Suddenly downsized from her corporate telecom career, Canadian Sue Kenney walked 780 kilometers on a medieval pilgrimage route in Spain known as the Camino de Santiago de Compostella. She went alone in the winter with the intention of finding her life purpose. Blended with her profound experiences as a pilgrim, her athletic discipline as a competitive world class Master's rower and her extensive background in the telecommunications industry, Sue offers a unique perspective by sharing the lessons and virtues of being a simple pilgrim on the Camino, as a metaphor for being on a life journey with purpose. Sue has written a second book called Confessions of a Pilgrim. About the Author: As a pilgrim, Sue Kenney has walked over 5000 kilometers in total on five different pilgrimages on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, in Spain. It was on the first journey that Sue came to the realization that her purpose in life is to inspire others, using her voice. Blended with her profound of her experiences as a pilgrim, her athletic discipline as a competitive world-class Master's rower and her extensive background in the corporate telecommunications industry, Sue offers a unique perspective to her artistic projects and developing leadership skills by applying the lessons and virtues of being a pilgrim on the Camino, as a metaphor for being on a life journey. Sue provides leadership coaching, workshops, and inspirational speaking to both community and business audiences. Sue guides groups on the Camino and just completed her 8th walk with a group, this time barefoot. She wrote, produced, recorded and marketed a storytelling CD, Stone by Stone, reaching sales over 4000 copies internationally. She is an accomplished writer and has published her first book, My Camino, a Canadian bestseller and has released her second book Confessions of a Pilgrim. Sue also publishes and distributes a monthly newsletter to over 3500 subscribers. As a freelance writer she has written for Muskoka Magazine, Toronto Sun, Barrie Life and Times, LIFT among other periodicals. A recent recipient of a BravoFACT grant for a short animated film called FlipBook. She also co-produced another short film based on her second book. Sue has Directed her first feature length documentary Las Peregrinas, which was previewed internationally and raised over $16,000 for various causes around the world. Sue also wrote and performed a one-woman show called My Camino...a storytelling performance (she walks on a manual treadmill while telling stories of her journey )at the London and San Francisco Fringe Festival with critical acclaim. Sue has co-written the screenplay adaptation of her book My Camino which is in development as a feature film by Item 7, a production company in Montreal, Quebec. |
