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Do you feel at war with your body? Are you battling feelings of shame or fear about the way you look? Do you spend precious energy trying to 'fix' yourself to meet the demands of modern beauty standards? Think you've tried everything to love your body?
True beauty is knowing who you are and sharing your beauty with the world.
In a society where we are pressured to fit in, Body Beautiful: Your Guide to Making Peace with Your Body and Letting...
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Do you suffer from ongoing pain or other chronic medical symptoms such as fatigue, lower back pain, arthritis, acid indigestion, insomnia, or migraines? Do you feel as though your symptoms are taking over your life?
Thirty percent of the population suffers from chronic debilitating illnesses and pain that respond only partially to conventional medicine, but this doesn't mean that there is no relief in sight. Dr. Arthur Barsky, psychiatrist
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Are you sick of buying clothes in a different size to represent your goal weight? Are you tired of choking down salads for every meal in the hopes of losing weight and loving yourself? What if I said that your weight isn't the problem, it's your mindset? Body positivity is a movement spreading far and wide that is showing everyone-women, men, nonbinary, EVERYONE!-that their body doesn't need to look a certain way to be "acceptable." Everyone is beautiful...
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This easy-to-use, entertaining fitness guide, written by fat loss expert and fitness professional Jason Scott Johnson, offers simple, surprisingly fun steps to burn fat, develop lean muscle, and improve physical health and fitness. Making significant, lifelong changes to your health regimen is far easier than you may think. And, believe it or not, it can also be a really good time. In fact you can put in motion right now the steps you need to get...
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Five Good Minutes in Your Body offers simple yet effective activities to help us restore and recharge our relationships with our bodies. With these tools we can create a life that is more fulfilling-a life in which we are no longer at the mercy of the stress of our day. The practices can transform the mundane into the extraordinary, and renew our sense of vitality and passion for life. Learning to be mindful of our bodies can be hard in this fast-paced,...
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Great Courses volume 16
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Jog your brain into activity - literally. In this fascinating lecture on the relationship between the body and the mind, you'll learn why forcing yourself to smile has genuine mental benefits, see how physical activity can aid your problem-solving skills, and more. Test yourself at the end to see these theories in action.
7) Nurture: A Modern Guide to Pregnancy, Birth, Early Motherhood-and Trusting Yourself and Your Body
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A comprehensive and judgement-free pregnancy companion: Nurture is the only all-in-one pregnancy and birthing book for modern mothers-to-be and their partners who want a more integrative approach. Author Erica Chidi Cohen has assisted countless births and helped hundreds of families ease into their new roles through her work as a doula. Nurture covers everything from the beginning months of pregnancy to the baby's first weeks.
This empowering book...
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Your body's telling you: Love yourself! ISBN: 2-920932-15-2 Lise Bourbeau has compiled 20 years of research in the field of metaphysics and it's physical manifestations in the body and brought it all to the forefront in this user-friendly reference guide, Your body is telling you Love yourself! Since 1982, she has worked successfully with over 15,000 people, helping them to unearth the underlying causes of specific illnesses and diseases. The accuracy...
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How to Change Your Body provides an enlightening discourse on the missing piece of the mind-body relationship - our need for social connection. Emerging from a written article for the MIND European Foundation for Psychedelic Science, this book combines expert interviews from leading institutions around the world such as Johns Hopkins and Oxford, independent research and lived experience, connecting the dots of three timely themes: interoception, psychedelics,...
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Water fasting is rapidly becoming a popular way to lose weight-if you're confused about how it all works, this complete guide reveals the straight scoop!
"Humans simply can't live more than three days without water!" is a commonly known fact-and one that makes most people pause for thought when considering a water fast as part of a weight loss regime.
The truth about water fasting is simple: if done correctly, it is a highly effective method of...
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Positive body image isn't believing your body looks good; it is knowing your body is good, regardless of how it looks. How do you feel about your body? Have you ever stayed home from a social activity or other opportunity because of concern about how you looked? Have you ever passed judgment on someone because of how they looked or dressed? Have you ever had difficulty concentrating on a task because you were self-conscious about your appearance?...
13) How to heal yourself when no one else can: a total self-healing approach for mind, body, and spirit
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Written as a go-at-your-own pace total healing guide, this book covers techniques, including Emotional Freedom Technique, subconscious release, chakra clearing, and more. Offering readers powerful guidance into brand new territory with what critical components they need to address for complete and permanent healing. Readers will learn several energy therapy techniques (most belonging to the family of ¿́¿energy psychology¿́¿) and practices for...
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"Carrie Underwood believes that fitness is a lifelong journey. She wasn't born with the toned arms and strong legs that fans know her for. Like all of us, she has to work hard every day to look the way that she does! In FIND YOUR PATH she shares her secrets with readers, with the ultimate goal of being the strongest version of themselves, and looking as good as they feel. Carrie's book will share secrets for fitting diet and exercise into a packed...
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"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...
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"Decolonizing the Body explores the traumatic physical and emotional effects of colonization and systemic racism on the body and mind. Written by a woman of color for women of color, it offers body-centered somatic practices to free women from internalized oppression, so they can reclaim confidence, dignity, and self-worth"--
"Powerful, body-based practices to help you reclaim confidence, dignity, and self-worth. As a woman of color, you are more...
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"An inspiring and approachable tip-filled guide to changing your habits, living more sustainably, and taking action, by Greenpeace ambassador Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter movies). Go Gently is a guide for sustainability at home that offers simple, tangible steps toward reducing our environmental impact by looking at what we consume and the waste we create, as well as how to take action for environmental change. The title reflects...
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Every day we see body ideals depicted in movies, magazines, and social media. And, all too often, these outdated standards make us feel like we need to change how we look and who we are. The truth is that many teens feel self-conscious about their bodies and being a teen girl of color is hard in unique ways. So, how can you start feeling good about yourself when you're surrounded by these unrealistic -- and problematic -- images of what bodies are...