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
Lindo Bacon, Health at every size
Lindo Bacon & Lucy Aphramor, Body Respect
Lindo Bacon, Radical Belonging
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
(TW) Sofie Hagen, Happy fat: Taking up space in a world that wants to shrink you
Lindsey and Lexie Kite, More than a 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
Da’Shaun L. Harrison, Belly of the beast: The politics of anti-fatness as anti-blackness
Alya Mooro, The Greater Freedom: Life as a Middle Eastern Woman Outside the Stereotypes
Trevor Noah, Born a crime: stories from a South African childhood
Peggy Orenstein, Don’t Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life
Sabrina Strings, Fearing the black body: the racial origins of fatphobia
Relationships
Gary Chapman, The five love languages
Esther Perel, Mating in captivity: unlocking erotic intelligence
Self-help / Mental Health
Brené Brown, The gifts of imperfection
Brené Brown, The power of vulnerability: teachings on authenticity, connection, courage (audiobook)
Glennon Doyle, Untamed: start living, stop pleasing
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
Emily and Amelia Nagoski, Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
Eckhart Tolle, The power of now
Bessel Van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Parenting
Alfie Kohn, Unconditional parenting: moving from rewards and punishment to love and reason
Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Maté, Hold on to your kids
Lindsay Powers, You can’t fuck up your kids
Ellyn Satter, Secrets of feeding a healthy family
Ellyn Satter, Your child’s weight: helping without harming
Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell, Parenting from the inside out
Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson, The whole-brain child
Body Image and Sex Ed for 4yo+
Todd Parr, It’s okay to be different
Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth, What makes a baby
Body Image and sex Ed for 8yo+
Maryann Jacobsen, My body’s superpower: The Girls’ Guide to Growing Up Healthy During Puberty
Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth, Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings, and YOU
Sonya Renee Taylor, Celebrate your body (and its changes too!)
Body Image and Sex Ed for 10yo +
Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth, You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things
WEBSITES & SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
Body acceptance / ED recovery / HAES
https://www.thebodypositive.org
www.thefeedingofthefox.wordpress.com
www.julieduffydillon.com (PCOS expert that’s also anti-diet!)
Fat liberation
@bodyliberationwithlindley (Stock images of people in larger bodies)
@can.we.all.go (Stock images of people in larger bodies)
@iamchrissyking (HAES movement)
Anti-diet for men
Anti-diet Movement
@joyn (HAES movement)
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, Find your food voice
Tabitha Farrar, Eating disorders recovery podcast
Aaron Flores & Glenys Oyston, Dietitians unplugged
Center for appearance research, Appearance matters
KCRW Allison Behringer, Bodies
Kaila Prins, Finding our hunger
Chris Sandel, Real Health Radio
Rebecca Scritchfield, Body kindness
Paige Smathers, Nutrition matters podcast
Noor Tehini, The Goodness Podcast
Virgie Tovar, Rebel eaters club
Body Image with Bri, The body grievers club
Cynthia Donovan, The Period Recovery podcast
Grace Mulvey & Conor Dowling, Fad Camp (TW)
Women’s health, Project Body Love
The Middle East Eating Disorder Association Podcast
Dr Joshua Wolrich, Willing to be wrong
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)
Feminism & anti-racism
ABC Radio, Ladies, we need to talk
Lestraundra Alfred, Balanced black girl
How to fail with Elizabeth Day
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
ON MY WISHLIST
