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Some people are on blissful terms with food.
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For the rest of us, its a complicated relationship: stressful, restrictive, confusing, exhausting.
Books are a great way to start to examine your history with food and your body, Rumsey says.
Where to start, though?
They trigger the gamut fromintuitive eatingto approaches that draw from spirituality andmindfulness.
Maybe one will speak to you.
This book explores many facets ofself-careand supports your journey of healing your relationship with food and body image.
I loved the friendly, conversational way Rebecca wrote this book.
However, I was still taking a weight-normative approach to health.
I had to reconsider the way I was viewingweight and health.
over 15 years ago.
The book explores women and their relationship with food through myths and archetypes from around the world.
It was a starting point for sifting through my own baggage and letting go of what I dont need.
I loved how I could see myself in so many of the stories.
I reread it every three to five years, and each time something different resonates with me.
I keep copies in my office for clients to borrow.
The intuitive eating process has completely changed my view of food and how I eat.
The author, Jenna Hollenstein, combines spiritual wisdom with practical strategies to overcome food obsession andbody-shame.
She also does a fantastic job touching on the oppressive force ofweight stigmaand the toxicity of diet culture.
It goes beyond food and looks at social connections, spirituality, and stress, among other factors.
At the time, my rigid newbie R.D.
brain zeroed in on recommendations for a more plant-centric diet.
I needed a more psychologically based way to think about my food issues.
No one had discussedbody imagewith me before or provided me with compassionate steps to take in my journey.
Susan provided questions that made me think about my eating in a different way and gave me some solutions.
I felt understood and hopeful.
It still reminds me of my own journey and the power of the written word for transformation.
I knew I wanted to help people with weight concerns, and I was so tired of dieting myself.
I knew I needed more than eat the rainbow advice.
I found this book offered an essential missing puzzle piece in my quest.
It was the first truly humane approach to eating and having a body that I was exposed to.
It opened my eyes to the spiritual implications of my relationship with food and my body.
Reading this book, I felt hope and deep compassion for our experience as humans.
I wanted to share these messages with everyone!
Jenna Hollenstein, M.S., R.D.N., certified dietitian nutritionist, nutrition therapist, and author ofEat to Love
