Life is Hard, Food is Easy: The 5-Step Plan to Overcome Emotional Eating and Lose Weight on Any Diet

"This book will completely change the way people think about food, giving them much-needed tools for successfully losing weight."

-Jack Canfield, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series

Linda Spangle is the founder and director of WINNERS for Life, a weight-management program in Denver, Colorado. She has counseled more than 1,200 clients and her clinic has served as a referral source for more than 350 Denver-area physicians.

A popular speaker in Denver, Linda has taught classes and seminars on eating disorders; emotional and psychological aspects of weight loss; nutrition and exercise; stress management; and motivation. Her clients include IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Merrill Lynch, Amoco Oil, and Medifast, Inc. Spangle's articles on nutrition, weight loss, and motivation appear in Denver's major newspapers and she is a frequent guest on local radio talk shows.

Spangle received her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from South Dakota State University, and her Master of Arts degree from the University of Northern Colorado. She lives in Denver with her husband, Mike, and their two dogs.