About the Author, Suzan Tusson, CPCC
Suzan is an award winning writer, and the contributing author for Heart of a Woman, Heart of a Woman in Business, and Heart of a Military Woman, edited by Sheryl Roush. She is the editor of You are Not Alone: Life after a Breast Cancer Diagnosis by Andrea Schneider and has been a regular contributor for numerous print and online publications including the AARP Bulletin. Her blog celebrates women’s wisdom and encourages women over 40 to live their passion, purpose, and playfulness. She is currently working on her sequel, Partners at P.L.A.Y! Peace, Love, and Acceptance of Yourselves after 40.
Suzan is also an award-winning speaker whose extensive experience includes being the Keynote Speaker for Toastmaster’s District 5 Annual Awards Banquet and a panelist for the Association for Women in Science. She also develops curriculum, facilitates holistic, well-being coaching programs primarily for women in transition, and is a regular presenter at Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa in Southern California.
For the past 10 years Suzan has assisted hundreds of women over 40 to move powerfully through life transitions with innovative group and individual coaching programs. She most enjoys encouraging women to make significant improvements with their health and overall well-being.
Suzan graduated with a B.A.S. in Speech Communication from San Diego State University and is a certified Life Coach through the Coaches Training Institute, an internationally accredited Behavioral Sciences program. Her professional background includes more than 20 years in service industries. She has worked in the non-profit sector in both prevention and intervention as a consultant, coach, trainer, and program director overseeing the first youth violence prevention forum in San Diego which reached 18,000 youth. She also has experience in the hotel industry as a consultant, trainer, and coach, including a resort opening with 7,000 employees.
She has served on several professional boards including the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) where she received a Distinguished Service Award and the San Diego Professional Coaches Alliance (SDPCA) directing Professional Development.
Suzan is a life adventurer. She traveled around the world with her husband, Jim exploring the Inca Trail in Peru and Himalayas in Nepal, and most recently Africa, immersing in diverse cultures. An avid hiker, she was married on the peak of Mount Whitney (14,495 feet).
People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”
Mother Teresa
