About Susan Skog

     
 
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Susan Skog is a nationally known author, writer, and presenter. Trained as a journalist, she is the author of five books, including Peace in Our Lifetime: Insights from the World's Peacemakers; Radical Acts of Love: How Compassion is Transforming Our World; Depression: What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You; ABCs for Living; and Embracing Our Essence: Spiritual Conversations with Prominent Women. Radical Acts of Love was named one of the must-read books of 2001 by New Age Journal and the Wisdom Channel. It was also a OneSpirit Book Club selection for 2001. Radical Acts of Love features more than 80 examples of compassion in action in medicine, business, education, and elsewhere.

Embracing Our Essence, offers the spiritual stories of women such as Jane Goodall, Drs. Christiane Northrup, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Naomi Judd, and Betty and Susan Ford. It was widely praised by national media and developed into a series of national women’s conferences in California, Washington, D.C., and Colorado.

Susan is a frequent, popular lecturer on topics like living with compassion, resolving conflicts, and finding greater joy. She has presented at numerous corporate, medical, government, educational, and nonprofit organizations, including Hewlett-Packard, DePaul University, the USDA, Planetree Medical Alliance, Colorado State University, and MindShare Foundation, a nonprofit linking the world’s kids. She’s presented at bookstores and churches nationwide.

Susan also toured with the former Whole Life Expos in Florida and California and keynoted Embracing our Essence conferences in Washington, D.C., Colorado and California.

Susan has written numerous award-winning articles about science, medicine, technology, and the environment for the nation's leading periodicals. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with her husband and two sons.