Acknowledgements

“Billie, your writing talent and organization of the material have built this book; but what has been most valuable to me has been your incredible calm and soothing voice on the end of the telephone when I felt most frazzled and worried. You calmed me down at the most important moments and helped give me perspective, especially by helping me formulate my ideas and put what I do in my practice onto paper.”

— Donna Fish, LCSW, Take the Fight Out of Food

“I am also indebted to Billie Fitzpatrick, whose skilled editing added whatever finesse and polish exist in my work.”

— Harry Freund, Love With Noodles

“I am very grateful to Billie Fitzpatrick who was able to take my manuscript with [these] to distinct parts and skillfully weave them together into a blended format which works so much better. It was a joy to work with her.”

— Dr. Henry Grayson, Mindful Loving

“Billie Fitzpatrick was absolutely essential in the creative process, helping me clarify the dimensions innumerable times so they carried to the reader the same energy I had witnessed in my office. Without her this book would not exist.”

— Dr. Lana Holstein, How to Have Magnificent Sex

“To Billie Fitzpatrick, my ‘book doctor,’ for stellar help at every level – organization, focusing ideas, making better transitions, and encouragement when it seemed like a daunting task.”

— Charlotte Kasl, If the Buddha Got Stuck

“Billie Fitzpatrick was sent to me from the gods of writing, and I am grateful for her collaborative energy and enthusiasm.”

— Emily Kaufman, The Travel Mom’s Ultimate Guide to Family Travel

“Billie Fitzpatrick, my writing collaborator – a woman who totally gets into her work. We delivered the final manuscript ten days before her daughter Dare arrived.”

— Lou Paget, Hot Mamas

“To Billie Fitzpatrick, my collaborator, who took my words and thoughts and translated them into a flowing whole.”

— Eve Pearl, Plastic Surgery Without the Surgery

“I would also like to thank Billie Fitzpatrick, my collaborator, who helped me shape my thoughts and feelings into words on the page.”

— Kathryn Sansone, Woman First, Family Always