These are some of my favourite books and ones I recommend to clients working on recovery!
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TBR List
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One of the top 5 books I recommend to anyone!!
Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Well-Being & Happiness
One of my top 5 books I recommend to anyone looking to explore their relationship with their body.
The Body Is Not an Apology, 2nd Ed.
One of my top 5 books I recommend to anyone!
Reclaiming Body Trust: Break Free from Perfection
Helpful workbook if you're working on recovery from an eating disorder.
8 Keys to Recovery from Eating Disorder
Another top read I recommend to anyone looking to explore their relationship with their body!
The Body Liberation Project: Racism & Diet Culture
This book is going to change your life. I highly recommend pre-ordering it!
This Is Body Grief: Making Peace with Loss
Must read for exploring fatphobia and body image work.
Fearing the Black Body: Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
If you're like me and have struggled with perfectionism, then this book is for you!
The Gifts of Imperfection: 10th Anniversary Edition: Features a new foreword and brand-new tools
Another great read by Christy Harrison!
The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being
Another great book from Brene Brown that encourages you to step outside your comfort zone.
Daring Greatly: How The Courage To Be Vulnerable Transforms The Way We Live, Love, Parent, And Lead
Cannot recommend this workbook enough if you've struggled with binge eating disorder or chronic dieting.
The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook: A Trauma-Informed, Weight-Inclusive Approach to Make Peace with Food & Reduce Body Shame
Highly recommend this workbook for anyone looking to learn about intuitive eating and put the principles into practice.
The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles For Nourishing A Healthy ...
Great book for understanding the stress cycle and how to complete the cycle
Burnout: The Secret To Unlocking The Stress Cycle
This is on my TBR list
Body-First Healing: Get Unstuck and Recover from Trauma with Somatic Healing
Great book I'm currently working my way through!
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma And Restoring Wholeness With The Internal Family Systems Model
Highly recommend this read if you're working on healing your relationship with your body.
The Wisdom Of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, And Connection Through Embodied Living
Recommend for anyone looking to learn more about the medical side of eating disorders
Sick Enough: A Guide To The Medical Complications Of Eating Disorders
Highly recommend!!!!
The Latina Anti-Diet: A Dietitian's Guide to Authentic Health that Celebrates Culture and Full-Flavor Living
Recovery & Self-Help (🇺🇸 Links)
This book will be a must read once it's out!!
This Is Body Grief: Making Peace with the Loss That Comes with Living in a Body|Hardcover
One of my top 5 favourite books. Highly recommend!
The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love|Paperback
This is a must read for anyone looking to work on their relationship with their body!
Reclaiming Body Trust: Break Free from a Culture of Body Perfection, Disordered Eating, and Other Traumas|Paperback
If you're looking to break free from dieting, this book is for you!
Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating|Paperback
This is another must read that I cannot recommend enough!!!
The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom|Hardcover
One of my favourite older reads from Brene Brown!
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead|Paperback
Another favourite older book from Brene Brown and one I highly recommend if perfectionism is something you're working through.
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are (10th Anniversary Edition)|Paperback
Another must read by Christy Harrison!
The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Find Your True Well-Being|Hardcover
Cannot recommend this book enough if you're struggling with binge eating disorder, chronic dieting or body image.
The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge ...
Highly recommend ths workbook to anyone looking to put the intuitive eating principles into action and have guidance along the way!
The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy ...
Highly recommend this book and to take your time to sit with what comes up as you work your way through it. This book is a must read!
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
Great book for anyone working through recovery from an eating disorder.
8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder Workbook
Great book for understanding the stress cycle and how to move through it!
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle|Paperback
Currently working my way through this book and I definitely recommend so far!
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model|Paperback
Currently on my TBR list
Body-First Healing: Get Unstuck and Recover from Trauma with Somatic Healing|Hardcover
Highly recommend this read if you're working on your relationship with your body!
The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living|Paperback
TBR List
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Just added this one to my list of books to read this year.
Holy Hurt: Understanding Spiritual Trauma and the Process of Healing
My next read that I've been really looking forward to!
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
After following Josie Balka online for awhile and resonating with her poems, I'm really looking forward to diving into this one!
I Hope You Remember: Poems on Loving, Longing, and Living
Looking forward to this one, it's been on my list for quite awhile and I've heard great things about it.
How to Eat
Another one to look forward to.
Hood Feminism: Notes From The Women That A Movement Forgot
Can't wait to dive into this one
What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World