Beyond the Food Game: A Spiritual and Psychological Approach to Healing Emotional Eating [Paperback]

Jane E. Latimer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1993

A brand new model for healing emotional eating through the creation of strong internal boundaries.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Potent, do-able steps towards creating a healthy relationship to food...This book is full of wisdom. -- Mike Bowers, PsyD, founder of Weight Choice

[A] book that links the body to emotional eating. A very powerful experiential approach to understanding eating disorder recovery. -- Lee Moyer, PhD, clinical psychologist

[B]reaks new ground...certain sections go straight for the heart, like an arrow dipped in reality potion... -- Lin Cochran, author of Beyond Dieting

[G]reat...a crystal clear explanation of out-of-control eating and how to heal it. Very accessible and visually effective... -- Lindsey hall, author of Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery

From the Inside Flap

Emotional eating is frequently triggered by events or continuing life situations that remind us of our unmet childhood needs. These triggers provide us with a great opportunity for healing--the chance to utilize our own inner resources to support an alive, vibrant self.

With practical step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and easy-to-follow charts, Beyond the Food Game will help you recognize and repair childhood "injuries" that underlie emotional eating; respect your own feelings and needs in relationship with others; use your body power to stop out-of-control eating, yo-yo dieting, and food obsession; and create a new self-image.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: LivingQuest (September 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882109015
• ISBN-13: 978-1882109012
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,176,484 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars True healing, July 23, 2001

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"emilymay11" (Denver CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond the Food Game: A Spiritual and Psychological Approach to Healing Emotional Eating (Paperback)

If ever there was someone who knows about healing from the inside out, that's Jane Latimer, who, in my opinion, is a true healer. She is an example of a woman who lives her life at the edge of her authenticity, utilizing her innate talents to weave a life that is rich with self-expression and creativity, of benefit to all who come in contact with her.

I am fortunate to have worked with Jane in her support and meditation groups, in private counseling, and have many of her books. Each book is wonderful in its own way, for its message, and also because of Jane's gift for writing-down-the-bones.

Beyond the Food Game is one example of Jane's ability to put down on paper an entire process - in this book it's healing from emotional eating - that enables the reader to reach deep inside themselves to extract what needs to be revealed, illuminated and healed.

This dis-ease of eating restrictively, or bingeing/overeating compulsively is ingrained, rampant, and condoned in our society. We try to manage our lives - our feeling or lack of feeling - through ever increasing compulsive behavior - restricting or bingeing - only to find that the result of this type of behavior is self-annihilation. To quote Jane "I don't see individuals who suffer from emotional eating as pathological. I see us as expressions of a pathological culture that has replaced true aliveness with soulless, empty shells of existence."

If you're looking for just another diet or quick fix to entertain yourself until the next quick fix comes along, this book is not for you. If you're motivated to do some deep work that will richly bless your life in ways you cannot even imagine, then this is the book and process for you. You read the book at your own pace...ditto the homework exercises. The chapters and exercises in the book are like treasure maps that point the way to a life of full recovery from food obsession. Even if you consider yourself hopeless, all you need to do is read the book, and do the exercises, one chapter at a time.

Jane shows us how to use the tools - we are the artist and life is our canvas. We learn step-by-step how to create our paint-by-number self-portrait that is more vivid and real than we ever imagined.

If you have dreamed of full recovery - or - even if you are skeptical, afraid that full-recovery will always be just beyond your reach, this book is for you. I also encourage you to check out Jane Latimer's website for classes and workshops which provide even more in-depth support to move you beyond the destructive games we play with food and eating behaviors. Her other books nicely supplement the homework/exercises in Beyond the Food Game. I have found the meditation exercises in The Healing Power of Inner Light-Fire to be especially helpful.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's not really about food..., May 29, 2001

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Nancy Mehegan (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond the Food Game: A Spiritual and Psychological Approach to Healing Emotional Eating (Paperback)

Jane Latimer really gets to the heart of it all in this book. Eating disorders are really about the wounded SELF. She gets beyond the obsessive calorie counting. This book is more about healing the wounds of the wounded self, than counting calories. Jane's voice is a gentle, caring one; she comes from a place of knowing, as a recovered bulimic herself. The "Good Parent Messages" and other healing techniques are incredible. The author sees eating disorders as "Portals to Self-Discovery" ...Wish I had this book years ago!! I would love to take one of her workshops.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breakthrough Insights, May 18, 2002

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Sandra D. Burns (Everett, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond the Food Game: A Spiritual and Psychological Approach to Healing Emotional Eating (Paperback)

Reading the first chapter was all it took for me to be convinced Jane Latimer was talking directly to me. Her description of the experiences, and resulting thought processes, that shaped my relationship with food was validating. I felt more at peace with who I am.

I thought I had healed my Inner Child. But as I've completed the "assignments" she suggests and followed her recommendations to use journaling and a source of spiritual support, I have identifed some previously unconscious beliefs and needs that were being expressed through compulsive eating.

The compulsions are all but gone, and food is no longer a major focus in my life. Thank you, Jane!