Donald B. Ardell is an outspoken freethinker who promotes a philosophy of REAL wellness. REAL is an acronym for Reason, Exuberance, Athleticism and Liberty – the four dimensions of a lifestyle conducive to well being and happiness. Don is a devotee of Robert Green Ingersoll and often performs a variety of the speeches, poems and quotations from the works of Royal Bob, The Great Agnostic of America’s Gilded Age.
Don is an All-American triathlete and duathlete and has won over a dozen national titles and seven world championships, including in London, Edmonton, Budapest, the Gold Coast of Australia, Montreal and Tasmania.
He has produced nearly a thousand editions of the Ardell Wellness Report beginning in 1984. His expertise is in providing entertaining lectures on REAL wellness (with an emphasis on secular humanist values) and assisting organizations transition into effective, rational cultures that support the common decencies.
