In this moving and intimate book, Geneen Roth shows how dieting and emotional eating often become a substitute for intimacy. Drawing on her own painful personal experiences, as well as the candid stories of those she has helped in her seminars, Roth examines the crucial issues that surround emotional eating: need for control, dependency on […]
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life
In Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness, you’ll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You’re not stuck with the brain you’re born with. Here are just a few […]
Anorexia Athletica: Compulsive Exercising
We’ve all heard of the common eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and most likely known or will know someone who suffers from an eating disorder. A newer disorder, however, has begun to emerge, and although it is not yet a recognized diagnosis, it is equally dangerous and carries its own consequences. […]
Binge Eating and Overeating
Overeating is a behavior that, while generally not a medical problem, in some cases is a symptom of an eating disorder, such as binge eating disorder or bulimia. In more general terms, “overeating” refers to the persistent consumption of excess food in relation to the energy that the person expends, leading to weight gain and […]