Sunday, July 19, 2009

Books Which Facilitated My Journey

I want to share which books (and authors) which helped me confront and change my beliefs about food, eating and my body and my eating habits. Some of those books also helped me improve how I relate to other people, cope with emotions and live my life, so that I no longer need to use food to cope with stress.

These books helped me change my eating habits and beliefs:

INTUITIVE EATING by Evelyn Tribole and Elise Resch

ON EATING by Susie Orbach

FAT IS A FEMINIST ISSUE by Susie Orbach

THE RULES OF NORMAL EATING by Karen Koenig

BREAKING FREE FROM EMOTIONAL (COMPULSIVE) EATING by Geneen Roth

WHY WEIGHT by Geneen Roth

WHEN YOU EAT AT THE REFRIGERATOR, PULL UP A CHAIR by Geneen Roth

DIETS DON'T WORK by Bob Schwartz

HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR DIET by Linda Moran

OVERCOMING OVEREATING by Carol Munter and Jane Hirschmann

WHEN WOMEN STOP HATING THEIR BODIES by Carol Munter and Jane Hirschmann

THIN WITHIN by Judy and Arthur Halliday

WEIGH DOWN DIET by Gwen Shamblin

THE 7 SECRETS OF SLIM PEOPLE by Vikki Hansen and Shawn Goodman

BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DIET by Judith Matz and Ellen Frankel

THE APPETITE AWARENESS WORKBOOK by Linda Craighead

THE PSYCHOLOGIST' S EAT ANYTHING DIET by Leonard and Lillian Pearson

ONE BOWL by Don Gerrard

MAKING PEACE WITH FOOD by Susan Kano

BULIMIA: A GUIDE TO RECOVERY by Lindsay Hall and Leigh Cohn

SLENDER BALANCE by Susan Squire

EATING DISORDERS by Reiff and Reiff

DANGEROUS GRAINS by Ron Hoggan

THE IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME SOLUTION by Dr. Stephen Wangen

The following books helped me change how I coped with relationships, emotions and life challenges:

RAPID RELIEF FROM EMOTIONAL DISTRESS by Gary Emery and James Campbell

THE FOOD AND FEELINGS WORKBOOK by Karen Koenig

BREAKING THE CYCLE OF ABUSE by Beverly Engel

UP FROM BOREDOM AND DOWN FROM FEAR by Dr. Bruce Leckart

TOO GOOD FOR HER OWN GOOD by Claudia Bepko and JoAnn Krestan

EMOTIONAL ALCHEMY by Tara Bennett-Golemann

THE TRUTH ABOUT ADDICTION AND RECOVERY by Stanton Peele and Archy Brodsky

HOW I FEED MY FAMILY ON $16 A WEEK by JoAnn York

BEATING THE HIGH COST OF EATING by Barbara Salsbury

THE MESSAGE by Eugene Peterson

I read many more books during my recovery journey. However I still own the books I listed above. So I reread, reviewed and learned from them many times. I hope you will consider reading one or more of those books to facilitate your journey.

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