Am I Really Hungry? is the last diet book you'll ever have to buy! It's a 21st century intuitive guide for thinking differently about being your healthy weight that people are calling "liberating". Based on interviews with dieters and intuitive eaters, this book tells how to turn off old diet hot-buttons and turn on natural self-control. It's a relief! Imagine knowing what you want, knowing when you're hungry and being at peace with your body and yourself. It's all part of the inner game of eating self-control. This is for anyone who’s tired and frustrated with traditional 20th century diets. Life is different now so it's time to think different. Learn to open your mind and connect with your body by using your senses to think. Instead of calories and rules, you get 10 tools to depend on as guides for eating intuitively. Say “good-bye” dieting and “hello” long term-satisfaction with your body and yourself. No inner critic. No calorie counting. No forbidden foods. Instead the focus is quality of life. A chapter deals with social stress. Have you ever wished you could relax at a party where there was a huge buffet? Have you ever dreamed you might loose weight without having to diet? Well, you can. There are tricks intuitive eater's use to protect themselves without thinking about self-control that make sense and are easy! A chapter reveals the meaning of sensual eating. It's second nature to discover pleasure with our senses. You will never look at food the same way again. The way to know the difference between physical and emotional hunger is made clear. And most, important, you learn to recognize and depend on your protective inner voice. Eating is a metaphor for living. Thinking differently about eating is guaranteed to reduce stress as well as your waistline. It will change your life. With this revolutionary book you learn to recognize signals in your life that keep you in sync with your priorities. It's intuitive to respond to your body when you eat. It's natural to stay aware of eating options while connecting with the pleasure of eating by being in sync with your body. Get insights into how habits of emotional reactions to eating interfere with real physical needs. Isn't it time to put an end to habits that de-rail your diet and your peace of mind? Connect with your intuition, tune in to your body and look great. Am I Really Hungry guides us through the maze of eating frustration and diet stress to rediscover and recognize satisfaction at mealtime. You only fail when you give up. It's a simple philosophy of thinking with your senses to stay clear about priorities and personal boundaries that is liberating. In fact, those who learn this technique find it enhances opportunities in all relationships - way beyond their relationship with eating. Philosopher Jane Bernard tells how to break the cycle of stress eating and how to stop bad eating habits forever. This approach is considered "revolutionary" for its psychological and intuitive revelations about eating and diets. Am I Really Hungry is available through Whole Foods and endorsed by The James Beard Foundation. Learn the inner game of eating self-control. Watch your life change.
Jane Bernard lives in New York City. Her degrees in Philosophy (The New School for Social Research) and Special Education (Bank Street College), and three decades of informal Zen practice form the foundation for Jane's uniquely accessible perspective on intuition and the creative process.
She has been a writer for 25 years, starting as a technical writer for educational think-tanks, educational television, ghost writing speeches, re-writing books, screenplays, and proposals, as well as publishing creative writing. She has also been an adjunct writing professor at several universities.
Jane has been on The Montel Show and is a regular on national and international radio talking about intuition. Jane's first book, Fine Tuning is designed to help people recognize and tune in to their intuition. It can be opened to any page for a sound-bite of insight. Jane's savvy helps people connect with clarity to make empowering Life choices by using their senses with intuition and experience.
Because Jane Bernard is the expert to talk to about intuition, she was asked to write a book about intuitive eating. Based on interviews and observation, this new book talks about eating hot buttons from the dieter's perspective while revealing and explaining how intuitive eaters depend on real tools to stay in control of their eating.
Jane privately coaches people to use their intuition to overcome obstacles and connect with success. She can often be heard on radio or seen on TV. Additionally Jane is a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution.
