Suzanne Brue

Suzanne Brue is a researcher, writer, and consultant on the connection between personality and physical exercise.

Her career began as a college counselor and faculty member at Trinity College and The University of Vermont. Inspired by her students, she developed an interest in the study of personality and individual differences and became a student of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) and then a Master Practitioner®.

Suzanne, an avid swimmer with an interest in fitness noticed that people are far more likely to succeed with exercise when the activity and environment matched their innate personality tendencies inspiring her to launch a six-year research project, interviewing hundreds of fit and physically active individuals from the full range of MBTI® personality types. From this research, she developed a revolutionary fitness personality system: The 8 Colors of Fitness™. In 2008 she wrote, The 8 Colors of Fitness™: Discover Your Color-Coded Fitness Personality and Create an Exercise Program You’ll Never Quit, followed by the 2015 publication of The 8 Colors of Fitness™: Your Workbook, and in 2018, The 8 Colors of Fitness™, Your Guidebook.

Suzanne is a frequent speaker at psychological and fitness conferences. Most recently, she partnered with several YMCAs and developed a statewide physical activity program for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida. Wellness professionals around the globe use her program to coach their clients/patients to become more fit.

Suzanne, a Purple, enjoys swimming, biking, yoga, and strength training among other things. She and her Silver husband divide their time between Delray Beach, Florida, and Healdsburg, California.