Beautiful....unmasking the lie of addiction and reclaiming the real YOU has been a long time coming. I first started receiving requests to write a book 4 years ago, when I first started speaking about my experiences with my eating disorder. Back then, as a newly-recovered anorexic/bulimic and budding speaker, it was all I could do to handle speaking and concert requests and organize my thoughts on my life to meet the needs of each person who approached me for help.

Today the picture of my life looks very different - and so when this summer space all of a sudden miraculously opened up for me to begin work on Beautiful, I knew it was finally time.

If you have ever tried to write the story of your life, you know I really mean it when I say it is the most challenging project I have ever committed myself to. But it is also so worth it! To be able to finally capture in print all the life lessons that have brought so much healing and grace into my own life and the lives of those I have been speaking and singing to all these years....to be able to reach out in this way to young women, men and families I may never meet in person....to create a legacy of hope and positive change out of the ashes of my pain....what a privilege! What a blessing! What a joy!

And I want to invite you to be a part of Beautiful! Please be warmly invited to submit the following in the space below - and please know that all submissions WILL be read personally and responded to!

• Your personal stories of how Shannon & Key to Life have positively impacted your life
• Your thoughts on the lyrics to Shannon's song This Mask (around which Beautiful is loosely based) - click here to read the lyrics and respond in the space below
• Your questions for Shannon, including requests for topics you would like her to write about in Beautiful
• Messages of encouragement and support