The Author

"Susan Omilian is a talented and gifted healer for those who are on the difficult journey of recovering their life after abuse. She is a superb communicator with a heartfelt message that enables those who have suffered to dare to hope again of new possibilities for their lives. Her book is not only timely, but timeless as well."

— Anita Swanson, author, Slow Hope, The Long Journey Home

Susan Omilian's Mission, Work and Inspiration

Author and Workshop Originator

Susan Omilian is the author of The Thriver Workbook: Journey from Victim to Survivor to Thriver! and the award-winning originator and facilitator of the My Avenging Angel Workshops™. Praised by participants as “life-changing,” the workshops have helped hundreds of women move beyond abuse and create a new future for themselves and their children.

With The Thriver Workbook and Companion CD, Susan expands her unique, groundbreaking work begun in 2001 when she created her workshops based on the idea that “living well is the best revenge.”

Inspired by her own personal tragedy, Susan has tranformed a tragic loss into an amazing opportunity to empower others to heal and find positive energy and hope in their lives despite experiencing violence, abuse and trauma in their lives.

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Praise for Susan's Work

Recognized as the "Missing Piece"

Sarah French, Susan Omilian & Cecile Enrico Since 2001, Susan’s innovative work has been highly acclaimed as a “missing piece” for victims of abuse after crisis intervention services and support groups. Susan's workshops, and now The Thriver Workbook, help women move on to live healthy, happy, productive lives.

“Susan offers women struggling with current or past relationships the much-needed emphasis on moving themselves forward. Through the exercises in Susan’s workshops and now The Thriver Workbook, women are guided to set goals that can advance them to the next level of healing and aid them in fulfilling their long-held dreams and desires.”
— Hospital administrator, Hartford, Connecticut

Susan has received numerous awards and recognitions for her work.

Susan’s Inspiration

A Tragic Loss and an Opportunity

aqua butterfly Shocked and outraged when her nineteen-year-old niece Maggie was killed in 1999 by her ex-boyfriend, Susan vowed to work with women who did survive abuse to help them reclaim their lives as Maggie could not. Thereafter, Susan's work became more personal, immediate and impassioned.

Susan wrote: "Maggie would be outraged by the way she died and would want us to do something about it. But she'd also have those of us who loved her so dearly find something in the way she lived to help us heal our pain, give us hope for the future and find a place in our hearts to forgive."

Susan took up this call in a unique and inspiring way.

Susan's Expertise

Recognized National Expert

inset_13295338_o Susan is a recognized national expert on women's issues and an articulate spokesperson on the process of recovery after violence and abuse. She has been invited to speak and conduct trainings throughout the country at colleges and schools, meetings of women’s organizations, awareness events and national and international conferences.

Because of this expertise, Susan can speak on a variety of topics, including several that are directly related to the death of Maggie, her niece — a victim of dating violence — as well as Susan's unique motivational model that she has developed to help women move on after abuse.

Advocate for Women

A Record of Accomplishment

inset_8937976_o Today, Susan Omilian is the author of The Thriver Workbook, but she also has been a practicing attorney and advocate for women for the past thirty-five years. In that time, she has worked vigorously and passionately to ensure women's rights, erradicate violence against women and fight sex discrimination.

Susan has a record of accomplishments that have helped to bring about societal and institutional changes for women. She brings her background and expertise to her current work, helping women move on and thrive after abuse through her My Avenging Angel Workshops^TM which she originated and now facilitates. She is also the author of The Thriver Workbook, one of several books and many articles she has had published.

Susan's extensive background and work on women's issues is listed below.