Julie is a lifelong fitness enthusiast and also a certified personal trainer with over twenty-five years of experience designing exercise and nutrition programs for various populations. She is also the founder and director of the popular Los Angeles-based Twelve-Week Emotional Eating Recovery Program, which offers an alternative to dieting by addressing the mind, body, and spirit imbalances underlying overeating. Her professional experience with and personal journey through childhood trauma, weight challenges, and body, brain, and spiritual imbalances led to the creation of the twelve-week program, which she has been running for twenty-five years. For general information and lots of inspiration from her blog, check her out at www.overeatingrecovery.com. Julie M. Simon, MA, MBA, LMFT