Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationships With Food Through Myths Metaphors And Storytelling
Anita Johnston, PhD
In addition to being an immensely enjoyable read, Eating in the Light of the Moon is filled with practical exercises and profound insights.
Transforming Body Image: Love The Body You Have
Marcia Germaine Hutchinson, EdD
Drawing on her experience as a workshop leader in the Boston area, the author sets forth a program designed to improve body-esteem. The key is a series of sometimes obscure exercises designed to do such things as train the imaginal muscles, get to know one’s body image, determine the role models one formed during childhood and pinpoint the sub-personalities that take part in the ongoing struggle with one’s body.
Revolution From Within: A Book Of Self-Esteem
Gloria Steinem
If we think of ourselves as circles, our goal is completion . . . if we think of work structures as circles . . . progress means mutual support and connectedness. Drawing from sources that range from Margaret Mead to Chief Seattle (Sealth), from Alice Walker to the Upanishads, as well as from her own life and the lives of her friends and colleagues, she provides a series of pathways to self-esteem.
Weight Wisdom: Affirmations To Free You From Food & Body Concerns
Kathleen Burns Kingsbury , MA, LMHC & Mary Ellen Williams, MSW, LICSW
The authors have treated hundreds of eating disordered people in their many years of therapy practice, from slender seven-year old Madeline who feels fat, to Clare, an overwhelmed mother who can only cope with stress by binging three times a day. In Weight Wisdom, they draw on their vast experience to illuminate a clear and practical path to recovery, offering a unique collection of daily affirmations that focus on the irrational beliefs, thoughts, and fears behind eating disordered behavior.
Spiritual Well-Being, Starving For Salvation: The Spiritual Dimensions
Of Eating Problems Among American Girls And Women
In Starving for Salvation, Michelle Lelwica challenges traditional theories by introducing and exploring the spiritual dimensions of anorexia, bulimia, and related problems. Drawing on a range of sources that include previously published interviews with sufferers of eating disorders, Lelwica claims that girls and women starve, binge, and purge their bodies as a means of coping with the pain and injustice of their daily lives.
A Starving Madness: Tales Of Hunger, Hope & Healing In Psychotherapy
Judith Ruskay Rabinor, PhD
Stories have the power to change lives. These compelling tales of seven women and one man are a revealing look at the complexity of eating disorders, the process of psychotherapy, and the healing power of the relationship between therapist and client. Sufferers, their loved ones, and caregivers will benefit from the insights provided by this beautifully written collection.
Body Stories: Research And Intimate Narratives On Women
Transforming Body Image In Outdoor Adventure
Body Stories is an inspiring collection of active outdoorswomen’s personal narratives, poems and compelling research findings on developing better body image through participation in sports and outdoor adventure.