROFIT BRAND, Civil Sector Press, 2009 Created a comprehensive book on marketing and media relations for non-profits of all sizes and focuses. AUTHOR, BUILDING MEDIA RELATIONSHIPS, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2008 Updated and expanded book, Building Media Relationships. AUTHOR, BUILDING MEDIA RELATIONSHIPS, Nelson/Thomson, 2002 Wrote very successful book on Canadian media used as the Public Relations textbook in universities and community colleges across Canada. Created a workbook on Media Relations for non-profits. AUTHOR, HANDMADE IN ONTARIO, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976 Created Directory of craftspeople and retail outlets in Ontario. Sold 5,000 copies. EDITOR, ONTARIO CRAFTS COUNCIL, 1980 to 1982 WEEKLY COLUMNIST, The Globe and Mail, 1980 to 1982 WEEKLY COLUMNIST, The Toronto Star, 1978 to 1980 |
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| Awards | . In March, 2017, Susan Sommers received the IWA Empowered Women Award of Excellence from the International Women’s Association “in recognition of her outstanding commitment, dedication, and contribution to the community”. |
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| Genres | Academic, Autobiography, Biography & Memoir, e-Book, Educational, Health, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Self Help, Sports & Outdoor |
| Available For | Readings, Presentations, Workshops, Book Club Meetings, Speaking Engagements |
| Services Offered | Promotional Copy |