Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out--and Never Say Diet Again

"Imagine a graph with two lines. One indicates happiness, the other tracks how you feel about your body. If you're like millions of people, the lines do not intersect. But what if they did? This practical, inspirational, and visually lively book shows you how to create a healthier and happier life by treating yourself with compassion rather than shame. It shows the way to a sense of well-being attained by understanding how to love, connect, and care for yourself--and that includes your mind as well as your body"--
An introduction to the weight-neutral Body Kindness practice demonstrates how to promote health by working with the body and focusing on happiness and interpersonal kindness, sharing inspirational and holistic guidelines for mindful eating and sustainable habits that promote freedom and avoid guilt. Original.
Explores the concept of body-positivity, emphasizing the importance of compassion instead of shame in fostering a sense of well-being and optimizing health.
A new way to get healthy, with happiness and self-empathy at its core. No more yo-yo diets, punishing workouts, and scolding voices in your head; instead, work with your body (not against it) to change habits with joy and energy.
 Become your healthiest, happiest self with this joyful and counterintuitive guide to changing your habits by changing youroutlook. This is no regular diet book – there are no menu plan or fitness routines here! Body Kindness addresses overall health (with a focus on both food and movement throughout) in four sections: WHAT YOU DO: the choices you make about food and  nutrition, including mindful eating and eating with joyHOW YOU FEEL: your emotions, and how to change the voice in your headWHO YOU ARE: identifying your values and choicesWHERE YOU BELONG: finding your community Each section includes inspiration as well as fun, scientifically based activities and exercises that focus on incremental, sustainable change. These exercises are the building blocks for “happy hours” – moments when the reader takes time for herself, focusing on mindfulness and joy: Mindful Cooking, Menu Planning with Joy, and Sex Before Breakfast are just a few. The goal of the book: to resolve the conflict where health and happiness diverge and help reconnect the two. This isn’t about losing pounds (the book is “weight neutral” – though the author has proven through her own practice that this outlook makes weight loss goals acheivable for her patients); it’s about making the healthiest choices and choosing the happiest way to live.Illustrated in four color, dotted with inspirational quotes and anecdotes, and even including drink recipes, this book is a beautiful gift that comes with the wish of happiness and health. Based in the real science behind cognitive issues of change, it’s also an important self-purchase for a woman who is seeking positive change for herself.