< gaining > & embracing fear

These are the books currently on my reading list:

gaining:
the truth about life after eating disorders by Aimee Liu
I just started this one. On page 30. I am hooked ... reading carefully, and slowly. Full of research, facts and interviews with specialists as well as former anorexics and bulimics. Aimee chronicles the story of her relapse decades after conquering ED for the first time in her adolescence...what an interesting journey so far! Achieving and maintaining healthy weight is, to many, the definition and end of eating disorder recovery.
In gaining....Amy brilliantly explains, how it is just the beginning.



Embracing Fear: How to Turn What Scares Us into Our Greatest Gift by Thom Rutledge
this one is next on my list. can't wait to start it! here is the description from amazon.com:

"Combining compelling stories from the author's twenty-five-year practice, examples from his own struggles with addiction and depression, and practical exercises and tools, Embracing Fear does not pretend to teach the impossible and eliminate fear, but rather shows us that once we understand it we can live beyond its tyrannical control. Instead of repressing or ignoring the voices of panic and dread, we learn that it is only through Facing, Exploring, Accepting, and Responding to fear that we free ourselves from its paralyzing grip."

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...look forward to sharing insights as I read.

make it a great week!

Lily