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Written by journalist and professor at the University of Texas-Austin Mallary Tenore Tarpley, Slip offers a groundbreaking framework for understanding eating disorder recovery and interweaves poignant personal stories, immersive reporting, and cutting-edge science. When Mallary Tenore Tarpley...

In this painfully moving memoir, take a firsthand look at anorexia through the eyes of a young girl. Even in kindergarten, Rachel Richards knows something isn't right. By leading us through her distorted thoughts, she shines a light on the experience and mystery of mental illness. As she grows up, unable to comprehend or communicate her inner trauma, Rachel lashes out, hurting herself, running away from home, and fighting her family. Restricting food gives her the control she craves. But after being hospitalized and force-fed, Rachel only retreats further into herself.

Geneen Roth, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Women Food and God, explains how to take the journey to find one’s own best self in this “beautiful, funny, deeply relevant” (Glennon Doyle) collection of personal reflections. With an introduction by Anne Lamott, This Messy...

Do you find yourself plagued by anxiety or depression? Do you struggle with your body image? Do you often feel stuck in destructive and toxic patterns and cycles? Trained psychotherapist Emmy Brunner has the ultimate 11-step programme you need to identify and overcome unresolved trauma negatively impacting your mental health and preventing you from being the happiest version of yourself.

After knowing friends with anorexia and being baffled by their behavior, Laura Moisin suddenly found herself prone to the same disease - not eating at all and going weeks at a time consuming nothing but water and the occasional black coffee. Deceiving therapists by misleading them with symptoms of depression, her anorexia is prolonged, and her health deteriorates rapidly.

Are you sick and tired of being overweight? And ready for a F.R.E.S.H. start? If your (F)reedom, (R)elationships, (E)nergy, (S)ex, and (H)ealth aren’t where you’d like them to be, there’s a tried and true way to fix them once and for all...get lean! I know because I’ve lost over 80lbs. Getting lean was the single greatest turning point in my life...I’ve spent the last eight years sharing my “secrets” with friends, family, and clients. They’ve used these weight loss secrets to lose anywhere from 5 - 150lbs. And now, I’d like to share them with you.

Are you tired of living a sluggish, frustrated, and unhealthy life? Does your mental or physical health come in the way of your life, keeping you from accomplishing what you need to? Did you know that these two pillars of your health can be supercharged in just 7 days? The Two Pillars Power Pack is the ultimate 2 In 1 collection to start you on your journey.

A music prodigy, head of her class, and well-liked in school, Emily Paulson decided early that embellishment paved the road to success. As she grew up, she figured out how to make the picture look even better - with a successful husband, five beautiful children, and all the required accompanying accoutrements. Then along came social media, where those pictures of the perfect life grew her a following of women who believed that everything about Emily was #blessed #inspo. But behind the filtered façade was a reality filled with trauma, addiction, and dysfunctional behavior.

Did you know that true power comes from within, harnessing strength from vulnerability? Informed by her personal journey with health and wellness, and drawing on her experiences as an actor, yoga teacher, personal trainer and health coach, Isabelle Cornish is on a mission to help inspire others to step into their power.

Plus-size TV personality and body confidence advocate Laura Adlington has struggled with her weight (and the weight of other people's opinions) her entire life. Here, in conversation with experts including doctors, psychologists and nutritionists, Laura reveals just how detrimental diet culture is to health, and explores where our true worth lies. Packed with personal stories and practical advice, this book will help you find peace with your body – not be at constant war with it.

Intuitive eating is a great way to get off the diet roller coaster, stay healthy, build confidence in your body, and take the guesswork out of mealtime. But if you're like many people, you may have trouble staying on track. Enter mindfulness! In this step-by-step guide, you'll learn to practice intuitive eating using the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, a classic Buddhist framework. You'll discover that you can easily stay on track with your intuitive eating path, and actually improve it for better health and overall well-being.

Most women have spent time dieting and trying to change themselves in order to fit into a mold - and a body - that is deemed socially acceptable. Yet it is dieting that is the problem: It disconnects us from our bodies wisdom and holds us back from living life to the fullest. The more time we spend trying to "fix" ourselves, the less time we have for the things that really matter.

It's never too late to get back into fitness and reverse the aging process. Saba Moor-Doucette is the perfect example. At 68, she challenged herself to compete as a Bikini Diva/sports model, and, at 75, ended up an undefeated six-time International Senior Division INBA Bikini Diva Champion. Now she shares her story, her secrets, and her inspirational message with everyone. Saba documents her amazing journey and tells us how everything begins with the thought. First, we think it, then we do it, and finally, we embody it, and become the person we've always dreamed of being.

With just a few simple steps, this book will take you through how you can overcome the impulses that lead you to overeat, taking back control of your eating habits.

With the help of this powerful guidebook, meet your ultimate You and cultivate real self-acceptance and true self-love in the present moment. You want to love yourself. You want to let go of feeling invisible or unworthy or alone. You want to break free of others’ expectations (and your...

Our food and support systems are lacking. We feel that we are never good enough. We wear ourselves out trying to achieve societal expectations. This leaves us exhausted and empty, soothing ourselves however we can. By going deeper into our urges, nutrition biochemist Juniper Devecis guides us to find peace. Juniper combines expertise in biochemistry, nutrition, psychology, and energy work with her personal experiences to provide an easy, actionable step-by-step path to healing.

In Eat to Love, nutritionist Jenna Hollenstein leads a spiritual revolution against pervasive attitudes towards food and dieting, and demonstrates how to free your mind from the fear, frustration, and shame often associated with eating. Through a series of revelatory exercises, along with simple instructions for time-proven mindfulness and meditation techniques, you'll learn to identify prejudices around eating and reset your relationship with food. Eat to Love is not a diet book, not a "clean eating" manual, and not a guide to "being your best self."

What if I told you There is a proven process that can UNPLUG PAIN, FEAR & TRAUMA from your Brain? You can REMOVE SUBCONSCIOUS SABOTAGE & CREATE an existence brimming with ABUNDANCE, LOVE, and HAPPINESS. What if I told you...there is a safe, powerful process that can SHIFT you FROM WOUNDED TO WARRIOR in a WEEK. The WIRING PATTERNS in our brain become the AUTOPILOT controlling the DESTINATION of your LIFE. Pain is HARD-WIRED into these brain patterns, unconsciously sabotaging your goals.

Dieting is one of the greatest contributors to weight gain. Yet the pressure to be thin is always present through advertising, social media, and even subtle influences from family and friends. As a young woman, Dr. Supatra Tovar was trapped in the frustrating cycle of dieting and disappointment and was determined to break free from the Diet Culture hamster wheel. Combining scientific research with clinical work as a licensed psychologist, registered dietitian, and fitness expert, Dr. Tovar developed a unique approach that has helped her and her clients naturally achieve sustainable health.

Best known for his bestselling book Never Binge Again (more than 2,000 reviews and hundreds of thousands of fans) which makes the outrageous promise to give you permanent control on the diet of your choice, Dr. Glenn Livingston has done it again. In Me, My Pig, and I he outlines the life which led him to develop this radically effective system to help overcome overeating, in delightful, poignant stories with which the listener will instantly identify.