Healing Emotional Eating for Trauma Survivors

Trauma-Informed Practices to Nurture a Peaceful Relationship with Your Emotions, Body, and Food

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Pub Date Oct 26 2023 | Archive Date Sep 01 2023

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If you've experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, your past trauma could affect how you care for yourself today. You may struggle with difficult thoughts and feelings, and reach for food to soothe your emotions when feeling sad, anxious, or stressed. You aren't alone. In fact, studies show there is a strong link between adversity, trauma, and abuse and emotional eating. The good news is there are tools you can use to heal from the past and nurture a healthier relationship with food, your body, and yourself. This book offers step-by-step guidance for rewiring your brain to calm trauma-based fears, regulate your body and emotions, connect with your inner wisdom for strength, and release the emotional need to hold onto weight.

Healing Emotional Eating for Trauma Survivors offers an innovative, trauma-informed approach to overcoming emotional eating using the principles of mindfulness, self-compassion, and neuroscience. With this gentle guide, you will gain a deeper understanding of your trauma, and discover alternative ways to soothe stress and difficult emotions when they show up. You'll also learn to shift your focus away from your weight, so you can cultivate a more loving connection with your body as you heal.

With this compassionate guide, you'll discover ways to:

- Calm your anxious brain and body
- Safely process your emotions
- Transform self-punishment into self-compassion
- Practice self-forgiveness and overcome body shame
- Take your power back from trigger foods
- Create an emotionally safe sanctuary with friends, family, and home

Most importantly, you'll find the support you need to end the cycle of emotional eating and release the weight of your trauma-so you can live with a greater sense of freedom and vitality.

If you've experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, your past trauma could affect how you care for yourself today. You may struggle with difficult thoughts and feelings, and reach for food...


Advance Praise

“A wise and compassionate book that illuminates how trauma survivors can finally make peace with emotional eating. Diane Petrella guides readers to deeply understand why their trauma has led to their struggles—and offers healing strategies, wisdom, and gentle kindness to release their pain, secrets, anxiety, and stress. Petrella captures the heartbeat of what it means to recover from trauma and emotional eating, and offers hope that recovery is possible.”
—Mary Anne Cohen, LCSW, BCD, director of The New York Center for Eating Disorders; and author of three books on eating disorders, including Lasagna for Lunch

“I wish I had this book thirty-five years ago when I started on my own journey toward making peace with food and my body. If you’re ready to develop a more compassionate understanding of how your emotional eating helps you cope with developmental trauma, and experience a nourishing relationship with food, Diane is your guide! Healing Emotional Eating for Trauma Survivors is clear and comprehensive, filled with heart and inspiration.”
—Barbara L. Holtzman, MSW, LICSW, psychotherapist; and author of Conscious Eating, Conscious Living

“Healing Emotional Eating for Trauma Survivors is a gentle tour de force of a book. From its first words, seasoned therapist Diane Petrella guides readers onto a path of compassionate self-healing of the trauma that lies within emotional eating. Her knowledge base is deep and wide, and her therapeutic approaches address mind, body, and soul, opening doors for all to make new choices.”
—Joanne Ahola, MD, DLFAPA, psychiatrist in New York City, NY; specializing in psychotherapy and the psychological effects of trauma and human rights abuses

“A wise and compassionate book that illuminates how trauma survivors can finally make peace with emotional eating. Diane Petrella guides readers to deeply understand why their trauma has led to their...


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ISBN 9781648481178
PRICE £16.99 (GBP)
PAGES 192

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