Useful Reading

Eating Disorder Recovery & Body Image Concerns:

Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling, by Anita Johnston

​8 Keys To Recovery From An Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies From Therapeutic Practice And Personal Experience, by Carolyn Costin & Gwen Schubert Grabb

​Embody: Learning To Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice), by Connie Sobczak

​Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder: Reclaim Yourself, Regain Your Health, Recover For Good, by Johanna S. Kandel

​Finding Your Voice Through Creativity: The Art And Journaling Workbook For Disordered Eating, by Mindy Jacobsen-Levy and Maureen Foy-Tornay

​The Invisible Man: A Self-help Guide for Men With Eating Disorders, Compulsive Exercise and Bigorexia, by John F. Morgan

​Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat: A Story of Bulimia, by Stephanie Covington Armstrong

Teens:

My Gender Workbook: How to Become A Real Man, A Real Woman The Real You Or Something Else Entirely, by Kate Bernstein

The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers: The Secret to Loving Teens Effectively, by Gary Chapman

Understanding Trauma:

The Courage To Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 20th Anniversary Edition by, Ellen Bass & Laura Davis

Self-Awareness:

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, by Brené Brown​

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are, by Brené Brown​

The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho

Shame-Proof Parenting: Find your unique parenting voice, feel empowered, and raise whole, healthy children by Mercedes Samudio LCSW

The Love Challenge: 30 Days, 30 Ways To Increase The Love In Your Relationship by Melissa Dumaz LMFT