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Eating in the Light of the Moon

: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling

by Anita Johnston, Anita A. Johnston PhD., Anita A. Johnston

By weaving practical insights and exercises through a rich tapestry of multicultural myths, ancient legends, and folktales, Anita Johnston helps the millions of women preoccupied with their weight discover and address the issues behind their negative

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“What I've noticed is that when people say, 'You're too sensitive,' they're annoyed because I'm so perceptive.”

— Anita A. Johnston, amazon.com

Tagged: Sensitivity

“I told my therapist every single reason I thought I was weird, why I thought that I couldn't be a normal person because I saw things this way and I felt this way. And one by one these things were explained and I found out I wasn't weird or unacceptable.”

— Anita A. Johnston, amazon.com

Tagged: therapy

“If a woman can find the support she needs in order to experience, accept, and express her feelings, she need not worry that her obsessions with food and eating will worsen.”

— Anita A. Johnston, amazon.com

Tagged: eating disorders, food, Women

“For example, women who crave warm foods such as soups and stews are often longing for emotional warmth in their lives. Those who crave sweets may either be missing sweetness in their lives or be trying to make themselves "sweeter." A craving for spicy foods may indicate a need for intellectual or em…”

— Anita A. Johnston, amazon.com

Tagged: eating disorders, food, The secret language of binge eating

“For many women who have struggled with disordered eating most of their lives, there is nothing more terrifying than the concept of eating whatever they want.”

— Anita A. Johnston, amazon.com

Tagged: eating disorders, food, Diets, Dieting

“It is important to recognize the difference between feeling hungry and feeling famished because if you wait to eat until you are famished, the chances of your overeating are great. You will then say to yourself, "See, I can't trust myself to eat when I am hungry!" and begin to feel very discouraged…”

— Anita A. Johnston, amazon.com

Tagged: eating disorders, The binge restrict cycle, food, Overeating

“Our modern society also has a ritual for adolescent girls to mark their entrance into womanhood. It is called dieting.”

— Anita A. Johnston, amazon.com

Tagged: Dieting, eating disorders, Women, food

“When a woman is struggling to recover from disordered eating, it is important for her to remember that food is a metaphor and that through the process of understanding that metaphor, healing begins.”

— Anita A. Johnston, amazon.com

Tagged: eating disorders, food, Healing

“Recovery from disordered eating begins with the understanding that the disordered eating behavior served you when your goal was survival.”

— Anita Johnston, amazon.com

Tagged: eating disorders, Mental Health