Schaefer - Goodbye Ed, Hello Me

What an inspiration to read Jennis amazing story about recovering from an eating disorder and falling in love with herself and life. Writing from the heart with sincerity and wisdom, she provides insight, hope, and motivation for those in a battle with their body and self. This uplifting book is a must read for anyone with an eating disorder or who cares about someone who suffers from anorexia nervosa or bulimia.

Ann Kearney-Cooke, Ph.D.; Distinguished Scholar, Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine, Columbia University; and author of Change Your Mind, Change Your Body: Feeling Good About Your Body and Self After 40

This book is exactly what the eating disorders community needs. Good-Bye Ed, Hello Me breaks the chains of the recovery journey and embarks on a whole new frontierreal life. Jennis signature wit, sense of humor, and authenticity help readerswhether they are parents, patients, or professionalsget past looking at the disease and turn the focus to what matters: the person. Providing enduring hope and inspiring her readers to action, Jenni has done it again!

Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 2008

In Good-ByeEd, Hello Me, Jenni gives us a stunning personal account of what life can be when you truly, really, completely recover from an eating disorder. She promises full freedom and assures us that a life filled with love, laughter, and true happiness is waiting. Thank you, Jenni, for sharing your journey and telling all those who suffer from eating disorders, yes, you can!

Kitty Westin, M.A., LP; President, Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy & Action

Jennis compassionate follow-up to Life Without Ed provides inspiration to every person struggling with an eating disorder. Her candid memoir gives hope to the hopeless, beyond beating an eating disorder. Life gets ever so much bettertold by someone who has battled the body bashing, eating wars, and mind games to emerge wiser, joyous, and authentic. Good-bye, eating disorder; hello, thriving life!

Evelyn Tribole, M. S., RD; coauthor of Intuitive Eating

Jenni Schaefers Good-Bye Ed, Hello Me is a powerful answer to the question many sufferers of ED ask: What will my life look like when its not controlled by Ed? By highlighting her own struggle along the way to her recovery, Schaefer demonstrates there is hope for everyone who chooses to start along the path. As she rightly notes, with recovery, anything is possible!

Jess Weiner, author of A Very Hungry Girl and Life Doesnt Begin 5 Pounds from Now

Readers not only will learn how to fall in love with life but also will fall in love with Jenni Schaefers second book, Good-Bye, Ed, Hello Me. Jenni has beautifully crafted a tale of her journey into wellness that is at once practical, poetic, and promising. Both clinicians and clients alike can benefit from this inside look at what it takes on a body/mind level to fully recover from the tenacious grip of an eating disorder. Especially helpful are Jennis focus on body image, the steps necessary to take in order to shift away from the disease identity, and how to overcome feeling weird when you are actually feeling good.

Adrienne Ressler, LMSW, CEDS; National Training Director, the Renfrew Center Foundation

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To my fellow Ed-busters,
those recovering from eating disorders, those who are
recovered, family members and friends, and all of the