Body Image

Everyone deserves to feel comfortable in the skin they are in, and journeying through this audiobook is the perfect place to start a new relationship with your body, your mind, and your health. Your journey will take you day-by-day over a 50-day period, challenging and transforming how you see yourself. All you need is five minutes each day to listen to the lesson and personal application challenge of the day;

In This Is Body Grief, disability advocate and recovery expert Jayne Mattingly lays out a groundbreaking approach to mourning and accepting one’s ever-changing body. Like all grief, she says, Body Grief cannot be overcome but felt in all its complexity. Dismantling the narrative that your body is “against you,” she presents new ways to cope with your body's fluctuating abilities with self-compassion and grace.

Confused by the overtly philosophical, wordy, and Biblically lacking treatises on the Trinity? Then this is for you. In The Image Of God by Samuel Garcia attempts to tackle one of the core doctrines of Christianity by paying attention to the ignored singular analogy of the Trinity in the Bible text itself: the trinity of man, and how it fits nicely with the traditional and current perception of the Trinity with little contradiction, yet confident in its assertion of the importance of rightly dividing the word of God and make solid statements about the Trinity that few dare make. The ...

Morgan was born with a hole in her middle: a perfectly smooth, sealed, fist-sized chunk of nothing near her belly button. At 16, she's tired of keeping her physical abnormality a secret. One night, after a lifetime of hiding behind lumpy sweaters and a smart mouth, she decides to bare all. At first, she feels liberated. But the fallout is more than she bargained for. A few photos snowball into a media frenzy, and suddenly she is desperate to get back to her own strange version of normal.

In the second book of the Uglies series, Tally's Pretty. And everything's changed. The new, Pretty Tally is totally happy right where she is. She doesn't think she needs any kind of cure at all. When someone from her Ugly life shows up with a message, Tally has a hard time listening. Did she really promise to give all this up? Is she bound by a promise she made when she was a different person?

She has skin as white as snow, lips red as a rose, and hair black as ebony. She’s also got curves that go on forever! But after years of being bullied and shamed about her weight, Neve Bianca can’t see her own beauty. After Neve uncovers her stepmother’s illegal activities, an attempt is made on Neve’s life. Forced to flee, she ends up hiding out on a touring musical festival. There she makes a new friend, Lindsey, a little person who is full of self-confidence. To pay her way, Neve ends up working for the tour’s burlesque show, something that takes her way out of her comfort zone...

Sound eating isn't really regarding stiff nourishment teachings, remaining unrealistically slim, or denying on yourself of the foods you love. As an option, it's regarding really feeling exceptional, having even more power, as well as maintaining your own as sound feasible; one of which could be acquired by developing some great nourishment fundamentals as well as utilizing them in a manner that benefits you. Sound eating starts with learning how to “eat intelligently” and it’s not simply just what you eat. How you eat also comes into play. Your food options may minimize your danger ...

Are you tired of being at war with your body—and with your thoughts about your body? Rachael Gilbert struggled with shame when she didn’t measure up to her dream body image. Then, as a fitness instructor and licensed counselor specializing in disordered eating, she realized how many of us bury the same painful insecurities. But keeping up appearances is exhausting. We need restoration from the inside out. In Image RESTored, Rachael offers professional guidance, coloring pages, Scripture, prayers, journaling prompts, and a link to online teaching videos to help you experience true freedom.

GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2024 GLOBAL PUBLISHING AWARDS for Teen & Young Adult Literature & Fiction Written by an ex-Vogue and Elle Beauty Editor and AWARD WINNING AUTHOR who knows the media inside and out, "Girl Unplugged" lifts the lid on social media, body love and girl group dynamics to show you how to UNPLUG from the pressure - on your own terms! Are you ready to discover unbreakable self-esteem and total body love? Do you want to "unplug" from the comparison culture of social media and peer pressure? You’ve come to the right place! In "Girl Unplugged: Survival Guide for Teens," you’ll ...

Johanna S. Kandel, founder and executive director of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, struggled with her eating disorder for 10 years before finally getting help. Now fully recovered, Kandel knows firsthand how difficult the healing process can be. Through her work with the Alliance - leading support groups, speaking nationwide, and collaborating with professionals in the field - she's developed a set of practical tools to address the everyday challenges of recovery.

Are you looking for ways to discover new dimensions and awaken your true nature? Then you are in the right place. Often, we shape our identity to fit our surroundings and society – but this prevents our soul from expanding. Anxiety, depression and panic attacks are the result of our ego wanting to get out of the cage we have been building for years. Kundalini Awakening and Astral projection is a guided path to awaken your true potential and finally discover your higher self. If you are always tired, if you have low sexual energy, if you have little empathy and if you feel confused, you ...

Ever been fat shamed? Even by your own voice? Don’t waste another minute—because it’s time to love the skin you’re in, no matter what you weigh! This isn’t a diet book. And it’s not going to tell you how to lose weight. It has something much more important to share, and you won’t believe the difference you’ll feel. In Fat Shame: Ditch the Shame, Get Confident, and Claim the Life You Deserve, author Nicole Black shares her own journey with yo-yo dieting and going from obese to thin, from thin to obese, and finally, from obese to healthy. She discovered that even at a size ...

Rachel Moore will get fired if she doesn't come back to New York with an exclusive about Rio de Janeiro. Standing in her way and bullying her for her curves is supermodel Chantal. But her hot, Brazilian tour guide, Otavio, tells her curves are admired in Brazil. Rachel is challenged to get out of her comfort zone and dance at the samba school and carnival, and perform a striptease at a bachelorette party. Will Rachel be able to let go of her past and embrace the body-positive view? Rebecca S.: “Wow! Couldn’t put it down and loved every minute of it!” Book Pipeline: “The Brazilian ...

Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest. But then Cassie suffers the ultimate loss - her life - and Lia is left behind, haunted by her friend's memory and racked with guilt for not being able to help save her.

Discover the Freedom to be the Girl God Made At the age of eight, Jennifer Strickland entered the world of modeling, beginning a journey that took her to the runways of Milan. On the outside, she seemed to have it all: walking the runway for Giorgio Armani, commercials for companies from Oil of Olay to Mercedes Benz, worldwide attention, and all the glamour that comes with the fashion industry. But she quickly discovered that this world is not all glitter and gold... Girl Perfect is the haunting story of Jennifer’s journey from fashion to faith. Within these pages, you will get an inside ...

Unlock the Invisible Advantage That Gets You Noticed, Trusted, and Respected—Before You Say a Word What if your biggest opportunities were silently slipping away… because of things you never knew you were doing wrong? People are judging you. Right now. In meetings. On Zoom. Across social media. In line at the café. Before you speak, before you pitch, before you even blink… the world is forming an opinion. And here’s the truth: They won’t tell you what they saw. They’ll just decide—quietly—if you matter. This book is your wake-up call. In Presence: Tiny Details, Massive ...

Let's admit it, we want to be beautiful and successful. But could these marks of being an empowered woman actually be idols requiring our slavish devotion? If you have struggled with this, you probably know the feeling that you will never be pretty or perfect enough. In Never Enough, Sarah Ivill discusses issues related to body image and performance as she shares about her past addiction to thinness and fitness. In the process, she confronts five common lies women of all ages fall prey to and points us back to our acceptance in Christ, where we find the true solution.

Sheltered in the Shadow Finding Rest, Renewal, and Refuge in God’s Presence In a world of relentless demands, hidden battles, and spiritual exhaustion, many believers find themselves weary, overwhelmed, and searching for hope. Sheltered in the Shadow offers a tender, truthful journey through the valleys of burnout, guilt, addiction, and temptation—illuminating the deep rest found beneath the wings of God’s divine refuge. Drawing on Scripture and real-life struggles, this devotional narrative invites you to discover the sacred shelter where grace transforms weakness into strength, and ...

This is an anonymous true short story about the fear of being nude (gymnophobia) within male spaces where changing clothes and showering take place. The author of this true short story wants the teen male who reads this disclosure to know that you're not alone, and that all adult men have been in your shoes.

For as long as medicine has been a practice, women's bodies have been treated like objects to be practiced on: examined and ignored, idealized and sexualized, shamed, subjugated, mutilated, and dismissed. The history of women’s healthcare is a story in which women themselves have too often been voiceless—a narrative instead written from the perspective of men who styled themselves as authorities on the female of the species, yet uninformed by women’s own voices, thoughts, fears, pain and experiences.