About

In a society where thinness is a measure of worthiness, it’s no wonder the multibillion-dollar weight-loss industry continues to flourish while its loyal, repeat customers continue to suffer in shame. After all, we’ve been led to believe that it’s our fault we can’t succeed at the latest diet, control our eating, or mold our bodies to the “correct” size and shape.

The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook seeks to flip that narrative on its head.

Written by three leading experts in the fields of disordered eating, mental health, and trauma-informed care, this book will become your go-to guide for learning how to reject diet culture, heal your relationship with food, and feel at home in your body. No “wellness plan” needed! In these pages, you’ll find a wealth of information, strategies, and stories to help you:

• Trust your body to know what it needs to feel comfortable and satiated

• Break free from the rigidity of dieting and the chaos of binge eating

• Unlearn messages about when and what you’re “supposed” to eat

• Understand the emotional connection that everyone – yes, everyone – has with food

• Let go of internalized weight stigma and body shame

• Dispel myths about weight, health, and fitness

• Recognize diets disguised as wellness or health plans

Endorsements of The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook

"Superstar clinicians and authors Matz, Pershing, and Harrison have gifted us with this practical, useful, and healing workbook. It reveals with compassion the dangers and damage of diet culture and weight stigma, then offers instead the most scientifically and psychologically sound best practices. This is a brilliant resource for individuals looking for the truest pathway toward a joyful and sustainable relationship with eating as well as being an invaluable tool for clinicians to use with clients."

- Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD, CEDS-S, FAED, Founder & Medical Director of the Gaudiani Clinic, and author of “Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders” (Routledge, 2018)

"The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing, and Body Image Workbook is a comprehensive resource for learning how diet culture impacts you and practicing how to navigate it all with compassion instead of quick fixes that don't last. This is the kind of workbook that serves as foundational knowledge to equip you throughout your life and as a go-to resource for immediate advice or strategies at the moment you need them.”

- Lexie Kite, Ph.D., co-author of "More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament" (HarperCollins, 2021)