This book provides the information to gain a deeper understanding of the severe epidemic of eating disorders. As treatment professionals, teachers, parents, siblings, and friends, we have a responsibility to one another, our society, and the generations to follow, to become knowledgeable and more willing to talk about this silent killer. It is time for us all to gain awareness and choose to do something differently before it is too late. WE need to work together to gain more insight to provide more prevention and share what WE are learning with the next individual who is willing to listen. Let’s choose to become united to help create freedom from the prison of eating disorders
This Book Can Help You
• expand your knowledge of eating disorders
• grasp their severity and prevalence
• explore the numerous causes
• identify early warning signs and recognize current symptoms
• increase awareness of the potential medical complications
• understand the meaning and importance of a multi-disciplinary treatment approach
• learn about the treatment options available
• facilitate a clinical interview
• enhance your understanding with the use of clinical vignettes

This book provides the information to gain a deeper understanding of the severe epidemic of eating disorders. As treatment professionals, teachers, parents, siblings, and friends, we have a responsibility to one another, our society, and the generations to follow, to become knowledgeable and more willing to talk about this silent killer. It is time for us all to gain awareness and choose to do something differently before it is too late. WE need to work together to gain more insight to provide more prevention and share what WE are learning with the next individual who is willing to listen. Let’s choose to become united to help create freedom from the prison of eating disorders
This Book Can Help You
• expand your knowledge of eating disorders
• grasp their severity and prevalence
• explore the numerous causes
• identify early warning signs and recognize current symptoms
• increase awareness of the potential medical complications
• understand the meaning and importance of a multi-disciplinary treatment approach
• learn about the treatment options available
• facilitate a clinical interview
• enhance your understanding with the use of clinical vignettes

“Sue Van Raes has taken on a beautiful mission – to help heal the feminine when it comes to food, body and soul. Health Wise is a wonderful gathering of resources, information, wisdom, and story that touches the heart and reminds us that the journey of a woman is unique, special and powerful. The simple and practical nutrition insights that Sue offers is a great distillation of some of the more useful health principles of our times. This book is clear, honest, heartfelt and much needed.”

—Marc David, Author and Founder of The INSTITUTE FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EATING

“We all need an owner’s manual to our own bodies. Sue Van Raes’ Heath Wise offers us just that. Written in a style that allows the reader to feel as though Van Raes is a trusted girlfriend, sharing secrets to health over a cup of comforting herbal tea, Health Wise is the book many of us have been looking for to provide the suggestions to reboot our own lives. As a twenty-year practitioner of holistic disciplines including Yoga and Ayurveda, I learned many key lessons from this book and look forward to sharing it with my students and clients”.

—Felicia Tomasko, Editor in Chief, LA YOGA and Find Bliss magazines

HEALTH WISE is designed to be a place where women can turn to find support, guidelines, and strategies to make a breakthrough in whatever area of health they yearn to transform.

HEALTH WISE is also a place where women can listen to the personal stories, successes, and wisdom of many other women sharing their experiences. With this insight you will find your own inspiration and connection to female empowerment, to our lineage as women, and to how the planet and our times are in dire need of a resurrection of the feminine.

This renewed and revolutionary quest deep into women’s health and happiness will illuminate your path to passion and purpose.

“Sue Van Raes has taken on a beautiful mission – to help heal the feminine when it comes to food, body and soul. Health Wise is a wonderful gathering of resources, information, wisdom, and story that touches the heart and reminds us that the journey of a woman is unique, special and powerful. The simple and practical nutrition insights that Sue offers is a great distillation of some of the more useful health principles of our times. This book is clear, honest, heartfelt and much needed.”

—Marc David, Author and Founder of The INSTITUTE FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EATING

“We all need an owner’s manual to our own bodies. Sue Van Raes’ Heath Wise offers us just that. Written in a style that allows the reader to feel as though Van Raes is a trusted girlfriend, sharing secrets to health over a cup of comforting herbal tea, Health Wise is the book many of us have been looking for to provide the suggestions to reboot our own lives. As a twenty-year practitioner of holistic disciplines including Yoga and Ayurveda, I learned many key lessons from this book and look forward to sharing it with my students and clients”.

—Felicia Tomasko, Editor in Chief, LA YOGA and Find Bliss magazines

HEALTH WISE is designed to be a place where women can turn to find support, guidelines, and strategies to make a breakthrough in whatever area of health they yearn to transform.

HEALTH WISE is also a place where women can listen to the personal stories, successes, and wisdom of many other women sharing their experiences. With this insight you will find your own inspiration and connection to female empowerment, to our lineage as women, and to how the planet and our times are in dire need of a resurrection of the feminine.

This renewed and revolutionary quest deep into women’s health and happiness will illuminate your path to passion and purpose.

“Sue Van Raes has taken on a beautiful mission – to help heal the feminine when it comes to food, body and soul. Health Wise is a wonderful gathering of resources, information, wisdom, and story that touches the heart and reminds us that the journey of a woman is unique, special and powerful. The simple and practical nutrition insights that Sue offers is a great distillation of some of the more useful health principles of our times. This book is clear, honest, heartfelt and much needed.”

—Marc David, Author and Founder of The INSTITUTE FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EATING

“We all need an owner’s manual to our own bodies. Sue Van Raes’ Heath Wise offers us just that. Written in a style that allows the reader to feel as though Van Raes is a trusted girlfriend, sharing secrets to health over a cup of comforting herbal tea, Health Wise is the book many of us have been looking for to provide the suggestions to reboot our own lives. As a twenty-year practitioner of holistic disciplines including Yoga and Ayurveda, I learned many key lessons from this book and look forward to sharing it with my students and clients”.

—Felicia Tomasko, Editor in Chief, LA YOGA and Find Bliss magazines

HEALTH WISE is designed to be a place where women can turn to find support, guidelines, and strategies to make a breakthrough in whatever area of health they yearn to transform.

HEALTH WISE is also a place where women can listen to the personal stories, successes, and wisdom of many other women sharing their experiences. With this insight you will find your own inspiration and connection to female empowerment, to our lineage as women, and to how the planet and our times are in dire need of a resurrection of the feminine.

This renewed and revolutionary quest deep into women’s health and happiness will illuminate your path to passion and purpose.

Would you like to lose five pounds, stop your hot flashes and sleep better, THIS WEEK?

These results are attainable when your hormones get into balance. The author explains how natural, safe solutions can bring fast results that last.

From her twenty-three years of experience in the health field, and after helping thousands of women at her Lancaster, Pa. health center, she has noted growing trends that ALL stem from a simple hormone imbalance:

CONCLUSION: Frustration is rising due to NOT getting validation about concerns or answers on these issues from the medical field or health/nutrition industry!

Are Your Hormones Imbalanced?

Perhaps your hormones have “shifted” a bit due to stress, age, pregnancy or menopause. Are you left feeling frustrated from trying to deal with many issues that do not seem to respond to diet, exercise, herbs, medication or even surgical procedures?

Would you like to lose five pounds, stop your hot flashes and sleep better, THIS WEEK?

These results are attainable when your hormones get into balance. The author explains how natural, safe solutions can bring fast results that last.

From her twenty-three years of experience in the health field, and after helping thousands of women at her Lancaster, Pa. health center, she has noted growing trends that ALL stem from a simple hormone imbalance:

CONCLUSION: Frustration is rising due to NOT getting validation about concerns or answers on these issues from the medical field or health/nutrition industry!

Are Your Hormones Imbalanced?

Perhaps your hormones have “shifted” a bit due to stress, age, pregnancy or menopause. Are you left feeling frustrated from trying to deal with many issues that do not seem to respond to diet, exercise, herbs, medication or even surgical procedures?

Would you like to lose five pounds, stop your hot flashes and sleep better, THIS WEEK?

These results are attainable when your hormones get into balance. The author explains how natural, safe solutions can bring fast results that last.

From her twenty-three years of experience in the health field, and after helping thousands of women at her Lancaster, Pa. health center, she has noted growing trends that ALL stem from a simple hormone imbalance:

CONCLUSION: Frustration is rising due to NOT getting validation about concerns or answers on these issues from the medical field or health/nutrition industry!

Are Your Hormones Imbalanced?

Perhaps your hormones have “shifted” a bit due to stress, age, pregnancy or menopause. Are you left feeling frustrated from trying to deal with many issues that do not seem to respond to diet, exercise, herbs, medication or even surgical procedures?

Go Goddess!

exhausted: adjective dead-tired, dog-tired, bone-tired, ready to drop, worn out, wiped out, burned out, tapped out, bagged, whipped.

Dear, Tired Goddess,
We see you there, holding this book, double espresso in your hand, eyelids half open. We know you have just a few minutes to yourself right now, so we plan to make this worth it for you.

We want you to stop feeling overwhelmed. But you need simple information—you need gentle changes and practical action that you can incorporate now into your crazy-busy, do-everything-for-everyone-else kind of life.

So how ’bout you start here? With Go Goddess!, Book One in the Goddess Revolution Series, you’ll join the simplest, most astonishing revolution around.

This book is an indispensable encyclopedia of how-tos:
• How to nourish yourself with holistic nutrition and whole foods
• How to gain back the energy you’ve lost
• How to do things for yourself, guilt-free
• How to balance career, motherhood, weight, and a sense of self

Preserve your precious energy and become the goddess you were meant to be. We’ve even included whole foods recipes and tips and tricks from our own lives as mothers and business women that have made us feel as goddess-y, as vibrant, and as ready to take on the world as can be.

This is your fresh start. This is your life preserver. And we are tossing it to you, Dear Goddess. Grab on and begin your own revolution.

Once you Go Goddess, you never go back.

With Love,
Barb and Jenn

Go Goddess!

exhausted: adjective dead-tired, dog-tired, bone-tired, ready to drop, worn out, wiped out, burned out, tapped out, bagged, whipped.

Dear, Tired Goddess,
We see you there, holding this book, double espresso in your hand, eyelids half open. We know you have just a few minutes to yourself right now, so we plan to make this worth it for you.

We want you to stop feeling overwhelmed. But you need simple information—you need gentle changes and practical action that you can incorporate now into your crazy-busy, do-everything-for-everyone-else kind of life.

So how ’bout you start here? With Go Goddess!, Book One in the Goddess Revolution Series, you’ll join the simplest, most astonishing revolution around.

This book is an indispensable encyclopedia of how-tos:
• How to nourish yourself with holistic nutrition and whole foods
• How to gain back the energy you’ve lost
• How to do things for yourself, guilt-free
• How to balance career, motherhood, weight, and a sense of self

Preserve your precious energy and become the goddess you were meant to be. We’ve even included whole foods recipes and tips and tricks from our own lives as mothers and business women that have made us feel as goddess-y, as vibrant, and as ready to take on the world as can be.

This is your fresh start. This is your life preserver. And we are tossing it to you, Dear Goddess. Grab on and begin your own revolution.

Once you Go Goddess, you never go back.

With Love,
Barb and Jenn

Go Goddess!

exhausted: adjective dead-tired, dog-tired, bone-tired, ready to drop, worn out, wiped out, burned out, tapped out, bagged, whipped.

Dear, Tired Goddess,
We see you there, holding this book, double espresso in your hand, eyelids half open. We know you have just a few minutes to yourself right now, so we plan to make this worth it for you.

We want you to stop feeling overwhelmed. But you need simple information—you need gentle changes and practical action that you can incorporate now into your crazy-busy, do-everything-for-everyone-else kind of life.

So how ’bout you start here? With Go Goddess!, Book One in the Goddess Revolution Series, you’ll join the simplest, most astonishing revolution around.

This book is an indispensable encyclopedia of how-tos:
• How to nourish yourself with holistic nutrition and whole foods
• How to gain back the energy you’ve lost
• How to do things for yourself, guilt-free
• How to balance career, motherhood, weight, and a sense of self

Preserve your precious energy and become the goddess you were meant to be. We’ve even included whole foods recipes and tips and tricks from our own lives as mothers and business women that have made us feel as goddess-y, as vibrant, and as ready to take on the world as can be.

This is your fresh start. This is your life preserver. And we are tossing it to you, Dear Goddess. Grab on and begin your own revolution.

Once you Go Goddess, you never go back.

With Love,
Barb and Jenn