Mentors*: Are you in sustained recovery (at least one year largely free from symptoms of disordered eating behaviors and attendant unhealthy coping patterns) and desiring to grow in your own recovery by sharing your strength, experience and hope as a mentor with someone coming up behind you on the path to recovery?
Guidelines Just For Mentors
FIND a Mentor

Mentees**: Are you seeking an eating disorders mentor - someone who has stood in your shoes and can help to guide you through the recovery process?
Guidelines Just For Mentees
FIND a Mentee

So, How Does Mentoring Work, Exactly???
A Mentoring Tale
Some Helpful Ideas for New Mentoring Teams



ADDITIONAL SUPPORT : You may also be interested in our FREE online support community, . All you need to do to join is to set up a free myspace profile, and then send us an add request. Stay tuned for the future addition of Mentor-Mentee Forums on this site as well!


GETTING STARTED : Send us an and let us know who you are, where you are in your recovery, and what you are looking for (to be a mentor or a mentee).

Details you might want to include: your email address, your first name (or alias for confidentiality), age, gender, type of eating disorder, any other recovery-related issues you are working on, length of illness, length of time pursuing recovery, current support team, recovery goals, key learnings from your recovery journey thus far, anything else you wish to share.

Any questions - us and we will do our best to answer them for you!




*Mentor: a trusted guide who has knowledge and experience in a certain area, and is willing and able to share it.
**Mentee: a person in need of guidance and instruction, and is willing to receive it.

NOTE: This forum is provided as an option to connect those in strong recovery with those who are striving to strengthen in their recovery. It is NOT meant to replace the supervision and care of a qualified medical professional, and should never be construed as such. Use this service at your own risk. Shannon Cutts & Key to Life can NOT be held liable for any activities undertaken as a part or result of participating in this unmonitored forum.

NOTE TO MINORS: Before participating, obtain permission from your parents or legal guardian(s).