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“MeaningFULL: 23 Life-Changing Stories of Conquering Dieting, Weight, & Body Image Issues” is a blend of motivational self-help, memoir, psychology, and health and wellness. Alli Spotts-De Lazzer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, an expert in eating and body image issues, and a woman on the other side of her own decades-long struggle with food and body.
A $702 billion global diet/nutrition and weight loss industry shows that people worldwide are devoted to achieving maximum health and their desired bodies. Yet mainstream approaches are failing these individuals, and sadly, science proves this. Intent on gaining the “health” and “happiness” that diets promise, consumers keep trying. They become sad and frustrated, believing they’re failing when they’re not. They simply need a legitimate, alternative path, which “MeaningFULL” offers. Through the contributors’ diverse, real-life mini-memoirs followed by Spotts-De Lazzer’s commentaries, readers will learn about themselves and discover their unique, unconventional formulas for conquering their issues. Along the way, “MeaningFULL” will also guide them towards more self-appreciation, wellness, and fulfillment.
A $702 billion global diet/nutrition and weight loss industry shows that people worldwide are devoted to achieving maximum health and their desired bodies. Yet mainstream approaches are failing these individuals, and sadly, science proves this. Intent on gaining the “health” and “happiness” that diets promise, consumers keep trying. They become sad and frustrated, believing they’re failing when they’re not. They simply need a legitimate, alternative path, which “MeaningFULL” offers. Through the contributors’ diverse, real-life mini-memoirs followed by Spotts-De Lazzer’s commentaries, readers will learn about themselves and discover their unique, unconventional formulas for conquering their issues. Along the way, “MeaningFULL” will also guide them towards more self-appreciation, wellness, and fulfillment.
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Toot's Review by Betty Bee
This book was both moving and poignant, with some lighter, happy moments thrown in for good measure. Each story is from an individual who has known the darkest depths of body image issues and has persevered and climbed out of those depths in order to live a better life. Unlike a lot of other books with words like 'dieting' in the title, this book is filled with body positivity and tips for how to deal with your own issues with your body image.
There were a lot of practical, realistic tips in this book, not just from the people telling their stories but from a trained therapist who actually understands eating disorders for the mental health issues that they are. At the end of every story, Spotts De-Lazzer adds a note from herself, clarifying what type of lesson can be taken away from each one and offering more guidance about any methods of therapy or treatment that may have been brought up.
The ideas in this book provide healthy, gentle suggestions to help deal with, what Spotts De-Lazzer refers to as an 'abusive relationship with yourself,' a metaphor that I felt, fits perfectly. There is no one that is harder on us than ourselves, and the stories in this book reflect that mentality.
I recommend this book to anyone that has struggled or still struggles with body image or eating disorders in the past or anyone who wishes to understand the mindset that causes them. There is no better look at that world than this! 5 Stars
Author Info
A believer in service and advocacy, Alli serves on multiple committees and created #ShakeIt for Self-Acceptance!—a movement embodying its message.
Website: https://www.meaningfullread.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeaningFULLread/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/meaningFULLread
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meaningfullread/
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