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"Read it in the light of the moon and the inner wisdom you find will be worth the lost sleep!" -- -National Eating Disorders Organization newsletter
"This beautifully-written book sheds new light on struggles with eating . . . and offers hope for all who want to be free." -- -Kim Chernin author of The Hungry Self
"This book is a gift to all women who struggle for true nourishment!" -- -Christiane Northrup, M.D. author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
"This beautifully-written book sheds new light on struggles with eating . . . and offers hope for all who want to be free." -- -Kim Chernin author of The Hungry Self
"This book is a gift to all women who struggle for true nourishment!" -- -Christiane Northrup, M.D. author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom
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Reading this book is an enlightening experience! Weaving a rich tapestry of multicultural myths, ancient legends, and simple folktales, Anita Johnston teaches women how to free themselves from disordered eating by discovering the metaphors that are hidden in their own life stories. "Storytellers speak in the language of myth and metaphor," Johnston explains. "They tell us a truth that is not literal, but symbolic. If we hear the stories with only the outer ear, they can seem absurd and untrue, but when listened to with the inner ear, they convey a truth that can be understood and absorbed on a deeply personal level. In this way, stories help us connect with our inner world, to the natural rhythms and cycles of the earth, and to the power of our intuitive wisdom." In addition to being immensely enjoyable reading, Eating in the Light of the Moon is filled with practical exercises and profound insights. Twenty chapters explore different themes of self-discovery and empowerment on core issues such as:
Intuition: The Inner Seeing, Hearing, Knowing
Symbolism: Hunger as a Metaphor
Feelings: Gifts from the Heart
Moontime: Reclaiming the Body's Wisdom
Dreamtime: The Journey Within
Sexuality: Embracing the Feminine
Recovery: Out of the Labyrinth
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Born a woman in the 20th century? Read this book!,
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This review is from: Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Let Go of Compulsive Eating Through Metaphor and Storytelling (Paperback)
There is not a woman in the western world today who hasn't been influenced by 5000 years of masculine thinking. Dr. Johnston's stories and interpretive lessons nourish a hunger for feminine guidance and wisdom, and help the reader tap into a sense of strength born from paying close attention to the information her she receives from her inner resources - dreams, feelings, intuition. Written for women with disordered eating, this book speaks to all women
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This review is from: Eating in the Light Of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship With Food through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling (Paperback)
Eating in the light of the moon, is one of the most sensitive outstanding wise books I recently read in connection with feminism, eating disorders and spirituality. With a clear and fluent language, filled with metaphors & folk tales, and deep understanding of how a women with food issues really feels, Dr. Johnston leads us step by step to our inner Women's Wisdom and to reconnecting with our feelings, needs and inner voice.No Women's home library in complete with out this book.
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Transforming the Female Experience for Everywoman,
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This review is from: Eating in the Light Of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship With Food through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling (Paperback)
While Anita Johnson's book focusses on women's use of food as a way to cope with disconnection from our souls, I'm recommending it to everywoman I know! Her chapter "Moontime: Reclaiming the Body's Wisdom" contains a story she wrote for her daughters "to provide them with a new way of understanding the menstrual process". I believe this story has the potential to transform the next generation of emerging women. I want every mother, aunt, health education teacher, and adult woman I know to have have a copy for herself and to pass it on to every women she knows -- but especially our young women and daughters. Johnson's beautiful tale of a young woman's journey toward learning about "women's earth magic" is evocative, full of grace and wisdom, and transformative. My own experience of my female cycles will never be the same. The life changing power of story graces all the chapters of this book. Women on the road to self-recovery of any sort will do well to spend some time soaking in the goodness Johnson offers on these pages. In her preface Johnson notes that women in recovery from disordered eating "follow a twisting, turning, winding path to their centers. It required them to leave behind old perceptions of themselves that they had adopted from others and to reclaim their own inner authorities. They had to listen to the voice from within to give them guidance and support as they searched from their true thoughts, feelings, and desires." While especially written for those of us working with recovery from eating disorders, this book is an understanding and soulful resource for any woman on the journey to the center of herself. Thank you Anita!
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