In this powerful guide, Kingsbury and Williams equip readers with simple reflections, vignettes, and everyday analogies that they have successfully used with their own clients to counter destructive feelings and shatter distorted ideas of food and weight. Pithy and positive statements replace compulsive, perfectionist rules with new strategies to cope with blame, guilt, vulnerability, and self-criticism.
Concrete activities help people with eating problems get off the scales, get in touch with their feelings, and make friends with their bodies.
Written by experienced therapists who understand the needs and fears of people with eating problems, the book is a refreshing guide to lasting change and recovery.
weight wisdom This is a practical guide for anyone who wants to keep their head straight throughout the day. Everyday tips for replacing negative thoughts with positive affirmations as we approach the challenges of body type, food issues, and social pressures. This reading makes a great daily tool for starting off in a positive mindset, or to pull you back into a healthy place as the pressures of the media, advertising, and pop culture start to take their toll. You can take in small bites from any chapter…
Weight Wisdom I feel that the authors have provided a valuable book for people with eating disorders. They also provide a well thought out list of resourses for use and reference. Their work de-mistifies eating by writing in easily understandible english – no need to have a medical background to gain the knowledge understand of your friends and family who suffer from an eating disorder.
Weight Wisdom I feel that the authors have provided a vauable book for people with eating disorders. They have also provided a well thought out list of resouces for use and references. Their work de-misifies eating disorders by writing in easily uderstandible English. No need to have medical knowledge to understand your friends and family who suffer for eating disorders.