Self-Help, Eating Disorders & Body Image
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Answers to Anorexia
Master the Balance of Hope & Healing by James Greenblatt, Ali Nakip, MD and Jennifer C. Dimino, MS
Anorexia nervosa is a life-threatening disorder associated with high rates of relapse and ineffective therapeutic models. Conventional treatments overlook the biological consequences of self-starvation – consequences that impact brain function, ...
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Generation Clusterfu*ked
Mental and Emotional Life Hacks for Millennials by Daniella Ventresca
A book that’s long past due gives the middle finger to the clusterf*cked culture that has forged and f*cked up an entire generation, warping it away from achieving true happiness and balanced mental health. Daniella Ventresca, Social Worker, ...
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The Geode Theory
Chipping Away At Body Image by Teri Hofford
What do rocks have to do with body image? With personal stories and actionable steps, body image activist and educator, Teri Hofford helps women reconstruct the relationship they have with their body using geodes as a metaphor. Portraying the ...
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Broken to Blessed
by Angela Dawes and Vanessa Sullivan
Have you ever looked in the mirror and not recognized the person looking back at you? Have you ever looked at your body and thought you were facing your own worst enemy? Have you ever thought you had hit rock bottom only to discover you had further ...
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Integrative Medicine for Binge Eating
A Comprehensive Guide to the New Hope Model for the Elimination of Binge Eating and Food Cravings by James Greenblatt and Virginia Ross-Taylor
Every year millions of Americans struggle to lose weight, financing a huge dieting industry that earns fifty-five billion dollars annually. Despite their efforts, two-thirds of American adults remain either obese or overweight. It’s clear that ...
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Alone in a Crowd
A Story of a Registered Psychiatric Nurse's Struggles with Bulimia and Mental Wellness by Andrea Parmar and Mick Parmar
Always seemingly happy and talkative, the author shares the darkest secrets of her sixteen-year battle with an eating disorder. Hiding her insecurities “behind the mask” of a seemingly perfect life, Andrea struggles to be present in the moment even ...
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Comfort Cooking for Bariatric Post-Ops and Everyone Else!
by Lisa Sharon Belkin
For the first time in her life, Lisa Sharon Belkin thought her quest for thinness was over. After a lifetime of dieting and obesity, with a highest weight of 393 pounds, she lost over 165 pounds in the first few years after bariatric surgery. But ...
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Pressing On
The Blessed Journey Alongside a Daughter With an Eating Disorder by Elna Mary Loodus
We never know how we’ll deal with adversity until it confronts us. Elna Loodus was in many ways a typical mother, doing her best to balance her career and family with her anxiety disorder and spiritual needs. When her teenaged daughter Carly became ...
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