Thrive at Any Weight: Eating to Nourish Body, Soul, and Self-Esteem

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Description

A psychotherapist of 30 years, Nancy Ellis-Ordway explains how she helps people get off the weight loss roller coaster, make peace with food and their bodies, and improve their health to find happiness and a better quality of life.

Widespread publicity about β€œthe war on obesity” has led to pervasive anxiety, distress, and shame about eating, says psychotherapist Nancy Ellis-Ordway. Many people feel at war with their bodies rather than at home, in large part because of weight stigma and the unrelenting pursuit of thinness in America.

This book offers a detailed approach for change, with a particular focus on β€œthe message we give ourselves” when we eat, exercise, and interact with other people. This process incorporates operating from an internal locus of control as a way to improve self-esteem.

Elllis-Ordway, in contrast to the β€œdiet mentality” that is full of restrictions, first has clients focus on building self-esteem and growing a desire for self-care. She teaches clients to develop an ability to β€œlisten to their own bodies” for guidance to eat for physical and mental health. The better we listen to and fulfill our body’s needs, she explains, the better our self-esteem and health becomes, and the more we believe we are β€œworth it” and are able to meet our objectives.

Includes client stories reflecting success with this method

Explains how to begin by rebuilding self-esteem

Details how to listen to your body for signals on what to eat for better health

Describes why a focus on weight loss leads to poorer outcomes―physically, mentally, and socially

Coaches readers on how to change the messages we give ourselves

Aims foremost to help you build a good relationship with food, your body, and yourself