"I want to say how much I love Susan Gaines's column. It was always interesting when it was about fitness stuff (even for a couch potato like me) but now it's so intimate – it feels like a stolen coffee moment with a girlfriend."
"Thanks for you article in Metro 09.08. It has given me hope and inspiration that I too can find a "New Family"...You revealed for me the beginnings of my own ‘new family' that I didn't realize I already have: Good girlfriends – who are always there for me..."
"Greetings from SoFlo. Just wanted to congratulate you on your journey...you've found people to inspire across the U.S."
In Metro magazine's monthly column 'Personal Gaines', Susan intimately chronicles her physical, emotional and spiritual adventures in first-person stories about her life. No subject is off limits as she invites readers into painful and ultimately empowering chapters about family, dating, friendship, divorce, addiction, love, loss – and always gains. The column has grown in popularity, gathering loyal readers who are moved by her courageous honesty.
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Her personal journey as a third-degree black belt in tae kwon do and now a certified Gyrotonic® instructor uniquely positions her to write about fitness from the perspective of personal growth as well as from a scientific, how-to angle. She tackles the science side in Minnesota Medicine and some more nebulous combinations in Experience Life. As Health + Fitness columnist and blogger for METRO magazine and several other Tiger Oak Publications.
Susan has been writing on assignment for a wide range of publications for 20 years. Her work has appeared nationally in Better Homes + Gardens and Redbook, and widely in the Twin Cities area. Throughout her 20-year career as a freelance journalist, she has gracefully tackled subjects in the arts, medicine, parenting and psychology.