The Hungry Soul (eBook)

Introduction.................................................... 1

My Story. Your Story. Our Story .....................9

The Hungry Soul ...........................................18

STEP ONE: AWAKEN TO THE DARK TRUTH OF WEIGHT OBSESSION ..................23

A Nation Of Weight Watchers ........................24

Dieting + Feminism ........................................27

Fixing The Broken Bits ...................................32

Health At Every Size ......................................35

B.M.I - Bullsh*t, Misleading And Inaccurate ...43

Fat Shaming, Fat Phobia + The Fear Of Weight Gain...... 46

Diet Cult-ure ....................................................50

Why Weight Loss Won’t Fix Your Problems ....53

What I Now Know About Weight .....................56

What Are Diets? ..............................................59

When Healthy Eating Turns Harmful ...............65

The Minnesota Starvation Experiment ............70

The Exploitation And Profit Of The Diet Industry......72

Diet Statistics ...................................................81

Why Diets Do Not Work ...................................89

STEP TWO: BODY NEUTRALITY IN A WORLD OF BODY PERFECTION .........101

The Media + Body Image ...............................102

Media Exposure + Body Image Ideals ............106

Body Diversity And Social Comparison ...........115

Redefining Beauty ...........................................120

Body Neutrality - Not Body Love ......................124

STEP THREE: FEELINGS NEED TO BE FELT, NOT FED ...............131

Emotional Eating + Binging ...............................132

You Can’t Fight Physiology ...............................138

Feel The Feels ..................................................141

Emotions Are Stuck In Food ..............................151

STEP FOUR: DITCH THE DIETS .............155

Take Your Power Back .................156

The Perfect Way To Eat ................159

Reconnect To Body Wisdom ...............165

Removing All The Labels .......170

Switching Off Diet Mentality .......175

Throwing Away The Scales ...........181

Satisfaction + Enjoyment ............185

Leaving Scarcity Mindset Behind ...........191

Through The Lens Of Curious ...........194

Your Self Trust Muscle .........196

Stop Waiting On Your Weight ..........198

STEP FIVE: OVERCOME YOUR SELF LIMITING BELIEFS ........203

Food For Thought ........204

Your Undigested Story ............210

Your Fearful Inner Critic .............213

STEP SIX: FEEDING YOUR HUNGRY SOUL .......217

What Are You Really Hungry For? .......218

The Symbolic Substitute ........222

Radical Truth Telling .........226

Good Girls + Shy Rebels ........230

Less Doing And More Being ........234

STEP SEVEN: LIVING A FULL UP LIFE THROUGH SOUL NOURISHMENT ......237

Vitamin P Deficiency .........238

Turning On The Woo-Woo .......240

Find Your Sisterhood ..........244

Permission Is Everything ..........247

CONCLUSION - YOUR INVITATION ......251

BIBLIOGRAPHY.......256

RESOURCES.......260

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 261