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a few of
my favorite things
Why Read:
What's on my Bookshelf:
1. MENTAL STIMULATION LIKE READING CAN SLOW THE PROGRESSION OR PERHAPS PREVENT ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA.
2. BIG TIME STRESS REDUCTION BENEFITS!
3. IMPROVED FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION.
4. HELPS YOU STAY IN THE PRESENT MOMENT WHICH CAN HELP YOU EAT MORE MINDFULLY... HOLLA!
5. STEP AWAY FROM THE TELEVISION, LAPTOP, OR MOBILE, GRAB A BOOK INSTEAD, AND REPLENISH YOUR SPIRIT... TALKING TO YOU TOO, JENNIFER!
Eaters by Sumner Brooks RDN and Amee Severson, RD. The first anti-diet guide for parents to learn and maintain the natural instinct of children to eat intuitively.
How to Raise Intuitive
by Cara Harbstreet, RD. An Intuitive Eating workbook to divorce yourself from the toxic world of dieting. A "perfect companion for your diet-free journey to eating well."
Healthy Eating for Life
by Susan Albers. A pioneer book on mindful eating from a psychologist vantage point. Great if you like to read real-life stories of her clients and practical mindful research.
Eat Mindfully
by Rachel Hartley, RDN. After deleting diet behaviors and the first 9 steps of Intuitive Eating, you're ready for Gentle Nutrition. You don't have to diet to take care of your body, but you want to delete diet patterns first.
Gentle Nutrition
by Virginia Sole-Smith. Thought provoking and perfect for liberating you from diet cultures obsession with thin-ness and "clean eating". Helps neutralize food anxiety.
The Eating Instinct
And Love What You Eat by Michelle May, M.D. I dove into the mindful eating concept with Michelle. I am grateful for her wisdom, sound guidance, and practical advice.
Eat What You Love...
to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders by Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani. Perhaps the best resources to aid in the full recovery from disordered eating and eating disorders.
Sick Enough: A Guide
by Tribole & Resch. If you're a client of mine this workbook is essential. Insightful alone, it's a totally different journey to food peace when interpreted by a mindful pro!
{IE} Workbook
by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, LEGIT registered dietitians and the OG crew who created one of the biggest anti-diet trends of 2020! Pro tip: buy updated 4th edition.
Intuitive Eating {IE}
My MUST HAVE BOOKS
Eating Disorder Registered Dietitians & Professionals (EDRDpro)
International Association of Eating Disorders Professional Foundation (IAEDPF)
International Federation Eating Disorder Dietitians (IFEDD)
Bethany Wheeler Nutrition (ED RD)
Cassie Steinberg (ED RD)
Atlanta Center for Wellness (ED RD's & Therapists)
Best Within You Therapy & Wellness (ED Therapy)
LOCAL TREATMENT CENTERS
Academy for Eating Disorders
More-Love.org (offers support for parents)
Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association (MEDA)
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)
National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA)
Project Heal Organization (apply for ED support)
The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness
EATING DISORDER ORGANIZATIONS
Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH)
The Center For Mindful Eating
The Body Positive
The Original Intuitive Eating Pros
Mindful Eating Mexico (a library of resources in Spanish)
NON-DIET WEBSITES
PROFESSIONAL WEBSITES
RECOMMENDED PRACTIONERS
You are more than your body!
You have more to offer than the shape or size of your body!
NON-DIET APPROACH RESOURCES
INTELLIGENT BELLY WISDOM™ IS THE GATEWAY TO BUILDING BODY TRUST.
- Jennifer Hnat, RDN
Cultivating mindful eating habits and connecting to your
by Lindsay and Lexie Kite, twin sister PhD's offer many ways to make peace with your body with their groundbreaking body image resilience model to reunite with the real you.
More Than A Body
by Angie Manfredi. Collection of art, poetry, prose, celebrating fat acceptance. A gift-worthy guide about body image in a culture consumed by slim beauty standards.
The (Other) F Word
by Katie Sturino An illustrated guide-meets- workbook, stop obsessing about your body issues, focus on self-love, and free up brain space for productive endeavors.
Body Talk
by Jes Baker. A memoir of a fat girl and a glimpse of her life in today's unforgiving fat-phobic society with a deeply personal, funny, irreverent tone.
Landwhale
Body by Roxanne Gay - NYT best-selling author. Exploring food, weight, self-image, and her "wildly undisciplined" body via self-care skills.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My)
The Workbook for Sonya Renee Taylor's book: The Body Is Not An Apology. Actionable tools and structured framework to support the radical self-love path while dismantling body shame.
Actress and comedian Nicole Buyer wrote this book as "the fat girls guide to being brave and not a dejected, melancholy, down in the dumps weeping fat girl in a bikini".
#veryfat #verybrave
by Joy Arlene Renee Cox Ph,D. Exposes diet cultures racist roots, healthism, and how we conflate body size w/ personal responsibility. Reclaim space + belonging in a hostile world.
Fat Girls in Black Bodies
The Workbook for Sonya Renee Taylor's book: The Body Is Not An Apology. An action guide of tools and structured framework to support the radical self-love path.
Your Body Workbook
by Sonya Renee Taylor. A healing balm of radical self love. Systems of oppression thrive off our inability to make peace with difference and injure our body relationship.
Body Is Not An Apology
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Sprout Living
Aloha Protein Bars
Fody's (Fodmap)
Casa de Sante (fodmap)
Modify Health (Fodmap)
Freshly
Stop Think Chew
Trifecta Nutrition
Food is the most intimate relationship we will every have! In order to have a happy, joyful life, we have to learn how to tap into our {IBW} so we can crack our Unique Food Code™.
Let's talk Food!
Make your low FODMAP diet easier with CdS products for optimal gut health. Everything from salsa + sauces to salad dressings + snack bars. You won't feel deprived!
Case de Sante
Low FODMAP products without onions or garlic to make your fave meals during your lowFOD journey. Monash certified for digestively-challenged peeps. Stock up!
Fody's
Chef-crafted low FODMAP meals approved by Monash University. IBS-friendly, lowFOD meals made easy, delish and delivered. Code NUTRITIONATLANTA for $60 off 3-wk order.
Modify Health
After destroying my natural nails with gel manis I was turned onto Static Nails. These reusable pop-on nails are FAB! Use the non-toxic, vegan liquid glass top coat too!
Static Nails
I was dubious until I test drove the oil on a high stress day. Results: super chill mode to power through my workload without whack side effects. Now I buy 2 at a time... LOVE!
Lord Jones CBD Oil
Need dinner without the work? STC is a holistic local farm to food company making balanced meals delivered to your door. Use code JENNIFER10 at check out for 10% off.
Stop. Think. Chew
My plant-based protein powder that agrees with my sensitive belly. Short list of familiar ingredients with 3rd party testing. Use Code NUTRITIONATLANTA =15% off
Sprout Living
Chef-prepared, ready to go food delivered to you. Clients love it because it takes 2 minutes to prepare and ti makes eating healthy easy and delicious. Check 'em out!
Freshly
Boost your daily veggie + fruit intake the easy peasy way with 50+ delish, chef-crafted smoothies, soups, wellness shots, noodle + grain bowls, Vegan, GF, non-GMO, delivered.
Splendid Spoon
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Health is Wealth is my motto and Liberty has saved us thousands of dollars each year. Insurance deductibles continue to skyrocket so check 'em out if you want to save $$$!
Liberty Healthshare
Cost-effective option for clean, delish water. A friend kept going on about 'Berkey water". After I tasted it I was hooked. Get a shower filter too... you'll thank me later.
Berkey Water Filter
Your body is 70% water so quality water is so important for optimal health. Installed the home filter so we have clean water to cook with, clean produce with bath in, and drink!
Pure Effect H2O Filter
Another option for pure sourced essential oils, teas, spices, cooking oils + natural pet care. I buy essential oils from Nadine at Living Libations OR with MRH.
Mt Rose Herbs
Loving this clean beauty line for serums, eye creams + skincare that don't make my eyes water. Faves: Coffee Bean cream, Vitamin C serum, Luminous primer + Overnight balm!
100% Pure
Obsessed with this botanical-based skincare line for 2+ decades. Nadine is the LL skin goddess! Best Skin Ever SeaBuckthorn is my fave. PRO TIP: avoid buying LL on Amazon!
Living Libations
My one stop shop for quality & professional grade supplements. For specific health concerns please work directly with Jennifer. PRO TIP: skip Amazon for supplements!
Fullscript
Some people swear by Vita-Mix but I"ve been team K-Tec for almost 20 years. Either way if you're serious about your health, invest in a high speed blender for all the things.
Vita-Mix
This work horse blender has made my daily green juice for over 20 years so it's my kitch non-negotiable! On my second one and the square blender jar means easier clean up!
