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Learn how to nourish your mind, body, and spirit and have a mindful relationship to food. Many people use food to nourish themselves when what they are really hungry for is other forms of nourishment. What if we were living a life where we felt well nourished emotionally, intellectually, physically, psychologically, spiritually, socially, and creatively? What if we were mindfully present to receive, experience, plan for, and engage in nourishing activities,...
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ANOREXIA
Anorexia is a condition that afflicts many people, particularly young women although it can affect men also. This book will explain to you what anorexia is, the different types, the causes, signs and symptoms, and most importantly the strategies for overcoming it. Anorexia is primarily, considered a psychological condition, and can tear families, friends and lives apart. Worse still, it can cost the sufferer their life if not treated.
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[2020]
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Rose and Lily Winters are twins, as close as the bond implies; they feel each other's emotions, taste what the other is feeling. Like most young women, they've struggled with their bodies and food since childhood, and high school finds them turning to food--or not--to battle the waves of insecurity and the yearning for popularity. But their connection can be as destructive as it is supportive, a yin to yang. when Rose stops eating, Lily starts--consuming...
44) Looks
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2008.
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Two high school girls, one an anorexic poet and the other an obese loner, form an unlikely friendship.
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2017.
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From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it? No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become overweight, and end up with a high risk of diabetes or heart disease--yet two thirds of Americans do precisely that. Even though we know better, we often eat too...
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[2017]
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"Emily Murphy is about to enter middle school. She's sort of excited--though not nearly as much as her best friend Hazel, who is ready for everything to be new. Emily wishes she and Hazel could just continue on as they always have, being the biggest fans ever of the Unicorn Chronicles, making up dance moves, and getting their regular order at The Slice. But things are changing. At home, Emily and her mom are learning to move on after her parents'...
47) Taking up space
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Twelve-year old Sarah is used to being the star on her basketball team, playing with her best friends, but suddenly she finds that her body is changing and she does not understand why she cannot keep up on the court, plus she does not understand why her mother has gotten so weird about food, binging on candy while forgetting about dinner, and she really does not understand why she told Benny, her crush, about her mother--but when Benny offers to teach...
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Do you constantly think about food, your body shape or weight? Do you feel guilty if you eat something 'bad' or miss out on a gym session?
Do you experience negative thoughts that get in the way of you living an optimal life? Well, guess what? You are not alone.
Food Jail is written by Psychologist, Public Speaker and Food Enthusiast Stephanie Georgiou. In this compelling Self-Help Book, Stephanie shares her own dark and personal journey through...
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I don't want you just to read the book-I want you to use the book to make a full recovery from binge eating or bulimia. I have written it in an easy to read style using real life examples to explain the practical steps you will need to take to recover.
Read it with a pen or pencil in your hand. Underline anything you want to remember, draw in the margins, write your experiences of the techniques and fill in the exercises. Make it your well thumbed...
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This book will explain to you, exactly what food addiction is, what can cause it, the signs and symptoms, how to diagnose the severity of the condition, and most importantly, how to overcome it!
Food addiction can ruin lives, self-confidence, self-esteem, cause a huge range of health problems from diabetes to depression, and can even lead to an early grave. No one deserves to suffer from this condition, and it is one, that absolutely, everybody has...
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"Since childhood, Judy Collins has been preoccupied, haunted, seduced, and taunted by food, a problem that nearly cost her her career and her life. For decades she thought her food issues were moral issues--lack of self-will, lack of discipline--and she worked hard at controlling what she thought of as her shameful inclinations, employing measures that led to serious health complications. Today she knows she was born with an addiction to sugar and...
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2024.
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"Once upon a time teenage Aurora Evans met a hockey player at the Mall of America. He was from Canada. And soon, he was the perfect fake boyfriend, a get-out-of-jail-free card for all kinds of sticky situations. I can't go to prom. I'm going to be visiting my boyfriend in Canada. He was just what she needed to cover her social awkwardness. He never had to know. It wasn't like she was ever going to see him again... Years later, Aurora is teaching kids'...
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When a restrictive eating disorder has had a destructive effect on your life and you haven't been able to understand why it's so hard to overcome, Addicted to Energy Deficit is the book you need.Bringing in neuroscience and research evidence, as well as personal and professional experience, Helly Barnes provides an explanation for restrictive eating disorders that will resolve your unanswered questions and fit your experience.This includes:A credible...
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Part of the 5-star Grief Diaries book series, Shattered examines the candid consequences faced by 25 families in the aftermath of a crash caused by an impaired driver. Filled with raw yet powerful true accounts, Shattered exposes the truth behind a crime that kills over 28 innocent loved ones in the U.S. every day. Desiring to raise awareness about the dangers of impaired driving, each family shares the days leading up to-and the haunting life beyond-the...
56) Island affair
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Keys to love volume 1
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"Sought-after social media influencer Sara Vance, in recovery from an eating disorder, is coming into her own, with a potential career expansion on the horizon. Despite the good news, her successful siblings (and their perfect spouses) have a way of making her feel like the odd one out. So, when her unreliable boyfriend is a no-show for a Florida family vacation, Sara recruits Luis Navarro - a firefighter paramedic and dive captain willing to play...
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This newly updated and expanded edition of Desperately Seeking Self; Second Edition offers a unique, spiritually-centered approach that emphasizes the how of healing from an eating disorder. It guides readers on a journey inward, showing them how to connect with their true self and from there, heal their eating disorder and transforms their lives.
How do you look within when an eating disorder has filled you up with pain? Desperately Seeking Self;...
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2023.
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"Blending personal narrative and investigative reporting, Emmy Award-winning journalist Cole Kazdin reveals that disordered eating is an epidemic crisis killing millions of women. Women of all ages struggle with disordered eating, preoccupation with food, and body anxiety. Journalist Cole Kazdin was one such woman, and she set out to see if the impossibility of her own full recovery from an eating disorder was all in her head. Interviewing women across...
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It's 11 pm. You're watching your favorite show on TV. You are feeling good about how you ate today, how you did your workout, and how you're on the right track to get the body you've always wanted. And then…this voice sneaks into your mind…"How about a spoon of ice cream? Just one…nothing will happen because of only 1 spoon…". Then 1 spoon turns into 2, and 3…"I already screwed up now, what does that matter?"
Before you know it, you've stacked...
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La relación de algunas mujeres con su propio cuerpo; lo perturbador del mismo; sujetos que ponen en juego un empeño férreo, muchas veces devastador y mortífero, por controlarlo; el rechazo, bastante frecuente, de la carne en el plato de la anoréxica y el rechazo de la propia carne, son temas que sugieren preguntas tales como ¿porqué esa peculiar relación con la comida? ¿Qué sucede con el apetito? ¿Porqué se rehuye la comensalidad, la fiesta?...
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