Welcome!

My name is Shannon Cutts. I am the executive director of MentorCONNECT, the first global eating disorders mentoring community.

I am also the author of Beating Ana: How to Outsmart Your Eating Disorder and Take Your Life Back, the first book that explains step-by-step how to find and work with a recovery mentor.

MentorCONNECT and Beating Ana offer you all of the tools I used to recover from my 15-year battle with anorexia and bulimia.

Today, I have been healthy for over a decade! WOW!

If you are ready to make a huge LEAP forward in recovery by taking just two simple steps, you have come to the right place.

*Step One: ORDER  Beating Ana

*Step Two: JOIN  MentorCONNECT (absolutely FREE!)

I look forward to celebrating our recovery triumph together!

YOU Are Why I Do What I Do

Thank you so much!  The seminar on Mentoring & Eating Disorders was really great and you are a compelling speaker!  -Bonnie Harken, iaedp (International Assoc. of Eating Disorders Professionals)

I just thought I'd let you know that I was bombarded at school today with nothing but WONDERFUL comments about the Beauty Undressed presentations yesterday. There was one specific comment I loved. It was something along the lines of, "Man, we were sitting there saying, 'if she were our age she would totally be the person I'd want to have for my best friend!' " -Rebecca Jackson, Paul G. Blazer High School, Ashland, KY

Everyone had great things to say about Beauty Undressed – they could all relate and found it engaging, humorous, and yet touching. Laura Anderson, Fisher College 

MentorCONNECT is a positive and powerful way for individuals and professionals to lift up and support each other when they feel no one else in the world could possibly care.  Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 2008

Thank you for MentorCONNECT. It really has been the most influential tool in my recovery thus far. I feel like MC is my recovery family. I can get on here when I'm struggling with thoughts or when I am in a really good place, and always find people who care. -Caitlyn Davis

In Beating Ana, Shannon Cutts offers a wealth of guidance that will do nothing less than save lives. This is a book that needs to be in the hands of every person in the eating disorder world: those who suffer, those who love them, and every professional who treats them. -Doris Smeltzer, author of "Andrea's Voice: Silenced by Bulimia" 

Unlike any other book about eating disorders, Beating Ana uniquely illustrates the importance of people connecting with one another for support and encouragement along the recovery road. -Jenni Schaefer, Author of "Goodbye Ed, Hello Me" and "Life Without Ed"

My struggle with bulimia has been long and arduous, beginning at age 11 till now (26). Reading Beating Ana has been inspiring, motivational, and uplifting. This book is well worth investing in. Luv Ev