Resources
Here I am referring to the people, writers, thinkers, activists who influenced me throughout my journey into self-acceptance, as well as the resources that are the cornerstones of my body of work. All resources are hyperlinked to the author or Amazon website.
NB: If you are currently recovering, watch out for the trigger warning sign (TW). You might want to wait a little with these <3
BOOKS
Body acceptance / ED recovery / HAES
Linda Bacon, Health at every size
Linda Bacon & Lucy Aphramor, Body Respect
Jes Baker, Things no one will tell fat girls
Marc David, The slow down diet
Caroline Dooner, The Fuck it diet
Jennifer L. Gaudiani, Sick enough
(TW) Roxane Gay, Hunger: A memoir of (my) body
Alan Levinovitz, The gluten lie
Nicola J Rinaldi, Stephanie G Buckler, Lisa Sanfilippo Waddell, No Period, Now What?
Virginia Sole-Smith, The eating instinct: food culture, body image and guilt in America
Sonya Renee Taylor, The body is not an apology
Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch, The intuitive eating workbook
Virgie Tovar, You have the right to remain fat
Feminism, Anti-racism & Media literacy
Reni Eddo-Lodge, Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race
Relationships
Self-help / Mental Health
Brené Brown, The gifts of imperfection
Brené Brown, The power of vulnerability: teachings on authenticity, connection, courage (audiobook)
Sarah Knight, the life-changing magic of not giving a fuck
Gabor Maté, Scattered minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
Gabor Maté, When the body says no. The cost of hidden stress
Eckhart Tolle, The power of now
Parenting
Ellyn Satter, Secrets of feeding a healthy family
Ellyn Satter, Your child’s weight: helping without harming
Alfie Kohn, Unconditional parenting: moving from rewards and punishment to love and reason
Lindsay Powers, You can’t fuck up your kids
Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell, Parenting from the inside out
Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, The whole-brain child
Books for girls and boys 4 years old +
Todd Parr, It’s okay to be different
Books for girls 9 years old +
Maryann Jacobsen, My body’s superpower: The Girls’ Guide to Growing Up Healthy During Puberty
Sonya Renee Taylor, Celebrate your body (and its changes too!)
Books for girls and boys 10 years old +
WEBSITES & SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
Body acceptance / ED recovery / HAES
https://www.thebodypositive.org
www.thefeedingofthefox.wordpress.com
Disability / Movement
www.thefeedingofthefox.wordpress.com
http://jessamynstanley.com/ @mynameisjessamyn
Feminism, anti-racism, social justice
Acne & skin positivity
Raising body confident kids
SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS
PODCASTS
Body acceptance / ED recovery / HAES
Meret Boxler, Life. Unrestricted
Dear Media, Food heaven podcast
Julie Duffy Dillon, Love, Food
Tabitha Farrar, Eating disorders recovery podcast
Aaron Flores & Glenys Oyston, Dietitians unplugged
Center for appearance research, Appearance matters
Summer Innanen, Fearless Rebelle Radio
KCRW Allison Behringer, Bodies
Kaila Prins, Finding our hunger
Anne-Sophie Reinhardt, Escape diet prison podcast
Chris Sandel, Real Health Radio
Rebecca Scritchfield, Body kindness
Paige Smathers, Nutrition matters podcast
Noor Tehini, The Goodness Podcast
Virgie Tovar, Rebel eaters club
Sarah Vance, Reclaiming you podcast
Women’s health, Project Body Love
Any podcast featuring Virgie Tovar or Isabel Foxen-Duke
Self-help / Mental health
Chel Hamilton, Meditation minis (Lots of guided meditations, including some around sleep issues, completely free of charge)
John Moe, The hilarious world of depression (A funny, genuine look at clinical depression from the perspective of comedians and writers)
Andrea Owen, Your kick-ass life podcast (Andrea meets people from all walk of life sharing their stories of getting over nasty inner critics or difficult life transitions)
Feminism & anti-racism
Lestraundra Alfred, Balanced black girl
Nouvelles Ecoutes, La Poudre (Some episodes are translated or recorded in English, a podcast covering stories of powerful women in art, politics, writing, activism)
Raising body confident kids
Zoe Bisbing and Leslie Bloch, The full bloom podcast
Jill Castle, the nourished child podcast
Amy Palanjian and Virginia Sole-Smith, Comfort food podcast (a podcast about feeding families and ourselves, great if you have picky eaters or struggle with mealtimes as a family)
DOCUMENTARIES
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