Karen R. Koenig Books

The book teaches readers to identify negative "trash thoughts" versus positive "treasure thoughts" and explores the shortcomings of external motivation. It emphasizes the importance of internal motivators for achieving success and offers strategies for cultivating self-talk filled with love, compassion, and encouragement. These insights aim to support individuals in jump-starting or maintaining their recovery journey.

Does this sound like you? Food will make me fat. My body should be perfect. I am ashamed of how I eat. I am not in control of my body. I am only lovable when I'm thin. Eating is the only pleasure I have in life. An unhealthy relationship with food, weight, and body image can cause scores of irrational beliefs—beliefs that will affect every aspect of your life. The Rules of “Normal” Eating targets these beliefs, feelings, and behaviors, and points the way toward genuine physical and emotional fulfillment. Filled with humorous insights, compassion, and practical wisdom, this book outlines balanced attitudes and patterns that will benefit all types of eaters.

An 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.

In 9 von 10 Fällen sind es psychische Ursachen, die der Figur schaden Nett macht fett – denn viele Frauen laden sich zu viel auf, sowohl wörtlich als auch bildlich, und können einfach nicht nein sagen. Karen R. Koenig zeigt, wie sie überflüssiges Gewicht loswerden können – emotional und körperlich –, indem sie besser auf sich achtgeben und sich auch mal an erster Stelle setzen, ohne dabei unfreundlich zu werden. Das erste Buch, das den Zusammenhang zwischen Perfektionismus und Übergewicht beschreibt.