Links:

http://www.thehappinesstrap.com
This companion website to Russ Harris' book provides excellent resources on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

http://www.acceptandchange.com
Another good website with self-help resources on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

http://healthyisthenewskinny.com/about/
According to creators of this website: "Healthy is the New Skinny is about revolutionizing how we think about, talk about, live in and love our bodies.  It’s about putting happiness and vibrant good health first and foremost.  Generations of young women have assessed their own worth by how far they are from the ideal of unrealistic thinness.  Healthy is the New Skinny believes in natural beauty, the kind that can’t be defined by a hip measurement, but is defined by fitness and fun."

http://www.projectbodytalk.com
Project BodyTalk is a safe place where people can share how they feel about their bodies and body image, their relationship with food and eating, and the cultural pressures that are so much a part of life today.

http://operationbeautiful.com/
The goal of the Operation Beautiful website is to end negative self-talk or “Fat Talk.” Participants in the operation are encouraged to place post-it notes with positive messages where others can find them: restrooms, changing rooms, supermarket checkout lines, etc.

http://www.haescommunity.org/
Health at Every Size supports a paradigm that respects the diversity of human bodies and starts from the very basic premise that they can trust themselves.  Sign the pledge to support haes and access the great resources available from Linda Bacon and her team.

http://www.intuitiveeating.org/
A website from the authors of the excellent book of the same title. Great source for information and strategies for freeing yourself from disordered eating.

http://www.sizediversityandhealth.org/
The Association for Size Diversity and Health is an international professional organization composed of individual members who are committed to the Health At Every SizeSM (HAESSM) principles.  Their mission is to promote education, research, and the provision of services which enhance health and well-being, and which are free from weight-based assumptions and weight discrimination.

http://www.smartrecovery.org
SMART Recovery®  participants learn tools for addiction recovery based on the latest scientific research and participate in a world-wide community which includes free, self-empowering, secular and science-based, mutual-help support groups. SMART Recovery® helps people recover from all types of addiction and addictive behaviors, including: alcohol and drug abuse, gambling addiction, and addiction to other substances and activities.

http://www.lowselfhelpsystems.org/
The Recovery International Method is a system of cognitive-behavioral self-help techniques for controlling behavior and changing attitudes. Meetings are held world-wide and online.

http://www.stickk.com
StickK is an online community that offers the opportunity, through 'Commitment Contracts', to show to yourself and others the value you put on achieving your goals.

http://www.TED.com
A treasure trove of videos of great thinkers and speakers. Check out contributions from Jill Bolte Taylor, Elizabeth Gilbert, Martin Seligman, Brene Brown, Tony Robbins, Kathryn Schulz among many others.

http://www.Allpsych.com
This is the site to visit if you want to become an expert on all things psychological without leaving the comfort of your home or desk.

http://www.kabbalah.com
The brief, inspirational “daily tuneup” is sent to your email each morning and is a much more spiritually satisfying way to start your day than reading your Groupon deal.

www.about-face.org
An interesting website about media and body image

www.beautyredefined.net
A great source for positive body image and media literacy

www.edreferral.com/index.html

Eating Disorder referral and information website

www.ANAD.org
National Association of Anorexia and Associated Disorders

www.nedic.ca
National Eating Disorder Information Centre
information on eating disorders and weight preoccupation

http://www.aedweb.org
Academy for Eating Disorders

http://www.iaedp.com
International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals

http://www.anorexiasurvivalguide.com
Offers a helpful and free monthly e-newsletter. Especially valuable for parents of a child with an eating disorder

http://www.wliw.org/healthyminds
A great video series on mental illnesses and neurological disorders, including eating disorders and OCD

http://www.something-fishy.org/
Website on eating disorders

http://www.brainphysics.com/
Information, education, and support for obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders

http://www.gurze.com/
A fantastic resource for books and other publications on eating disorders

http://www.liberonetwork.com
Lauren Bersaglio is working hard to provide eating disorder information and support through multiple social media channels.

http://demo.fb.se/e/girlpower/retouch/retouch/index.html
An interactive website that lets you see how photo retouching completely changes the appearance of the image you eventually see in the magazine. A good dose of reality testing.

http://caringonline.com/
Whether you are looking for an Introduction to Eating Disorders, various Eating Disorder Topics, Self-Assessment Tests, Treatment Centers and Clinics, Resources (Books, Videos, Supplements), the latest News and Studies on Eating Disorders, Blogs or Discussion Board, it will be found at Caringonline.

http://www.bcmhas.ca/SupportCentre/Kelty/default.htm
The Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre is a provincial resource centre in BC working to link children, youth and their families with appropriate resources in all areas of mental health and addictions.  They also serve the resource needs of adults with an eating disorder.

http://www.lookingglassbc.com/
The Looking Glass Foundation is a BC based organization that provides support to families and those suffering with Eating Disorders. Summer camp, online support groups, and the new Woodstone Treatment Facility are funded through this group of parents and practitioners.

http://www.geneenroth.com/
One of my favourite authors on eating and body image

http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx
The central website for the Positive Psychology movement spearheaded through Dr. Martin Seligman.

http://www.befrienders.org/
Crisis counselling and suicide prevention

http://www.enneagramworldwide.com/
Are you interested in learning more about your personality? The enneagram is an ancient and fascinating system of personality typing that has garnered much more scientific support than astrology.


http://www.psychologists.bc.ca/
The BC Psychological Association offers a referral services for those looking for a psychologist with expertise in dozens of specific areas.

http://www.brewstersociety.com/index.html
The beautiful and fascinating world of kaleidoscopes

 

Booklist

Eating Disorders and Body Image

Alexander-Mott, L. & Lumsden, B. (eds.) (1994). Understanding eating disorders: Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and obesity. Taylor & Francis.

Bacon, L. (2008). Health at every size. Dallas: BenBella.

Berg, F. (1997). Afraid to eat: Children and teens in weight crisis. Hettinger, ND: Healthy Weight Publishing Network.

Bruni, F. (2009). Born round: The secret history of a full-time eater. NY: Penguin Books.

Chernin, K. (1981).The obsession: Reflections on the tyranny of slenderness. New York: Harper & Row.

Chernin, K. (1985). The hungry self: Women, eating, and identity. NY: Times Books.

Claude-Pierre, P. (1997). The secret language of eating disorders. NY: Random House.

Jacobs Brumberg, J. (1997). The body project: An intimate history of American girls. NY: Random House.

Johnston A. (2000). Eating in the light of the moon: How women can transform their relationship with food through myths, metaphors, and storytelling. Gurze Books.

Kolata, G. (2008). Rethinking thin: The new science of weight loss - and the myths and realities of dieting. NY: Picador.

Levy, A. (2005). Female chauvinist pigs: Women and the rise of raunch culture. NY: Simon & Schuster.

Liu, A. (2008). Gaining: The truth about life after eating disorders. Wellness Central.

Martin, C.E. (2008). Perfect girls, starving daughters: How the quest for perfection is harming young women. NY: Berkley.

Matz, J. & Frankel, E. (2006). The diet survivor's handbook. Sourcebooks.

Pipher, M. (1995). Hunger pains: The modern woman's tragic quest for thinness. NY: Ballantine Books.

Reindl, S.M. (2001). Sensing the self: Women’s recovery from bulimia. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Roth, G. (2010). Women food and god. New York: Scribner.

Roth, G. (1991). When food is love. New York: Dutton.

Roth, G. (2004). Breaking free from emotional eating. New York: Plume.

Schaefer, J. & Rutledge, T. (2004). Life without ed: How one woman declared independence from her eating disorder and how you can too. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Siegel, M., Brisman, J. Weinshel, M. (2009). Surviving an eating disorder, third edition: Strategies for family and friends. NY: Collins Living.

Tribole, E. & Resch, E. (2003). Intuitive eating: A revolutionary program that works. NY: St. Martin's Griffin.

Wolfe, N. (1991). The beauty myth: How images of beauty are used against women. NY: W. Morrow.

Eating Disorder Workbooks

Astrachan-Fletcher, E. & Maslar, M. (2009). The dialectical behavior therapy skills workbook for bulimia. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Heffner, M. & Eifert, G.H. (2004). The anorexia workbook. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Kano, S. (1989). Making peace with food. New York: Harper & Row.

Natenshon, A. (1999). When your child has an eating disorder: A step-by-step workbook for parents and other caregivers. Jossey-Bass.

Roth, G. (1989). Why weight? A guide to ending compulsive eating. NY: Penguin.

Wachter, A. & Marcus, M. (1999). The don’t diet, live-it workbook: Healing food, weight and body issues. Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books.

Psychotherapy Theory and Workbooks

Bourne, E. (2005). The anxiety and phobia workbook (4th ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Burns, D. (1999). Feeling good: The new mood therapy revised and updated. NY: Harper.

Burns, D. (1999). The feeling good handbook. NY: Plume.

Davis, M., Eshelman, E., McKay, M. (2008). The relaxation and stress reduction workbook (6th ed.), Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Ellis, A. (2004). Rational emotive behavior therapy: It works for me - it can work for you. Prometheus Books.

Ellis. A. (1975). A guide to rational living. NY: Wilshire Book Company.

Harris, R. & Hayes, S. (2008). The happiness trap: How to stop struggling and start living. Trumpeter.

Hayes, S.C. (2005). Get out of your mind and into your life. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.

Frankl, V. (2006). Man’s search for meaning. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.

Seligman, M. (2002). Authentic happiness. NY: Simon & Schuster.

Yalom, I. (2002). The gift of therapy. NY: HarperCollins.

 

Brain and Biology of Behavior

Ackerman, D. (2005). An alchemy of mind: The marvel and mystery of the brain. Scribner.

Angier, N. (2000). Woman: An intimate geography . Anchor.

Doidge, N. (2007). The brain that changes itself. NY: Viking Penguin.

Howard, P. (2006). The owner’s manual for the brain: Everyday applications from mind-brain research (3rd ed.). Bard Press.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990). Full catastrophe living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness. NY: Dell Publishing.

Kuhn, C., Swartzwelder, S., & Wilson, W. (2008). Buzzed: The straight facts about the most used and abused drugs from alcohol to ecstasy (3rd ed.). W.W. Norton & Co.

Ornstein, R. (1995). The roots of the self: Unraveling the mystery of who we are. NY: HarperCollins.

Ornstein, R. & Sobel, D. (1990). Healthy pleasures. Da Capo Press.

Sacks, O. (2004). Vintage Sacks. Vintage.

Weil, A. & Rosen, W. (2004). From chocolate to morphine: Everything you need to know about mind-altering drugs. Mariner Books.

 

Fiction

Davies, R. (1983). The Deptford trilogy. Penguin Books.

Frey, J. (2003). A million little pieces. Anchor.

Yalom, I. (1989). Love’s executioner and other tales of psychotherapy. NY: Basic Books.

Yalom, I. (1992). When Nietzsche wept. NY: Basic Books.

 

Self-Understanding

Capacchione, L. (1979). The creative journal: The art of finding yourself. Athens, OH: Swallow Press.

Dellasega, C. (2005). Mean girls grown up. NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Ferrucci, P. (1982). What we may be: Techniques for psychological and spiritual growth through psychosynthesis. Los Angeles, CA: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc.

Gilbert, E. (2006). Eat, pray, love. NY: Penguin Books.

Palmer, H. (1988). The Enneagram: Understanding yourself and the others in your life. San Francisco, CA: HarperCollins.

Progoff, I. 1992). At a journal workshop: Writing to access the power of the unconscious and evoke creative ability. NY: Jeremy Tarcher.

Robinson, K. (2009). The element: How finding your passion changes everything. Viking USA.

Schierse Leonard, L. (1982). The wounded woman: Healing the father daughter relationship. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, Inc.

Wiseman, R. (2002). Queen bees & wannabes: Helping your daughter survive cliques, gossip, boyfriends & other realities of adolescence. NY: Three Rivers Press.

Zukav, G. (1989). The seat of the soul. NY: Simon & Schuster.

 

Misc.

Ackerman, D. (2002). Cultivating delight: A natural history of my garden. Harper Perennial.

Arguelles, J., Arguelles, M., Trungpa, C. (1995). Mandala. Shambhala.

Baker, C. (2002). Kaleidoscope artistry. C&T Publishing.

Hobbs, T. (1999). Shocking beauty. Periplus Editions.

Hobbs, T. (2006). The jewel box garden. Timber Press.

Nadelstern, P. (2001). Snowflakes and quilts. C&T Publishing.

Nadelstern, P. (2008). Kaleidoscope quilts: An artist’s journey continues. C&T Publishing.
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