Confessions of a Closet Eater
Confessions of a Closet Eater

Author: C. Turner

Publisher:

Published: 2013-03-26

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781483954875

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It's been about 7 months since I started this journey. I am happy to report that I have lost a total of 50 pounds, and more importantly, kept it off! This doesn't mean I'm "cured", if you want to call it that. Every day, every food decision is a conscious choice. A choice to eat healthy or not. A choice to feel satisfied or stuffed. I think, for the most part, I am making these choices in a conscious manner. Previously, I would eat anything and everything and never realize what I was eating. I could eat a whole cheese ball and half a box of wheat thins (because wheat is healthy, right?) and never realize that I had eaten the whole thing until I was finished. Every day, every bite gets a little easier.

Confessions of a Closet Eater
Confessions of a Closet Eater

Author: Jackie Barrile

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780842304382

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Abstract: A recovered bulimia, wife, and mother, describes what it's like to go through a typical binge purge attack. She traces the background of her disorder, explains the mechanics involved in the recovery stages, and describes the role played by her renewed faith in Jesus. The purpose and benefits of the self-help organization Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) are described. Advice is offered to parents and spouses of Anorexia or bulimia on helping their loved ones. The importance of self-esteem is discussed as is the need to accent one's positive traits rather than the negative ones. Several ideas are offered for treating the physical symptoms of bulimia: slowing down before and during eating and walking to relax, tuning in to others rather than to the food present while eating, as certaining what situation trigger binges, and other behavior modification tips. Taking one step at a time is important in overcoming an eating disorder: be patient, face the symptoms, accept certain individual needs, and set small goals so the task of recovering doesn't seem too overwhelming to begin. (as).

Anger
Anger

Author: Carol Tavris

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-08-29

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 143914446X

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This "landmark book" (San Francisco Chronicle) dispels the common myths about the causes and uses of anger as Dr. Carol Tavris expertly examines every facet of that fascinating emotion—from genetics to stress to the rage for justice. Social psychologist Dr. Carol Tavris explores myths around anger—ideas such as expressing anger is always good for you, suppressing anger is always unhealthy, or that women have special "anger problems" that men do not—and provides a helpful guide on how to use anger constructively and how to diminish anger without being aggressive or hostile. Fully revised and updated, Anger now includes: -A new consideration of biological politics: Should testosterone or PMS excuse rotten tempers or aggressive actions? -The five conditions under which anger is likely to be effective—and when it's not. -Strategies for solving specific anger problems—chronic anger, dealing with difficult people, repeated family battles, anger after divorce or victimization, and aggressive children.

Framing Disease
Framing Disease

Author: Charles E. Rosenberg

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780813517575

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Many diseases discussed here--endstage renal disease, rheumatic fever, parasitic infectious diseases, coronary thrombosis--came to be defined, redefined, and renamed over the course of several centuries. As these essays show, the concept of disease has also been used to frame culturally resonant behaviors: suicide, homosexuality, anorexia nervosa, chronic fatigue syndrome. Disease is also framed by public policy, as the cases of industrial disability and of forensic psychiatry demonstrate. Medical institutions, as managers of people with disease, come to have vested interests in diagnoses, as the histories of facilities to treat tuberculosis or epilepsy reveal. Ultimately, the existence and conquest of disease serves to frame a society's sense of its own "healthiness" and to give direction to social reforms.

My Life from Scratch
My Life from Scratch

Author: Gesine Bullock-Prado

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2011-11-30

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0307809064

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A former Hollywood insider trades the Hollywood Hills for Green Acres—and lives to tell about it in this hilarious, poignant treat of a memoir. As head of her celebrity sister’s production company, Gesine Bullock-Prado had a closet full of designer clothes and the ear of all the influential studio heads, but she was miserable. The only solace she found was in her secret hobby: baking. With every sugary, buttery confection to emerge from her oven, Gesine took one step away from her glittery, empty existence—and one step closer to her true destiny. Before long, she and her husband left the trappings of their Hollywood lifestyle behind, ending up in Vermont, where they started the gem known as Gesine Confectionary. And they never looked back. Confections of a Closet Master Baker follows Gesine's journey from sugar-obsessed child to miserable, awkward Hollywood insider to reluctant master baker. Chock-full of eccentric characters, beautifully detailed descriptions of her baking process, ceaselessly funny renditions of Hollywood nonsense, and recipes, the ingredients of her story will appeal to anyone who has ever considered leaving the life they know and completely starting over.

Anger, the Misunderstood Emotion
Anger, the Misunderstood Emotion

Author: Carol Tavris

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9780671250942

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"This landmark book" (San Francisco Chronicle) dispels the common myths about the causes and uses of anger -- for example, that expressing anger is always good for you, that suppressing anger is always unhealthy, or that women have special "anger problems" that men do not. Dr. Carol Tavris expertly examines every facet of that fascinating emotion -- from genetics to stress to the rage for justice. Book jacket.

The Sociology of Health and Illness
The Sociology of Health and Illness

Author: Peter Conrad

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 9781429205580

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A text that brings a critical and conceptual sociological orientation to bear on the issues underlying the current health care crisis and on proposed changes in the health system.