The Food and Feelings Workbook: A Full Course Meal on Emotional HealthAn extraordinary, powerful connection exists between feeling and feeding that, if damaged, may lead to one relying on food for emotional support, rather than seeking authentic happiness. This unique workbook takes on the seven emotions that plague problem eaters - guilt, shame, helplessness, anxiety, disappointment, confusion, and loneliness - and shows readers how to embrace and learn from their feelings. Written with honesty and humor, the book explains how to identify and label a specific emotion, the function of that emotion, and why the emotion drives food and eating problems. Each chapter has two sets of exercises: experiential exercises that relate to emotions and eating, and questionnaires that provoke thinking about and understanding feelings and their purpose. Supplemental pages help readers identify emotions and chart emotional development. The final part of the workbook focuses on strategies for disconnecting feeling from food, discovering emotional triggers, and using one's feelings to get what one wants out of life. |
Contents
The Function of Feelings | 1 |
Fear of Feelings | 28 |
Feelings Not Food | 51 |
Confusion 11 1 1 2 | 69 |
5 6 7 8 | 70 |
Disappointment Anxiety Helplessness Shame | 78 |
Introduction xiv 28 51 72 | 88 |
Loneliness | 220 |
Freeing Your Feelings | 243 |
Triggers to Intense Feelings and Disordered Eating | 272 |
Feeling Your Way to Happiness Health and a Natural Body Weight | 304 |
Food Feelings Food Feelings Action Back Cover Material Plan | 310 |
PostAssessment 304 | 324 |
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The Food and Feelings Workbook: A Full Course Meal on Emotional Health Karen Koenig Limited preview - 2007 |
The Food and Feelings Workbook: A Full Course Meal on Emotional Health Karen R. Koenig Limited preview - 2010 |
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