Linda Spangle Click here to view details about Life is Hard, Food is Easy Linda Spangle, RN, MA, is a weight-management coach specializing in emotional eating. Having personally struggled with emotional eating, Linda Spangle is passionate about helping overweight individuals develop a level of self-trust and peacefulness with food. She brings depth to the field of weight management by going past the “don’t eat that” approach to dieting; instead, she helps people change their relationship with food. As she touches the lives of her readers, her goal is to leave them changed forever. Linda is the founder and director of WINNERS For Life, Inc., a weight-management clinic in Denver, Colorado. In her business, Linda has provided counseling services for more than 1,200 clients and has taught several thousand people in her workshops and seminars. Her clinic has served as a referral source for more than 350 Denver-area physicians. Participants in Linda’s weight-loss program have shown phenomenal success rates. Of those who complete the clinic’s one-year follow-up plan, more than 90 percent maintain their weight within 10 pounds of their goal. This far exceeds the national averages, which are often estimated at less than 10 percent. A popular speaker in the Denver area, Linda has taught classes and seminars on numerous topics including emotional and psychological aspects of weight loss, nutrition and exercise skills, stress management, burnout, and motivation. Her clients have included IBM, Johnson and Johnson, Merrill Lynch, and Amoco Oil, as well as numerous civic and not-for-profit groups. She has provided continuing education classes for organizations serving nurses, dietitians, and businesswomen. As a guest lecturer at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Linda has taught classes on eating disorders, wellness program design, and small group process. Linda received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from South Dakota State University and worked for fifteen years as a registered nurse in a range of settings. She also has a Master of Arts degree from the University of Northern Colorado with an emphasis on health education. Linda also has studied weight-loss counseling and emotional healing techniques from Dr. Kelly Brownell, University of Yale professor, Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine and Miracles, and Geneen Roth, author of When Food Is Love. Linda is a member of the National Speakers Association, the International Coach Federation, the National Writers Association and the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. Linda maintains a current license as a registered nurse. Click here to view details about Life is Hard, Food is Easy Click here to order from Amazon: