Meet Our Founder
I'm Amie – a faith and family-loving writer, speaker, singer, and leader. I live on Amelia Island in Florida with my husband, and we have four amazing children. I graduated from Liberty University with a BS in Multi-Disciplinary Studies (Education and Psychology) and a Master of Education in Teaching and Learning. I’m also a certified life coach and biblical counselor, and it's my joy to serve those who struggle with eating disorders through Charis Eating Disorder Care.
Inspired by my own eating disorder recovery, I founded Charis Eating Disorder Care to help others. What began as a blog has grown into a 501(c)(3) organization with support groups and The Charis House, a residential facility for women with eating disorders, with plans for an adolescent home.
Amie Shields, Founder
Amie’s Story
In 2016, PTSD reared its ugly head. I relapsed and fell hard into the grips of my eating disorder and major clinical depression. While what happened over the next couple of years was some of the hardest stuff I’ve ever experienced, it was also the period of time that everything changed. Everything.
God used my time in residential treatment to save my life and open my eyes to the fact that I was one of the 4% of people who struggle with an eating disorder who could get the help that I needed long enough for lasting recovery. It was through my own recovery journey that Charis Eating Disorder Care was conceptualized.
Beginning in the form of a blog called Bring Your Brokenness, I shared my story in an effort to be an example of what it is to be vulnerable through honesty and transparency. As people connected, we launched support groups and incorporated to form a 501(c)3 organization. God gave me a dream of opening a nonprofit residential treatment facility where people can get the help they deserve regardless of how much money or insurance they have. That dream is being realized through The Charis House, a residential facility for adult women who struggle with eating disorders. But the Lord is not stopping there. We are planning to expand and open an adolescent home.
My prayer was and continues to be that others will bring their brokenness and join me in mine, because there is power in connection. I love that God takes the hard and allows me to comfort others in their brokenness with the comfort that I have received in mine. I pray that the fingerprints of God’s faithfulness, love, and sovereignty are abundantly evident in every part of the ministry of Charis Eating Disorder Care.