Due to a condition called pre-femoral focal disorder, St. John had her right leg amputated below the knee when she was 5 years old.
[3][2] St. John has written six books: Succeeding Sane; Getting Ahead at Work Without Leaving Your Family Behind; Money: Fall Down?
Together, they traveled around the world on an extraordinary mother-daughter journey into the lives, and life lessons, of fascinating women leaders including Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
[12] Bonnie St. John was formerly married to Dr. Grant Deane, an ocean acoustician and physicist at Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
She has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, Montel and the Discovery Health Channel.
She worked in the White House during the Clinton administration as a Director for the National Economic Council, and is currently CEO of Courageous Spirit, Inc.