Mary Beth Sammons
Mary Beth Sammons is an award-winning journalist and women's issues columnist. Her work appears frequently in Family Circle, the Chicago Tribune's lifestyle section, and in leading consumer women's magazines. She is currently the "Finding You" editor for www.BettyConfidential.com and writes for various health and business publications. As a vice president of editorial, Mary Beth launched the editorial departments for the largest consumer health Web site -- RevolutionHealth.com and its subsidiary, CarePages.com, for which she writes separate blogs. In addition, she is currently working with the Stanford Research Institute as editorial director of a storytelling project focused on consumer health and wellness. She specializes in stories that inspire ordinary people to do extraordinary things from a place deep in their hearts. She has written six books in the women's self-help and mind/body/health field, including We Carry Each Other: Getting Through Life's Toughest Times, Conari Press, 2007. She lives in Chicago's suburbs with her three children.