About Dr. Susan Smith Jones

For a woman with three of America’s most ordinary names, Dr. Susan Smith Jones has certainly made extraordinary contributions in the fields of optimum health, fitness, and human potential. She not only teaches how to live a healthy, balanced life, she lives it! Selected as one of ten “Healthy American Fitness Leaders” by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness & Sports,* Susan has authored over 20 books, including Be Healthy~Stay Balanced: 21 Simple Choices to Create More Joy & Less Stress, Choose to Live Peacefully, Wired to Meditate, Vegetable Soup & The Fruit Bowl, Health Bliss, The Healing Power of NatureFoods, and her celebrated 4-color recipe book titled Recipes for Healthful Bliss, which includes over 150 color photographs of her recipes and resplendent foods. She holds a B.A. in Psychology, an M.S. in Exercise Physiology, and a Ph.D. in Health Sciences. For over 30 years, Susan taught students, staff and faculty at UCLA how to be healthy and fit.

Susan certainly walks her talk. She has written more than 500 magazine articles, with her picture on several covers, and appears regularly on radio and television talk shows around the country. Her inspiring message and innovative techniques for achieving total health in body, mind, and spirit have won her a grateful and enthusiastic following and have put her in constant demand internationally as a health and fitness consultant and motivational speaker (lectures, workshops, and keynote presentations) for community, corporate, and church groups. She is also founder and president of Health Unlimited, a Los Angeles-based consulting firm dedicated to the advancement of peaceful, balanced living and health education.

Susan is an acclaimed private natural-foods chef who works with discerning clients around the world. She creates menus and rejuvenation programs designed to support and complement the needs of her individual clients, as well as the participants at her specialized holistic health retreats. In addition, she serves as a recipe developer and new-product consultant for the health industry

As a holistic lifestyle coach, Susan creates individualized health programs and retreats for her clients. As a spiritual psychologist and meditation counselor, she uses her warm blend of wisdom, vision, and humor to help clients create an empowered presence, so they can live their highest vision and achieve their goals. And, as a trail guide, one of Susan’s greatest passions is taking individuals and small groups of people hiking throughout the Santa Monica Mountains -- from one hour easy strolls to all-day treks, to sunrise and sunset celebration adventures.

Many years ago, when a devastating car accident fractured Susan’s back so badly that doctors told her she would never again be physically active and would live a life of chronic pain, she proved her doctors wrong. Her miraculous recovery proved to her that we all have within ourselves everything we need to live our lives to the fullest. She now regularly participates in a variety of fitness activities including hiking, weight training, in-line skating, biking, horseback riding, pilates, and yoga.

	Susan and her brother Reid. Photo was taken - what seems like - a few years ago.

A gifted teacher, Susan brings together modern research and ageless wisdom in all her work. Owing to her optimistic, joyful approach to life and living, she has acquired the nickname of “Sunny” and lives in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

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* Previous winners include Lance Armstrong, the late President Ronald Reagan, former UCLA Basketball Coach John Wooden, Kathy Smith, Denise Austin, Richard Simmons, and Jack LaLanne.