Healing the Hungry Self: The Diet-Free Solution to Lifelong Weight Management [Mass Market Paperback]

Deirdra Price (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1998

Divided into four sections devoted to the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual "selves," Healing the Hungry Self shows readers how shaping new behaviors leads to healthier eating while avoiding unhealthy dieting. It explains the difference between physical and emotional hunger, and how attitudes, thoughts, and feelings affect our eating choices. Dr. Price gives directions for reversing eating rituals, recognizing danger zones, using alternatives to food to cope with emotions, and accepting our bodies the way they are. This comprehensive workbook includes: * Real-life stories * Checklists and questionnaires * A variety of exercises * Charts for keeping a daily routine For those who starve themselves to lose weight, find themselves eating all day long, or turn to food for comfort or relief, Healing the Hungry Self offers a way to create a permanent change in their minds and bodies. *Deirdra Price is a clinical psychologist with extensive credentials and training. *Dr. Price conducts seminars nationally, speaking at high schools, colleges, hospitals, and businesses.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

As people in the Western world diet more and continue to grow fatter, the trend toward weight-loss books that deal with the emotional and psychological aspects of overeating--rather than simply providing another low-calorie food plan--is a welcome one. In this excellent workbook, eating-disorders expert Deirdra Price provides clear information on changing your physical and mental self-image, along with questionnaires, games, and visualizations designed to draw readers into the process immediately. Those who work through the exercises are likely to experience a boost in self-esteem that they may come to realize is more valuable than the body changes that will eventually occur.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Plume; 1 edition (January 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452279402
• ISBN-13: 978-0452279407
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #479,288 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most valuable book I've read on weight issues., December 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Healing the Hungry Self: The Diet-Free Solution to Lifelong Weight Management (Mass Market Paperback)

I found this book to be as insightful as it is practical.Going beyond the surface issues of weight loss,this book offers a process of steps which stimulate a new way of thinking and asks questions which are probing and to the point. This is the kind of book I refer to again and again. A small group of friends and I use this book as the basis for our weekly discussions and assignments, and it has provided the well-rounded and holistic approach we were looking for. We are at long last making great strides to resoving the issues which caused the problem in the first place. I recommend it highly!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Workbook, July 2, 1998

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This review is from: Healing the Hungry Self: The Diet-Free Solution to Lifelong Weight Management (Mass Market Paperback)

"Healing the Hungry Self" is a great workbook because it asks tough questions while giving valuable information. If followed as the author intended, there is a reading "assignment" and writing "assignment" each day for six weeks. The advice is practical without being too preachy. I got a lot out of this book. I reccomend it for anyone with a food problem.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very well written and helpful book, April 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Healing the Hungry Self: The Diet-Free Solution to Lifelong Weight Management (Mass Market Paperback)

This book helped me a lot. There is some self assesment tests and I scored in the critical area- my bad habits with overeating have changed my life for the worse and this book helped me look inside and heal whats wrong. If you want to stop abusing your body, and you dont know how to stop, this workbook will be a lifesaver.