Resources

Explore books that support a more peaceful relationship with food, movement, and your body, offer guidance for feeding children, and challenge weight stigma.

Intuitive Eating — Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch. An introduction to the ten principles of intuitive eating, including moving away from dieting, finding satisfaction in food, and developing body respect.

Anti-Diet — Christy Harrison. Explores diet culture’s influence on our lives and offers a path toward reclaiming time, energy, and wellbeing.

Reclaiming Body Trust — Hilary Kinavey & Dana Sturtevant. A compassionate framework for reconnecting with your body while exploring the effects of diet culture, trauma, and weight stigma.

The Body Is Not an Apology — Sonya Renee Taylor. Connects radical self-love with social justice, inviting readers to challenge body shame and the systems that reinforce it.

More Than a Body — Lexie Kite & Lindsay Kite. Tools for building body image resilience and developing a sense of identity and worth beyond physical appearance.

Nourish: How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Self — Heidi Schauster. A compassionate, ten-step approach to moving away from dieting and self-criticism toward greater body trust, connection, and self-care.

Nurture: How to Raise Kids Who Love Food, Their Bodies, and Themselves — Heidi Schauster. Guidance for parents and caregivers on feeding children and teens, discussing bodies, and nurturing a supportive relationship with food.

How to Raise an Intuitive Eater — Sumner Brooks & Amee Severson. Practical support for parents who want to nurture their children’s relationship with food and help them feel secure in their bodies.

Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture — Virginia Sole-Smith. Examines weight stigma in family life and helps parents reconsider conversations about food, bodies, and health.

Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating — Katja Rowell & Jenny McGlothlin. Support for selective eating, food aversions, and mealtime anxiety, with attention to sensory needs and the feeding relationship.

ARFID: Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder—A Guide for Parents and Carers — Rachel Bryant-Waugh. An accessible guide to understanding ARFID, answering common questions and offering practical guidance for parents and caregivers supporting a child with food avoidance or restrictive eating.

iMove: Helping Your Clients Heal from Compulsive Exercise — Amy Gardner. A resource primarily for clinicians, combining psychology, mindfulness, and experiential practices to support healing from compulsive exercise and greater connection with movement.

Disobey: Finding Freedom from Your Eating Disorder — Christina Tortolani, Melissa Freizinger & Renee D. Rienecke. A recovery resource for teens and young adults, combining practical tools, personal stories, and creative exercises to challenge eating disorder patterns and reconnect with themselves.

8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder — Carolyn Costin & Gwen Schubert Grabb. Therapeutic strategies and lived experience to help readers understand eating disorder recovery and work toward lasting change.

Sick Enough — Jennifer L. Gaudiani. An accessible explanation of the medical effects of eating disorders and undernutrition for individuals, loved ones, and clinicians.

Books can complement individualized care. Your clinician can help you choose reading that fits your needs and stage of recovery.