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

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 bodys 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.Includes client stories reflecting success with this methodExplains how to begin by rebuilding self-esteemDetails how to listen to your body for signals on what to eat for better healthDescribes why a focus on weight loss leads to poorer outcomes―physically mentally and sociallyCoaches readers on how to change the messages we give ourselvesAims foremost to help you build a good relationship with food your body and yourself