Body neutral : a revolutionary guide to overcoming body image issues / Jessi Kneeland.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 421 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
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- 9780593491768
- 0593491769
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"An incredible resource for those who are looking to find greater peace with their bodies in order to live a more empowered, joyful, and meaningful life." --Matt McGorry
A life-changing guide to reclaiming your relationship with your body--and yourself
Have you ever thought that if only you could change the way you looked, your life would be better? It's so easy to imagine that by changing the outside of our bodies, we'd feel better on the inside. But we all know that even if we could magically attain a so-called "perfect" body, our problems wouldn't actually be solved. That's because body image issues are never just about the body: they're always about something deeper inside.
As a longtime personal trainer and coach, Jessi Kneeland has seen hundreds of clients achieve their fitness goals but still feel trapped in a web of body hatred, anxiety, obsession, and dysmorphia. Searching for a solution, Kneeland set out on a quest to discover what it truly takes to help people understand, process, and heal their body image issues for good. They share their discoveries in Body Neutral, where you'll learn:
The power of "body neutrality"--the ability to accept and respect your body, even if it isn't the way you'd prefer it to be. Which of the four "body image avatars"--each of which represents a different root cause for body image issues--aligns with you and your relationship with your body: the self-objectifier, the high achiever, the outsider, or the runner. Actionable and unique methods to help you strip away the layers of false meaning, excess power, moral significance, and shame that have been preventing you from both connecting to and appreciating your body, and feeling truly worthy as a person.
There is a reason you're unhappy with your body, and Body Neutral will help you discover what that reason is and how to defuse its power, freeing you to enjoy a life of true confidence, security, and satisfaction.
Includes bibliographical references.
"Longtime body image coach Jessi Kneeland has worked with hundreds of clients struggling with body obsession, anxiety, and hatred. Determined to ease their pain, Kneeland created a revolutionary method to neutralize body image distress by illuminating and addressing the underlying, hidden causes of suffering. Now, in their groundbreaking Body Neutral, Kneeland shares this radical system, inviting readers to identify themselves among four body image "avatars," or types, each one representing a different underlying cause: the self-objectifier, the high achiever, the outsider, and the runner. Kneeland then uses the avatars to guide readers through a step-by-step process for accepting their bodies and their innate worthiness as people."--Page 4 of cover.
How I got here -- Body positivity -- What is body neutrality? -- The one big, crucial lie -- Why am I lying to myself? == Meet the body image avatars -- The self-assessment -- the self-objectifier -- The high achiever -- The outsider -- The runner -- The body neutrality blueprint -- Identifying your hidden body image purpose -- Creating a vision for a body neutral future -- Creating a body neutrality action plan -- Putting it all together -- Micro-goals and action steps for each avatar -- But what about marginalized bodies? -- Body neutrality success.