• ISBN13: 9781605501536
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
• Publisher Imprint: Adams Media Corporation
• Publication Date: November 1, 2009
• Pages: 240
• Original Price: INR 499.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 295 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Personal Growth / Self-Esteem and Psychopathology / General

Eating disorders. Steroids. Plastic Surgery.

We'll do anything to look better--and yet we still feel bad about how we look. Self-loathing has reached epidemic proportions. But there is a way to end self-destructive thoughts and behavior. In this book, noted body-image expert Sarah Maria presents her proven five-step plan anyone can use to overcome negative body obsession (NBO). She helps you:

• Commit to change
• Identify and detach from negative thoughts
• Discover who you really are
• Befriend your body
• Find your purpose
• Love your body, love your life

Sarah Maria is the founder of Break Free Beauty (www.breakfreebeauty.com ), a company dedicated to helping people love and accept their bodies and discover the beauty that they already are. She is a body-image expert, speaker, and coach who speaks and writes on the topics of body image, self-esteem, health, success, and spirituality. Her mission is to empower people of all ages, races, and body sizes to embrace the bodies they have been given and learn to love themselves so they can live their dreams. She has studied and trained with many well-known spiritual and self-help teachers, including Deepak Chopra and physician Dr. David Simon, the co-founder and medical director of the Chopra Center for Well-being in Carlsbad, CA. She lives in Carlsbad, CA.