Books for Body Image and Self Worth

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Love Your Body: Change the Way You Feel About the Body You Have
By Tami Brannon-Quan and Lisa Licavoli
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Body Image Workbook: An 8-Step Program for Learning to Like Your Looks
By Thomas Cash

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Self-Esteem Comes in All Sizes; How to Be Happy and Healthy at Your Natural Weight
By Carol Johnson and Gary Foster

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The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

By Sonya Renee Taylor

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Body Positive Power

By Megan Jayne Crabbe

 

Body Kindness

By Rebecca Scritchfield

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Yoga and Body Image

By Melanie C. Klein

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Books on Food Lifestyle

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The Anti Diet: Reclaim your Time, Money, Well-Being and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating

By Christy Harrison

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Intuitive Eating and Intuitive Eating Workbook

By Evelyn Tribole

teaches a healthy relationship with food, mind, body; approach used by some treatment centers and clinicians in the treatment of eating disorders. 

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The F**k It Diet

By Caroline Dooner

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Crave: Why You Binge Eat and How to Stop

By Dr Cynthia Bulik

Providing a set of easy-to-implement “curb the crave” techniques that has empowered patients to triumph over their binge eating. 

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Health At Every Size

By Linda Bacon

 

Eating in the Light of the Moon

By Anita Johnston

 

8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder

By Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb

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Life Without Ed

By Jenni Schaefer

 

Goodbye Ed, Hello Me

By Jenni Schaefer

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Books for Children and Caregivers

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When Your Child Has an Eating Disorder: A Step by Step Workbook for Parents and Other Caregivers
By Abigail Nateshon

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Your Child’s Weight: Helping Without Harming, Birth through Adolescence
By Ellyn Satter

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Surviving an Eating Disorder: New Perspectives and Strategies for Family and Friends
By Michele Siegel, Judith Brisman, and Margot Weinshel

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A Very Hungry Girl
By Jessica Weiner​

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Give Food a Chance: Childhood Eating Disorders: A treatment manual for parents and providers

By Dr Julie O’Toole

Based on Dr O’Toole’s years of clinical experience. 

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Full Mouse, Empty Mouse: A Tale of Food and Feelings
By Dina Zeckhausen
One mouse tries eating more food to soothe his distress, and the other stops eating altogether. Helps kids (ages 7–12) realize the importance of talking about feelings and finding comfort in healthy ways.

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Shapesville 
By Andy Mills
Five friends of various shapes, sizes, colors, and talents honor what makes each of them unique. Teaches children (ages 3–8) about body image, diversity, and size-esteem.

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Brave Girl Eating 

By Harriet Brown 

A glimpse into life with a child who has ED. 

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Throwing Starfish Across the Sea

By Laura Collins and Charlotte Bevan

A primer for parents and caregivers. 

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Eating with Your Anorexic

By Laura Collins 

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Skills-based Learning for Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder

By Janet Treasure

A guide to feeding and responding to your loved one. 

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Just Tell Her to Stop

By Becky Henry

Help in identifying signs of eating disorders, health issues, impact on families, co-morbidities, as well as help in overcoming fear and being overwhelmed. 

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Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder

By James Locke and Daniel LaGrange

Provides the tools you need to build a united family front that attacks the illness to ensure that your child develops nourishing eating habits and life-sustaining attitudes, day by day, meal by meal. 

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Parenting a Child Who Has Intense Emotions: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills to Help Your Child Regulate Emotional Outbursts and Aggressive Behaviors

By Pat Harvey

An effective guide to de-escalating your child's emotions and helping your child express feelings in productive ways. 

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Anorexia and Other Eating Disorders

By Eva Musby

Eva draws on her family's successful use of evidence-based treatment to empower you to support your child through recovery. 

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Please Eat… A Mother’s Struggle to Free her Teenage Son From Anorexia

By Bev Mattocks

An inspirational account of how Bev watched helplessly as her son transformed into someone she didn’t recognize, physically and mentally, and how he slowly recovered with the help of his parents and therapist. 

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My Kid is Back

By June Alexander

Ten families share their experiences of living with anorexia. Includes using the Maudsley family-based treatment approach, plus expert advice and strategies.

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Treating Bulimia in Adolescents: A Family-Based Approach

By Dr James Lock and Dr Daniel le Grange

A helpful resource for parents with children with purging type anorexia as well as bulimia. 

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I Will Not Give Up on My Daughter

By Anna Begone

A remarkably honest and chilling account of the anxiety and darkness that descends on a family when one of its members  becomes a victim of anorexia.​​
 

Social Media Accounts

@dietitiananna
@lacouflipse
@happilyfed
@chri1styharrison
@wholistic_health_and_wellness
@drcolleenreichmann
@jennifer_rollin
@food.freedom.newbies
@murraynutrition
@thenutritiontea
@binge.nutritionist
@erindishesnutrition
@bethanydietitian
@eatcakepod
@dranitajohnston
@themindfuldietitian
@thebodylovesociety
@heytiffanyroe
@daniellelaporte
@thefuckitdiet
@michellerussel_rd
@positivebodyimage
@neda
@eatingrecovery
@cbtschool
@brandilyn_tebo
@fiveparksyoga
@bodypositive_
@evelyntribole
@mindfulcounseling
@recoverywarriors
@brenebrown
@heymrroe
kid specific: @feedlittles, @biglittlefeelings, @drbeckyatgoodinside, @crystalkarges
 

Podcasts

Food Psych https://christyharrison.com/foodpsych/
Recovery Warriors https://www.recoverywarriors.com/
Therapy Thoughts – Tiffany Roe
EatCakePod
Body Love Project with Jessi Haggerty https://www.jessihaggerty.com/blppodcast/
Reclaiming You with Sarah Vance https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/sarah-vance/the-reclaiming-you-podcast-with-sarah-vance
Don’t Salt My Game http://www.laurathomasphd.co.uk/category/podcast/
The Mindful Dietitian http://www.themindfuldietitian.com.au/podcast.html
Every Body Podcast https://www.everybodypodcast.com/
Nutrition Matters Podcast https://www.positive-nutrition.com/podcast (also blog)
Life Unrestricted http://www.lifeunrestricted.org/category/life-unrestricted-podcast/ (also blog)
Fearless Rebelle Radio https://summerinnanen.com/frr/
Love, Food Podcast http://www.juliedillonrd.com/lovefoodpodcast/ (also blog)
The Way You Are Podcast https://thewayyouareproject.com/category/podcast/
 

Films

Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image (2017) by Jenny McQuaile
Embrace (2016) by Taryn Brumfitt
The Illusionists (2015) by Elena Rossini
America the Beautiful: Is America Obsessed with Beauty? (2007) by Darryl Roberts
I Feel Pretty (2017) with Amy Schumer

 

Web Resources

https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/ (also has book, blog, and podcast)
https://julienormanyoga.com/
https://www.recoverywarriors.com/ (also has blog and podcast)
https://benourished.org/ (also has blog)
https://haescommunity.com/
https://feedmerecovery.wordpress.com/
https://sizediversityandhealth.org/
https://www.thebodypositive.org/
https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/
https://www.theprojectheal.org/
diannebondyyoga.com
https://bodypositiveyoga.com/ (also has blog and podcast)

 

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