Nancy Ellis-Ordway

Thrive at Any Weight (eBook, ePUB)

Eating to Nourish Body, Soul, and Self-Esteem

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 "the 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 "the 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 "diet 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 "listen 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 "worth it" and are able to meet our objectives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216155836
• Artikelnr.: 68167401

Autorenporträt

Nancy Ellis-Ordway, PhD, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in Jefferson City, MO, with 30 years of experience specializing in treating eating disorders, body image issues, stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship problems.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Harriet Brown Preface Chapter 1 Where Are We, and How Did We
Get Here? Chapter 2 The Science of Weight and Health Chapter 3 Finding
Peace Chapter 4 Eating 2.0: Upgrading Your Relationship with Food Chapter 5
Healing the Self-Hate Injuries, Reclaiming Body Joy Chapter 6 Dealing with
the World: Weight Stigma, Part 1 Chapter 7 Social Justice: Weight Stigma,
Part 2 Chapter 8 Going to the Doctor (and Other Adventures in Medical Care)
Chapter 9 But What about the Children? Chapter 10 What Now? Chapter 11
Final Thoughts Notes Bibliography Index