Susan Powter


Susan Powter (b. December 22, 1957, Sydney, Australia) is a motivational speaker, dietitian and personal trainer who rose to fame in the 1990s with her mantra "Stop the Insanity!" She gives few details of her personal life except that she has always been somewhat estranged from her parents, Colin and Jan Powter, that she was educated by Dominican nuns, and that she has 3 sons (23, 22 & 9 years old). Sons Damien and Kiel were born from her first marriage to Nic Villareal (1982-1988). Although she had a second marriage to Lincoln Apeland from 1989-1995, he is not the father of her third son.