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2020 Newsletters & Book Reviews
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2020
DECEMBER 2020
12 Finding Light
Tips to balancing the darkness and light in our lives
Book review of Nourish: How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Self by Heidi Schauster
Chat Takeaways with Karen Koenig
19 Giving and Receiving
Updates on eating disorder advocacy and how you can help
Book review of The Art of Changing: Your Path to a Better Life
Chat Takeaways with Karin Lewis
NOVEMBER 2020
28 Chosen Family
Celebrating our important support system of non-blood related family members
Book review of Skills-based Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder by Janet Treasure, Grainne Smith, and Anna Crane
Chat Takeaways with Mary Anne Cohen
17 Thanksgiving Support
Approaches to Navigating Thanksgiving and Holidays
Book review of Seven Keys to a Permanent, Positive Relationship with Food by Karen R. Koenig LCSW, M.Ed
Chat Takeaways with Comer Rudd-Gates
14 Expressive Therapies for Healing
Exploring Expressive Arts as an approach to ED recovery
Book review of The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Chat Takeaways with Samantha DeCaro
7 Releasing Shame
Practices to put down our feelings of shame
Book review of A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders by Jennifer L. Gaudiani MD CEDS FAED
Chat Takeaways with Carolyn Costin
OCTOBER 2020
30 Weight Stigma Awareness Week
Exploring weight stigma and body positivity
Book review of Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Leave Out, Get Wrong, or Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight by Linda Bacon PHD, formerly Linda, and Lucy Aphramor, PhD, RD
Chat Takeaways with Anita Sinicrope Maier
17 EDs Do Not Discriminate
Promoting diversity and breaking down stereotypes
Book review of Treating Black Women with Eating Disorders: A Clinician's Guide by Charlynn Small and Mazella Fuller
Chat Takeaways with Susan Kleinman
10 A Call for Calm
Mental approaches techniques to remain calm
Book review of Recovery Is Stories of Healing by Kristina Saffran and Liana Rosenman
Chat Takeaways with Rachel Millner
3 Everybody Counts
Embracing differences and showing people you care
Book review of Intuitive Eating A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Chat Takeaways with Ovidio Bermudez
SEPTEMBER 2020
26 Lessons from RBG: Never Give Up
Accomplishing goals through preseverence
Book review of 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder by Carolyn Costin & Gwen Schubert Grabb
Chat Takeaways with Amy Pershing & Chevese Turner
19 Challenges: Climbing Mountains, One Step at a Time
Approaches to tackling challenges in life
Book review of Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond by Amy Pershing with Chevese Turner
Chat Takeaways with Ann Kearney-Cooke
12 Let Love Heal
How to practice self-love
Book review of The Body Is Not an Apology:The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Chat Takeaways with Michael Berrett
5 Tools for your Toolbox: Journaling
Explores journaling as a tool for self-awareness
Book review of The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Chat Takeaways with Dr. Michael Berrett
AUGUST 2020
29 Mindful Nourishment
Ways to practice nourishment across various aspects of our lives
Book review of Mind Your Own Body: A Body Image Handbook by Gina Macdonald
Chat Takeaways with Carolyn Costin
22 Tools for your Toolbox: Acceptance and Commitment
Focusing on self-acceptance without judgment and self-improvement
Book review of French Toast for Breakfast: Declaring Peace with Emotional Eating by Mary Anne Cohen
Chat Takeaways with Craig Johnson, PhD
15 Rest, Recharge, Replenish
Identifying your emotional drains and ways to replenish your energy
Book review of Anorexia Nervosa: A Recovery Guide for Sufferers, Families and Friends by Janet Treasure and June Alexander
Chat Takeaways with Judith Brisman, PhD
8 The Strength to Ask for Help
A step by step guide in overcoming the struggles to ask for help
Book review of Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery by Lindsey Hall & Leigh Cohn
Chat Takeaways with Adele Lafrance, PhD
1 Getting Grounded
Grounding practices to be aware and in control of your emotions
Book review of Life Without Ed:How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too by Jenni Schaefer with Thom Rutledge
Chat Takeaways with Steve Emmett, PhD
JULY 2020
25 Living in a Larger Body & BED
Grounding practices to be aware and in control of your emotions
Book review of Life Without Ed:How One Woman Declared Independence from
Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too by Jenni Schaefer with Thom Rutledge
Chat Takeaways with Steve Emmett, PhD
18 Taking a Pause
Prompts to practicing mindful pauses everyday
Book review of The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo
Chat Takeaways with Sondra Kronberg