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A look at our relationship with food and sex, what happens when we become too dependent on either, and how to start recovering.
The need for food and the desire for sex are powerful forces, so powerful they can turn our bodies into battle grounds. Bingeing, exercising to exhaustion, even entering repeatedly into unhealthy relationships — these are all addictive behaviours and symptoms of our body-obsessed world.
In Food, Sex & You, psychotherapist and recovered food addict Stacey Gorlicky will set you on a course to achieving full body acceptance and help you leave body obsession behind.
By sharing her personal journey and the stories of her clients, Stacey demonstrates how your attitude toward your body and your relationship with food and sex have been shaped by your upbringing, past traumatic experiences, and societal pressures. She then provides an action plan that will help you to sort out your feelings and behaviours surrounding food, allowing you to gain control of your eating.
Feel good about food. Feel great about sex.
Embrace the new you.
The need for food and the desire for sex are powerful forces, so powerful they can turn our bodies into battle grounds. Bingeing, exercising to exhaustion, even entering repeatedly into unhealthy relationships — these are all addictive behaviours and symptoms of our body-obsessed world.
In Food, Sex & You, psychotherapist and recovered food addict Stacey Gorlicky will set you on a course to achieving full body acceptance and help you leave body obsession behind.
By sharing her personal journey and the stories of her clients, Stacey demonstrates how your attitude toward your body and your relationship with food and sex have been shaped by your upbringing, past traumatic experiences, and societal pressures. She then provides an action plan that will help you to sort out your feelings and behaviours surrounding food, allowing you to gain control of your eating.
Feel good about food. Feel great about sex.
Embrace the new you.
Price: $21.99
Pages: 216
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Publication Date:
03 May 2016
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781459734425
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health, Women’s health, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality, Diets & dieting, Sex & sexuality: advice & issues
Part psychological discussion, part step-by-step plan to free oneself from unhealthy mindsets and bad habits, Food, Sex & You is thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds, and highly recommended.
Stacey Gorlicky is a registered psychotherapist, former host of the live TV show Mind Matters, and a passionate spokesperson for mental-health issues. She lives in Toronto.
- Foreword
- Introduction
- PART I: ADDICTION
- 1. Perfectly Beautiful: The Impossible Dream
- 2. Food to Burn: Bingeing and Purging
- PART II: RECOVERY
- 3. Overeaters Anonymous: Aboard the Life Raft
- 4. ADHD: Bingeing on My Brain
- 5. A Landmark Weekend: Shock and Awe
- 6. Sex and Shame: The Tantric Solution
- 7. Transformation: Becoming Real
- 8. Ready for Liftoff: Severe Storms Ahead
- PART III: PAYING IT FORWARD
- 9. Lies We Tell Ourselves: Tearing Up the Old Script
- 10. Anorexia: Dancing with Death
- 11. Obesity: The Fat of the Land
- 12. Your Action Plan: From Bingeing to Recovery
- 13. Sex: Finding the On Switch
- 14. Sex: Finding the Off Switch
- 15. Drugs of Choice: An Addict Is an Addict
- 16. Post-Addiction Image Disorder: Embracing the New You
- 17. The Impsossible: Climb the Highest Mountain
- Afterword
- Notes
- Additional Resources