Feed Yourself

Step Away from the Lies of Diet Culture and into Your Divine Design

De: Leslie Schilling

Narrado por: Leslie Schilling

Read by the author.

Dietitian and nutrition therapist Leslie Schilling turns diet culture on its head with a radical new message: We aren't designed to diet.

Diet culture is a system of oppression that values only certain types of bodies and equates thinness with health. It permeates American society and even lurks in our safest spaces, such as schools, medical offices, and places of worship. But when you begin to see its lies for what they are, you can fight back, build resilience and self-esteem, and trust your divine design.

Leslie Schilling has counseled hundreds of people every year who struggle with food, body image, chronic dieting, and disordered eating. She helps them understand diet-culture myths, fight the lies we've been told (and sold), and discover the truth about health, well-being, and how God sees our bodies—all bodies—as good.

In Feed Yourself, you'll learn how to:

• Identify the lies of diet culture.
• Understand that health is far more than what we eat or how we move.
• Escape the shame and guilt you may feel about your body.
• Trust your body and recognize its cues and needs.
• Find freedom in food and learn to define health on your own terms.

Discussion questions, charts to help you discern diet culture, and recommended readings are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

Incredibly Wisely Presented

Spot on and so needed to be written. This book addresses so many hurtful and misleading statements from classic diet culture and will help anyone struggling with the shame that they may feel or have felt about their bodies and eating habits. Well done, Leslie! And thank you! I plan to share this book with a few people in my life. I appreciated the honesty and empathy and encouragement.

Helpful for non religious people too

Such a good & important read! Read by the author (which is usually a good thing) and in this case, I think she did a great job reading it. This book is well-organized and thoroughly explained. The author was very compassionate and understanding, guiding the reader by answering common questions/contradictions when it comes to diet culture. I'm not religious at all, and I found that Leslie's use of the Bible and references to the church and Christianity served as a good example of how diet culture can show up in any of our safe spaces, whether that's in the doctor's office, at home, a religious institution, or other places that we should be able to feel accepted and welcomed. As a dietitian, I work with people from all religious backgrounds, and Leslie's description of the misinterpretation of the Bible (especially gluttony) opened my eyes to even more insidious ways that my clients may feel pressure to lose weight, diet, restrict, etc.

Life changing

The struggle is between good and evil and this book makes that clear. What a beautiful testimony for each of us as Americans in diet culture. We do not have to constantly become less to be worthy of love and respect. Wonderfully presented book.

Incredible Work

"Feed Yourself" by Leslie Schilling is a transformative and insightful work that delves deep into the intricacies of diet culture, dispelling the misconceptions and lies that often lead to confusion and body shame. Schilling's approach not only addresses the physical aspect of nourishment but also delves into the emotional and spiritual dimensions of our relationship with food.

What sets this book apart is its unique integration of community support and spirituality. Schilling beautifully weaves in the importance of finding solace and guidance by incorporating scripture and themes of love. "Feed Yourself" provides a holistic perspective on nurturing one's body and soul.

A must read!

The compassion and sincerity throughout this book creates a thought provoking and emotional read. So helpful in my journey to overcome and heal from body hatred that stems from religious trauma.