Why do I have to read a book to join at the Mentee level?
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 02:10PM The book "Beating Ana: How to Outsmart Your Eating Disorder and Take Your Life Back" is the first book written to describe the efficacy of adding a mentor to a recovering person's support team.
The first 31 pages and completion of an exercise in the chapter entitled "The First Step" are required prerequisites for all Mentee level applicants.
This is because we have found that mentoring matches work much better when both participants are informed about the Mentor Model that MentorCONNECT uses. Match participants have also reported that they have found it very helpful to have a foundational understanding in place about how mentoring can be useful and how to take a mentor's support before making their match.
The book is applicable for all diagnoses - from anorexia and bulimia to eating disorders not otherwise specified and binge eating disorder. It describes how a mentoring partnership can work, gives examples of the types of questions a mentee might ask a mentor, offers guidelines to pick a mentor or be a mentor, and uses actual correspondence between MentorCONNECT founder Shannon Cutts and five of her longtime mentees to do so.
MentorCONNECT maintains a small book scholarship program for Mentee level membership applicants who have a true financial need and cannot afford the book. If this describes you, then we invite you to EMAIL us to describe your financial situation and request to be added to the list to receive a free copy of "Beating Ana".
PLEASE NOTE: If you are presently unwilling or unable to complete the required reading from "Beating Ana" before applying at the Mentee level, we warmly invite you to apply as a General Support level member instead.
Reader Comments (1)
Would it be possible for me to work with mentor that is over 40. I've had anorexia all my life and I would like to work with a mentor that would be age approriate.