Connie Stapleton, PhD Organization

About Connie Professional: Owner of Mind/Body Health Services, Augusta, GA Author of Eat It Up: The Complete Mind/Body/Spirit Guide to a Full Life After Weight Loss Surgery and Thriving! Triumph Over Trauma: Real Life Stories of Recovery From Obesity Motivational Speaker Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Texas A&M, 1998 M.A. in Counseling from University of South Dakota, 1994 B.S. from Iowa State University, 1983 Personal: Married to Steve since 1983; he is an incredible man and I am beyond grateful for him! Mother of three married children – the most wonderful children ever (and their spouses, too)! I have three grandbabies, all in the Atlanta area. They are my heart! I have two granddogs! A Yorkie and a Golden Retriever All of mine and my husband’s siblings live several states away… FunFacts: All three of my children got married within a ten month period of time I love to sit on the boat in the middle of the lake The Young and the Restless is the only show I consistently watch on television I have four of the best girlfriends of 20 years one could ever imagine! AND great friends from recent years… WHAT A GIFT! ObesityHelp Contributing Author Create a 3-Step Plan To Be Your Best Self Relationships after WLS – Helping Yourself Helps Others Drinking Alcohol After Weight Loss Surgery Is Food Addiction a Problem for You? There’s No Such Thing As Food Addiction Three Keys To Sustained Weight Loss 10 Tips For Healthy Dating WLS: Balance in Recovery Post-Op Ten Tips for Battling Food (and Family) Over the Holidays Inadequately Trained to Help Obese Patients? 10 Tips For Reducing Holiday Stress 10 Thanksgiving Tips for Cutting Calories

• Solutions Program for Eating Disorders — Snellville, GA