You Are Why You Eat: Change Your Food Attitude, Change Your Life
Author(s): Ramani Durvasula, PhD
In "You Are WHY You Eat," food becomes a digestible metaphor. If you are gorging and numbing yourself with food, are you doing the same thing in life? Instead of trying to please others all the time, what would happen if you listened to "your" inner voice? What if you could find a way to stop eating, stop working at a bad job, stop a bad relationship before you walk down the aisle--stop anything when you are full? Understanding WHY you eat can lead to real and lasting change--both in your weight loss and all other areas of your life. "You Are WHY You Eat" teaches readers to take back control in their lives. Dr. Ramani takes an iconoclastic, brave, edgy, and witty approach to self-help. She teaches you to unearth that inner voice, and let it be heard. She turns all of your childhood teachings upside down and forces you to take responsibility for your choices in life. Through real-life anecdotes and exercises, she gives you the tools you need to live on your terms, not those of the stakeholders that surround you. It will help you trust yourself and act from the gut, while making that gut smaller at the same time. And in so doing, it will help people live lives that are braver, more authentic, and less riddled with regret. You can change your food attitude and change your life! [excerpt]"Start by asking yourself one simple, but significant question: Does your life look the way "you" want it to look? Sadly, most of us are living in a script written by other people, and as a result, many of us learned long ago to stop trusting our own instincts. If we can't listen to our bodies and do something as simple as push away a plate of food when we are full, how can we listen to ourselves when it comes to the rest of our lives?"
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"Whether you are looking to change your dress size, your love life, take on your dreams, or just figure out how to connect back to yourself again so you can live a healthy, fulfilled, and authentic life, Ramani's book will take you there." -Vanessa Williams, Actress
"I recommend "You Are Why You Eat" to anyone who eats and anyone who wants to be happy. I really liked how Dr. Ramani Durvasula shared her own stories from her life about weight gain and love loss. In a very entertaining way, she explains how she took control of her life, lost weight and found love." --Cheryl Hines"
"You Are WHY You Eat" is a groundbreaking book that will help people take control of their lives and more importantly live a life that is authentic. By connecting readers to their emotions and learning to find an authentic self, Dr Ramani tackles the most important factors that create our issues around food. She reveals that many of our problems begin with food and our desire to please others. Once we can master the food triggers and listen to ourselves we can also learn to self-regulate in other areas of our lives. A brilliant new look at living an authentic life. Read this book and change your life!" --Dr. Drew Pinsky "Dr. Ramani is really onto something with her philosophy, 'The Promise of One.' It's a simple approach to changing your life one moment at a time . . . and it can work!"--Jeff Probst
"Dr. Ramani Durvasula provides an insightful look into what causes eating problems for many women today, and offers a practical step-by-step guide for how to gain control of why you eat and ultimately who you are. This book can change the way you eat and the way you live." --Fary M. Cachelin, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, UNC Charlotte
"We have long known that health and well-being are directed by physical, emotional, and social conditions. This multifaceted and intelligent understanding to eating and weight loss is what Dr. Ramani keenly investigates in her book "You A
Dr. Ramani Durvasula was featured on Bravo's THINtervention and will be seen in Fall, 2012 on a new series on Oxygen. Her talk and news show appearances include Dr. Oz, Dr. Drew's Lifechangers, and Anderson Cooper. She is a Professor of Psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, and a licensed clinical psychologist. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Visit her at www.doctor-ramani.com.
General Fields
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- : Globe Pequot Press
- : Globe Pequot Press
- : 0.748
- : 30 November 2012
- : 229mm X 152mm X 28mm
- : United States
- : 01 April 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : illustrations
- : illustrations
- : 288
- : 394.12
- : Apr-13
- : Hardback
- : Ramani Durvasula, PhD