| View Larger Image | Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too | Paperbackby Jenni Schaefer (Author), Thom Rutledge (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | McGraw-Hill | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 192 Pages | | Publication Date: | December 26, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 18,877th |
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A unique new approach to treating eating disorders Eight million women in the United States suffer from anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia. For these women, the road to recovery is a rocky one. Many succumb to their eating disorders. Life Without Ed offers hope to all those who suffer from these often deadly disorders. For years, author Jennifer Schaefer lived with both anorexia and bulimia. She credits her successful recovery to the technique she learned from her psychologist, Thom Rutledge. This groundbreaking book illustrates Rutledge's technique. As in the author's case, readers are encouraged to think of an eating disorder as if it were a distinct being with a personality of its own. Further, they are encouraged to treat the disorder as a relationship rather than as a condition. Schaefer named her eating disorder Ed; her recovery involved "breaking up" with Ed Shares the points of view of both patient and therapist in this approach to treatment Helps people see the disease as a relationship from which they can distance themselves Techniques to defeat negative thoughts that plague eating disorder patients Prescriptive, supportive, and inspirational, Life Without Ed shows readers how they too can overcome their eating disorders. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 61 reviews)
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Life Changin by J. A. Nichols (Missouri)  5 Stars
October 15, 2009
Quite bluntly, this book changed my life. Jenni allowed me to see that life beyond what I was living was possible and told me the real stuff to do. She was not my therapist and never tried to be, this is not a book that is a stand alone answer to your eating disorder. She is very upfront about that. It is a book you should read while in therapy, but it is real and unlike many self-help books, manageable. It doesn't overwhelm you, and tells you what to do when you stumble, which is a very real part of recovery. Eating disorders are a unique illness, and only someone who has heard Ed, lived with Ed and thrown Ed out can really understand what she is saying. It is also a great book for family and friends who don't understand why just eating won't solve the problem. She gets the tricks and traps of the illness, the bizarre comfort of the illness and the terror of letting it go-even as it is slowly killing you. Jenni Schaeffer also has numerous other resources, including blogs, speaking engagements, and a follow up book that gives hope for a recovered life. When you feel you have tried everything and there is no way out, this book tells you something new to try. Her small steps, journal suggestions and personal stories really help-its like having another friend in a support group (the one you should be going to but might not be). One of the best parts of this book is that Jenni addresses the very real fears of an eating disorder and tells you how to seperate your fears from Ed's-those are very helpful for recovery. Her humor helps keep the book moving and keeps the very dreary day-today work of recovery from being as overwhelming as it is. For those of us who have been there, Jenni is the movie star of recovery.
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Life Without ED by Terri Hrading  4 Stars
August 18, 2009
Well written and extremely helpful to those going through this and for those who love them and want to help them.
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Eating Disorder as a person --- WOW! by Anne (Michigan, USA) 5 Stars
June 28, 2009
This book, written by both a woman working through her ED and her therapist, shows a fantastic way to look at eating disroders. Read on to find out. Again, a fantastic purchase for clients and people who love someone with an eating disorder...gives great insight.
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rcm-31 by rcm-31  3 Stars
June 27, 2009
As a recovering bulimic anorexic, I think this book was a little superficial. I don't think the writer entered the really dark side of eating disorder. I understand that the book itself is not a therapy, but part of it, but the title was the first thing I had difficulty accepting, because in the world of eating disorders, "ANA" and "MIA" are our best friends and we see them as girls, not Ed, the "bad husband" (by the way, she never mentioned these expressions in the book. I would suggest the book to relatives and friends of a sick person, and maybe boys and girls starting with these diseases. But not to someone I was before. Overall, it was her story and I'm glad she shared in a book to help others. So many people, even celebrities have that disease but don't talk about it, afraid of compromising their fame. Tumbs up for Jenni!
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Extremely Well Written and Helpful by J. M. Johnson (Texas) 5 Stars
May 11, 2009
This book is easy to understand and puts eating disorders in a different perspective enabling women and men to better understand how to view the disorder as an individual separate from themselves. It has helped me continue on my road to recovery. I recommend this book to anyone that suffers from an eating disorder or knows someone else who does. I will continue to use this book as a reference.
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