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Lynn Gerhard has spent more than a decade in leadership positions, and yet the first thing you will notice about her is an authentic humility of spirit. For Lynn, the pathway to achieving and maintaining her recovery has come through humble, loving service and staying connected to the recovery community. Learn from Lynn how she has maintained 20 years of recovery from various issues, including alcoholism, codependency, and binge eating disorder. Discover how you, too, can strengthen in your recovery by learning to take the small right steps that really do add up to lasting recovery! As Lynn says, “The maintenance and growth of my own life of recovery lends urgency to the need to share my experience, strength, and hope with others.” You can learn more about Lynn by visiting the MentorCONNECT Leadership page at www.mentorconnect-ed.org/mcleadershipteam/

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Tonight’s teleconference topic is “Life Beyond your Eating Disorder”, and we are excited to welcome eating disorders survivor and author, speaker and non-profit director Johanna Kandel. Johanna is the author of “Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder: Reclaim Yourself. Regain Your Health. Recover for Good.” She is also the founder and director of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, a Florida-based non-profit eating disorders awareness and support organization that has been supporting recovering persons since 2000. In this teleconference, you will learn how Johanna, a former ballerina, went from believing she would never recover from her eating disorder to being fully recovered, founding her own nonprofit to help others, and writing a book about her experiences to encourage others that there IS life beyond your eating disorder. You will learn from Johanna herself which techniques were helpful to strengthen her recovery, and also find out more about her activism efforts to support you and others who are recovering! Also you can visit her at www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com to learn more about her work.

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Take a unique and personal look into the treatment and recovery of eating disorders with Carolyn Costin, celebrated teacher, activist, speaker, therapist, and author of the new book, 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder. Carolyn--herself recovered from an eating disorder for over 35 years--has dedicated herself to helping others do the same. Carolyn also trains professionals and educates the public in the understanding, prevention and treatment of eating disorders. In this special teleconference, Carolyn will share her insights into what it takes to successfully beat this challenging and sometimes seemingly intractable disorder. Perhaps, most importantly, Carolyn offers hope that full recovery is possible.  Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn from one of the most distinguished and successful eating disorders therapists in the country! www.carolyncostin.com

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In this teleconference, Thom will be joined by Jeanette Henriques (on the MentorCONNECT Board of Directors) and Cheryl Kerrigan (author of Telling ED NO!), & his retreat co- facilitator, Julie Merryman, to talk the essential role that developing a quality support system plays in any solid recovery plan. If you have experienced any hesitation about connecting with support, if you have difficulty knowing what kind of support you need and/or if you have trouble knowing who to trust as support, please join us. Time with these four is always well spent: extremely helpful in the most practical ways and always fun. As Thom always says: "No one, which means no one, can recover alone. And you are not the exception to this rule." Visit Thom at www.nutshellwisdom.com

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Chenese Lewis has grown up in the "thin is in" culture that surrounds us all - and yet somehow seems to be immune to its messages of low self-esteem, poor body image, and holding back from life due to how you look. She is bold, beautiful, and curvy - and attributes her success in the notoriously image-conscious fields of modeling and acting to her ability to love her body - and herself - no matter what anyone else says. Tune in and learn how Chenese has learned to love her body and herself - and how you can follow in her footsteps to embrace your body and your life just as you are! Visit Chenese at www.cheneselewis.com

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In this special holiday teleconference, best-selling author and beloved speaker and teacher Jenni Schaefer treats us to readings from her books, "Goodbye Ed, Hello Me" and "Life Without Ed", and shares insights from her own recovery journey about how we can each find the support we need while connecting with the true meaning of the holiday season. This year, instead of spending your holiday time with "Ed" (for "eating disorder"), learn how to spend your precious holiday days enjoying quality time with your loved ones - and with YOU! Learn more about Jenni at www.jennischaefer.com

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Kay Keller Cason lived through the nightmare of an unfolding eating disorder as her 10-year old daughter suddenly stopped eating. From this experience Kay went on to become a co-founder for one of the first eating disorders inpatient treatment facilites in the country today, Remuda Ranch. In this moving and compassionate teleconference, Kay shares what she has learned about how to support a recovering loved child or loved one and at the same time seek out your own sources of support as a parent, family member, friend or spouse. If you are struggling to see the light at the end of the recovery tunnel as a family, then this teleconference is just for you!

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Dr. Walter Kaye is one of the country's leading researchers into the neurobiology of eating disorders. He has made many contributions to the field with his primary focus on studying the relationship between the brain and behavior and determining how we can better understand the symptoms of eating disorders. Dr. Kaye has focused his extensive career on developing innovative research practices to bring help, hope, and healing to recovering persons and their loved ones. In this teleconference, Dr. Kaye will review fascinating findings from his research on anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders. He will highlight information that will facilitate changing our approach to how recovering people view their disease and the positive traits that are too often viewed only in a negative light. If you are a recovering person and have ever caught yourself wondering, "Why am I the way that I am?" or if you are a loved one of someone who is recovering and you have ever struggled to understand why they can't "just eat more" and other such mysteries of the recovery process, then this teleconference is tailor-made for you! To learn more about Dr. Kaye and his research, visit him at: http://eatingdisorders.ucsd.edu/faculty/psych_faculty.shtml

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In this teleconference, Thom Rutledge will be joined by Jeanette Henriques (on the MentorCONNECT Board of Directors) and Cheryl Kerrigan (author of "Telling ED NO!"), & his retreat co-facilitator, Julie Merryman to talk about what they believe are the must-haveʼs and must-doʼs of successful eating disorder recovery. Time with these four is always well spent: extremely helpful in the most practical ways and always fun. Or, as Thom always says, "There is no substitute for action." Learn more about Thom Rutledge at www.nutshellwisdom.com, or join him on Facebook.

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Whether it is your first time to seek treatment or you have been through the process before, it can be so difficult to know how to choose the right level of treatment for your needs! Similarly, if you are a family member who is seeking treatment on behalf of a loved one who is struggling to recover, it can be difficult to know where to begin, what questions to ask, and even what the different terms mean. For this teleconference, join Dr. Jen Nardozzi, National Training Manager for the Renfrew Center, as she guides you through the different levels of treatment so you can learn how to select the right level of treatment for your needs. For more information and to contact Dr. Jen Nardozzi, visit www.renfrewcenter.com

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