Outsmarting Overeating
Boost Your Life Skills, End Your Food Problems
Published on 13. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-60868-316-1 (ISBN)
Description
"A guide to addressing overeating by improving overall life skills, such as establishing and maintaining functional relationships, physical and emotional self-care, rational thinking, and finding passion and meaning in life. Helps readers cope with stress, sadness, and fear. Author is a psychotherapist, coach, and speaker"--Provided by publisher.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Novato
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
319 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60868-316-1 (9781608683161)
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Person
Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, MEd,, a psychotherapist, coach, and speaker, has been focusing on eating and weight issues for 30 years. A frequently quoted expert in both the popular media and professional literature, she lives in Sarasota, FL.
Content
Introduction 1
Life Skills Preassessment 5
Chapter 1. The Definition and Purpose of Life Skills
Is Excelling at Cleaning My Plate a Life Skill? 11
Chapter 2. Wellness and Physical Self-Care
You Mean My Body’s Not Like a Self-Cleaning Oven? 29
Chapter 3. Handling Emotions
I Thought That’s What a Spoon and Fork Were For! 47
Chapter 4. Living Consciously
I’m Conscious Only of Wanting to Go Unconscious! 67
Chapter 5. Building and Maintaining Relationships
I Already Have a Great Relationship...with My Refrigerator! 85
Chapter 6. Self-Regulation
There’s Something Besides an On-Off Switch? 103
Chapter 7. Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
Is Critical Thinking Different from Thinking Critically about Myself? 123
Chapter 8. Setting and Reaching Goals
What If I Can’t Get There from Here? 141
Chapter 9. Balancing Work and Play
All Work and No Play Makes Jack . . . Crave a Snack! 161
Life Skills Postassessment 182
Chapter 10. Integrating Life Skills into Eating “Normally”
I Get It — Gain the Life Skills, Lose the Food Problem! 189
Acknowledgments 203
Notes 205
Index 209
About the Author 217
Life Skills Preassessment 5
Chapter 1. The Definition and Purpose of Life Skills
Is Excelling at Cleaning My Plate a Life Skill? 11
Chapter 2. Wellness and Physical Self-Care
You Mean My Body’s Not Like a Self-Cleaning Oven? 29
Chapter 3. Handling Emotions
I Thought That’s What a Spoon and Fork Were For! 47
Chapter 4. Living Consciously
I’m Conscious Only of Wanting to Go Unconscious! 67
Chapter 5. Building and Maintaining Relationships
I Already Have a Great Relationship...with My Refrigerator! 85
Chapter 6. Self-Regulation
There’s Something Besides an On-Off Switch? 103
Chapter 7. Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
Is Critical Thinking Different from Thinking Critically about Myself? 123
Chapter 8. Setting and Reaching Goals
What If I Can’t Get There from Here? 141
Chapter 9. Balancing Work and Play
All Work and No Play Makes Jack . . . Crave a Snack! 161
Life Skills Postassessment 182
Chapter 10. Integrating Life Skills into Eating “Normally”
I Get It — Gain the Life Skills, Lose the Food Problem! 189
Acknowledgments 203
Notes 205
Index 209
About the Author 217