Dining healthily and thriving fully: A mindful eating guide to nourishing mind and body

. Dr. Miriam J. Johnson, a nutritionist, medical doctor, leads a spiritual revolution against prevalent attitudes about food and dieting in Dining healthily and thriving fully, and explains how to free your mind from the worry, frustration, and humiliation commonly associated with eating. You'll learn to recognize misconceptions about food and change your connection with food through a series of revelatory activities combined with basic instructions for time-tested mindfulness and meditation techniques. Dining healthily and thriving fully is not a diet book, a "clean eating" guideline, or a guide to "being your best self." Rather, it is a freeing path to rationality and loving your current body. Many of us have been told since childhood that something is wrong with our bodies: the way they look, the way they feel, and the food we crave. This diet culture, which is all around us in the form of media, fashion, food trends, and even messages from friends and family, tells us that the only way to be happy is to be thin and to strictly adhere to the current eating dogma. Dining healthily and thriving fully challenges this subtle, pervasive messaging and transforms your relationship with food from one of shame to one of nourishment, empowerment, and fulfillment.