Imagine a World in which it is easy to find someone to turn to who understands your struggles, identifies with your wounds, and knows how lonely and scary it feels to live inside your skin. In this fantastic brave new world, you would face your eating disorder head on, standing tall and firm with supportive friends by your side as you get better—and stay that way! Well our next guest, author. speaker, writer, performing songwriter and mentor, Shannon Cutts will talk about her book “Beating Ana: How to outsmart your eating disorder and take your life back” shows us how to open the door to this world as she introduces you to a whole new way of thinking about and recovering from your eating disorder. Beating Ana takes on a new approach that no eating disorder book has taken; she emphasizes the importance of mentoring relationships to the recovery process.

Shannon is a speaker, writer, performing songwriter and mentor.

She is also and most importantly a SURVIVOR.

After emerging triumphantly from a fifteen-year battle with anorexia & bulimia, Shannon began giving motivational, inspirational concerts to share hope and empowerment with others who were hurting. Soon her audiences began to ask for the stories behind her songs. It wasn't long before Shannon was being invited to speak about the HOW-TO's behind her powerful story of recovery.

In 2004, Shannon founded Key to Life: unlocking the door to hope, an outreach organization that offers powerful programs, workshops, concerts, products, and services to facilitate recovery from eating and related disorders.

In 2008, partnering up with a team of leaders in the field of eating disorders recovery, Shannon founded MentorCONNECT, the first global mentoring network to connect those in strong recovery from eating disorders with those needing recovery support.

As of February 2009, Health Communications, Inc. is proud to announce the release of her first book, Beating Ana: How to Outsmart Your Eating Disorder and Take Your Life Back.

Now, through the many Key to Life programs, concerts and her new book, Shannon guides sufferers, families, support team members and whole communities to reach for and ACHIEVE their recovery goals.

Together, we are "bringing healthy back" into our homes, our schools, our communities and our LIVES.