Weight Wisdom: Affirmations to Free You from Food and Body Concerns
In this powerful guide, Kingsbury and Williams equip readers with simple reflections, vignettes, and everyday analogies that they have successfully used with their own clients to counter destructive feelings and shatter distorted ideas of food and weight. Pithy and positive statements replace compulsive, perfectionist rules with new strategies to cope with blame, guilt, vulnerability, and self-criticism.\ Concrete activities help people with eating problems get off the scales, get in touch...
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Therapists Kathleen Burns Kingsbury and Mary Ellen Williams have treated hundreds of eating disordered people in their many years of practice, from slender seven-year-old Madeline who "feels fat," to Clare, an overwhelmed mother who can only cope with stress by bingeing three times a day.In Weight Wisdom, they draw on their vast experience to illuminate a clear and practical path to recovery, offering a unique collection of daily affirmations that focus on the irrational beliefs, thoughts, and fears behind eating disordered behavior. In this powerful guide, Kingsbury and Williams equip readers with simple reflections, vignettes, and everyday analogies that they have successfully used with their own clients to counter destructive feelings and shatter distorted ideas of food and weight. Pithy and positive statements replace compulsive, perfectionist rules with new strategies to cope with blame, guilt, vulnerability, and self-criticism. Concrete activities help people with eating problems get off the scale, get in touch with their feelings, and make friends with their bodies. Written by experienced therapists who understand the needs and fears of people with eating problems, the book is a refreshing guide to lasting change and recovery.
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Journey Begins ...1You're Not Crazy, You're Coping3There Is No Magic Wand5Find a Safe Place to Heal6It Is Not Your Weight, It Is the Weight of Your Issues8If Thin Is In, I Don't Want to Win10You Are Not Your Dress Size12Think Genetics14Recovery Is an Inside Job16Fat Is Not a Feeling18The Pyramid Was Not Built in a Day20Keep Fuel in the Tank23Learn to Criticize Behaviors, Not Yourself25Use Short-Term Diversions27Progress Is Not Only Measured on the Scale30If You Do Not Feel, Then You Cannot Heal32It Is Human to Need Others34Develop Your Voice36Stay with the Day38Value the Instrumental, Not the Ornamental40Slow and Steady Wins the Race42Take One Step Outside Your Comfort Zone44Recovery Is a Long and Winding Road46Conquering the Hills and Valleys ...49It Is Hard to Have an Appetite When You Have a Bellyful of Feelings51Fear Not Your Feelings; Every Feeling Has a Special Gift53It Is Not Selfish to Take Care of Yourself55Strive to Be Average56Norman Rockwell Does Not Live Here Anymore58What Is Done Is Done!60Quiet Your Mind62Who Says You "Should"?64Take Compliments Gracefully66Laugh at Yourself67Go with Your Grain68Feeling and Acting in Beautiful Ways Showcases Your Beauty70Beware of the "Crunch"!71Life Is Too Short to Wear Uncomfortable Shoes!73Coffee, Croissants, and Conflict75Get Off the Sidelines and Get into the Ball Game77Before Growth, One Generally Experiences a Lull79You Can't Buy Something from an Empty Store80Practice, Practice, Practice82Continuing the Journey ...85Slips Don't Always Lead to Slides87Notice the Moon89Perfection and Certainty Do Not Exist91The Only Thing That It Constant Is Change93Pursue Your Passion95Desserts Equals Stressed Spelled Backwards97Walk to the Beat of Your Own Drum99Every Day Is a Gift100Life after Recovery Is Just Life102Recovery Is Possible104The Loved One's Journey107Be a Super Model109Educate for Your Children's Sake111Watch for Red Flags113Crisis Brings Opportunity115Get Out of the Blame Game117Pace Yourself119Have Hope121The Professional's Journey123Recovery Is a Team Sport125Sometimes Appearances Do Count127Plant the Seed; You Never Know What Will Grow129Take Tea and See131Change Can Happen One Person at a Time133Resources135Do I Have an Eating Disorder?137What Does Treatment Involve?139Helpful Questions When Considering Treatment141How to Help a Loved One with an Eating Disorder143Eating Disorders Treatment and Referral Centers145
