Jan Denise

JAN DENISE is the author of Innately Good: Dispelling the Myth that You're Not (Health Communications, $14.95). She is also known for her previous book, Naked Relationships: Sharing Your Authentic Self to Find the Partner of Your Dreams (Hampton Roads, $12.95), which examined the science of human relationships.

Denise penned the popular syndicated newspaper column "Inside Relationships" for 10 years, which was distributed throughout the US and Canada by Creators Syndicate. In it, she tackled topics ranging from sex, dating, and love, to self-esteem and personal empowerment, to emotional eating and body image. The underlying message each week was that all of your relationships reflect your relationship with self. She teaches people to know, love, and align with their authentic self.

Denise is a sought-after seminar leader and public speaker who has conducted relationship workshops, and taught professional and personal empowerment seminars across the country for a wide range of business, charity, and wellness groups: the Florida Leadership Summit, Job Corps, North American Conference of Separated and Divorced Catholics, Association of Insurance and Financial Advisers, Indiana Credit Union League, Twin Cities Singles, College of Social Work at the University of KY, Daytona State College, and Santa Fe College, to name a few. She teaches workshops in such venues as New York's Omega Institute, where she serves on the faculty, and Unity churches nationwide. She also consults with individuals and couples in her private practice.

A media veteran, Denise has been interviewed frequently on radio and television, and has been quoted and featured widely in newspapers and magazines across the US. She delivers scholarly substance with good humor from a heart that's been there.

She and her husband, Dr. Sam Ferguson, own and operate Gleneden Horse Farm and Retreat Center in McIntosh, Florida.