After six years of chronic bingeing and purging, Kathryn Hansen stopped her eating disorder independently and abruptly, using one tool and one tool only: the power of her own brain. In Brain over Binge, Kathryn traces the course of her condition and describes in detail her unconventional approach to recovery. In the process, she offers a much-needed alternative …
Psycho-Cybernetics, A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life
Put more living in your life! Psycho‑Cybernetics is renowned doctor and professor Maxwell Maltz’s simple, scientific, and revolutionary program for health and success.Happiness and success are habits. So are failure and misery. But negative habits can be changed—and Psycho‑Cybernetics shows you how!This is your personal guide to the amazing power of Psycho‑Cybernetics—a program based on one of the …
When stress comes knocking, we eat. When we’re celebrating, we eat. When we’re happy, sad, angry, bored, or relaxed, we eat. Whether we feel good about our bodies or loathe what we see in the mirror, we eat. And often, we hate ourselves for it. Diets don’t work. “No pain, no gain” tactics are emotionally and physically draining …
Wasted Updated Edition: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.)
A classic of psychology and eating disorders, now reissued with an important, and perhaps controversial, new afterword by the author, Wasted is New York Times bestselling author Marya Hornbacher’s highly acclaimed memoir that chronicles her battle with anorexia and bulimia.Vivid, honest, and emotionally wrenching, Wasted is the memoir of how Marya Hornbacher willingly embraced hunger, drugs, sex, and …
Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
Fat isn’t the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesn’t match an impossible ideal is the problem. A medical establishment that equates thin” with healthy” is the problem.The solution?Health at Every Size.Tune in to your body’s expert guidance. Find the joy in movement. Eat what you want, when you …
This trusted bestseller provides all the information needed to understand binge eating and bring it under control, whether you are working with a therapist or on your own. Clear, step-by-step guidelines show you how to: *Overcome the urge to binge. *Gain control over what and when you eat. …
Reclaiming Yourself from Binge Eating: A Step-By-Step Guide to Healing
If you understand what it’s like to be caught up in the trap of binge eating, emotional eating, mindless eating, or the constant loop of dieting and binge eating, then this book is for you. Compulsive eating, then dieting, then cheating on your diet, then bingeing, then starting a new diet again is like being trapped in an …
The Food and Feelings Workbook: A Full Course Meal on Emotional Health
An extraordinary, powerful connection exists between feeling and feeding that, if damaged, may lead to one relying on food for emotional support, rather than seeking authentic happiness. This unique workbook takes on the seven emotions that plague problem eaters guilt, shame, helplessness, anxiety, disappointment, confusion, and loneliness and shows readers how to embrace and learn from …
Tens of thousands of parents have turned to this compassionate guide for support and practical advice grounded in cutting-edge scientific knowledge. Top experts James Lock and Daniel Le Grange explain what you need to know about eating disorders, which treatments work, and why it is absolutely essential to play an active role in your teen’s recovery–even though parents …
Finding balance in life is a goal many of us strive to achieve. Whether it’s through a healthy diet, exercise regimen, state of mind, relationship, or other activity (or all of the above), we spend our days trying to be, and become, our best selves.But what happens when all that focus starts to dominate our lives? When our …