Book Nook
Books can be a crackerjack supplement to personal growth and therapy. The Book Nook is an ever-growing hub for all my mental health-related favourites.
(Books are now linked to independent booksellers; Willow Tree Counselling receives no financial remuneration for purchases made through these links. Please consider supporting local indie bookstores - many of which are fighting to stay open.)
Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture
by Virginia Sole-Smith (2023)
Journalist and author Virginia Sole-Smith takes a deeply comprehensive look at diet culture’s reach on children and parents, by elevating understanding of the societal systems that maintain fat-phobia and body shaming.
Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Wellbeing and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating
by Christy Harrison (2019)
Hard-hitting look at the diet orthodoxy and strategies for living in a fat-phobic world. Author is a journalist and anti-diet registered dietician. A good read for those who prefer facts and research-based books and who won’t shy away from the author’s assertive messaging.
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach
by E. Tribole & E. Resch (2020, revised)
From the authors that coined the term intuitive eating, and then went on to write about it in this book. This book introduces the reader to the concepts and practice of intuitive eating and how to bring them to life.