1) The Self-Compassion Diet

The Self-Compassion Diet
A Step-by-Step Program to Lose Weight with Loving-Kindness

by Fain, Jean, LICSW, MSW

January 1, 2011
Paperback / BK01718
ISBN: 978-1-60407-075-0
UPC: 600835-171885
US $ 15.95
Health/Diet
World

Synopsis: A Harvard Medical School-affiliated psychotherapist teaches a revolutionary model for lasting weight loss—through self-love, mindfulness, hypnosis, and group support.

Also Available: Companion Spoken-Word Audio

The Self-Compassion Diet: Guided Practices to Lose Weight with Loving-Kindness
January 1, 20111 / AW01721D / 2 CDs, 2 hours / 5″ x 5¾” 
ISBN-13: 978-1-60407-077-4 / US $19.95 / Health, Diet

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About the Book &  Companion Audio

Most people say that when they lose weight and look better, they’ll like themselves more. Jean Fain suggests that we’ve got it all backward. “The best way to lose weight and look your best is to stop dieting and start with loving who you are.” With The Self-Compassion Diet, this Harvard Medical School-affiliated psychotherapist shares a revolutionary new model for lasting weight loss.

Combining the best of four proven weight-loss methods—self-love, mindfulness, self-hypnosis, and group support—this unique mind-body approach cultivates true self-acceptance which paradoxically produces remarkable physical changes.

The Self-Compassion Diet is available in two complementary formats. The book describes the four weight-loss methods. The audio edition guides listeners through the exercises described in the book. Used together, this powerful combination can speed learning and boost success. Topics covered include:

  • Practicing kindness to help you develop the “habit of compassion” for yourself
  • Using the power of positive suggestions to potentially double your weight loss
  • Finding “thinspiration”—hope and motivation where you
    least expect it

“Self-compassion,” Fain teaches, “is the missing ingredient in every diet.” The Self-Compassion Diet invites you to pass up deprivation and self-loathing and indulge in healthy portions of loving-kindness.

Jean Fain - click to download author photoAbout the Author

Jean Fain, LICSW, MSW, is a licensed psychotherapist and a teaching associate in psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. In her Concord, Massachusetts private practice, she uses hypnosis and mindfulness to treat everyday eating issues. Her health articles have appeared in O: The Oprah Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, Shape, and more. She has dedicated her work to helping others keep physically, emotionally, and mentally fit.