Louise's Bio Bio – Louise Smith On a professional level, Louise has over 30 years experience in marketing, sales, training and keynote speaking. She worked both in the corporate world and as a self-employed consultant specializing in communication skills training and keynote speaking. Louise Smith is an avid mountain biker, hiker and outdoor enthusiast. After deciding to enjoy a slower pace of life, she semi-retired to a chalet in Central Ontario (Canada). Here she works outdoors as a Lead/Rescue Guide in an aerial treetop trekking/zipline park, and following her first love, writes daily inspiration for The Lessons of Life. Louise's conversational-style writing has endeared her to many and is the main reason companies and organizations are seeking her out to write a The Lessons of Life article for their own clients and employees. After the SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) diagnosis of her niece Rebecca, Louise gathered friends and family to organize a fundraising event to support cure and treatment research. 2011 was the tenth anniversary of the Esso Rebecca Run for SMA, which in conjunction with the Angel Gala for SMA (also inspired by Rebecca), has now raised over $2 million dollars. In 2009 Louise published her first book, Death and the Lessons I Learned after nearly drowning in a fresh water lake. Her second book, Common Sense and Other Bits of Wisdom We Tend to Forget or Ignore was published in September 2010. Both are available on amazon.com (for USA and international) and amazon.ca (for Canada).