Deborah Szekely: Pacific Pearl La Jolla Legacy Series hosted by Mimi Guarneri, MD, FACC, ABIHM
Channel: Pacific Pearl La Jolla
Date: 2016-07-20

The Pacific Pearl La Jolla Legacy Series: Pearls from the Luminaries of Health and Healing. Mimi Guarneri, MD, FACC, ABIHM, interviews true pioneers and notable leaders in health, medicine and wellness.

Deborah Szekely (pronounced SAY-Kay) is regarded as the godmother of the modern-day fitness movement. Deborah Szekely has been a lifelong warrior for wellness and leadership training. Deborah, aged 94 at this video in 2016, has been organic farming since 1930. She has run for Congress, served on the President’s Council of Physical Fitness for Presidents Nixon, Reagan, and Ford, and served as a delegate for UNESCO. In 1940, she co-founded Rancho La Puerta, the vibrant fitness and spa retreat in northwestern Mexico that continues to evolve, remaining in the vanguard of health & wellness philosophy. In 2012, Deborah founded a non-profit called Wellness Warriors to support wellness initiatives in Congress. Her remarkable fundraising has supported these national projects along with local initiatives, including preservation and development of San Diego's notable theatre, The Old Globe.

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