Contribute Your Mindless & Mindful Eating Stories
Do you want to help other people eat more mindfully? Consider sharing your story. If you would like your story/quote to be considered for use in an upcoming workbook (publication date to be announced), please let her know. (No monetary royalties, your real name will NOT be used/identity, and details of the story will be altered for confidentiality reasons).

E-mail: Dr. Susan Albers at DrAlbers@eatingmindfully.com for information/contributions/questions.

Share:

• Your typical mindless eating habits
• Strategies that helped you to begin eating more mindfully
• Helpful quotes
• Questions
• Stories about mindless dieting/eating issues/disorders
• Mindfulness Information & Strategies
• Feedback about Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Develop a Healthy Relationship to Food

Important Statistics:

Info from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) about weight related health issues:

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/faq.htm

Statistics from the National Eating Disorder Associations:

http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

Helpful/Useful Web Links:

• www.edreferral.com (A great site for treatment referrals and info)
• www.nationaleatingdisorders.org (Info about eating disorders, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Stats, Events, Conferences, referral info)
• www.mirror-mirror.org (Lots of info on eating issues)
• www.poppink.com (Created by a therapist in California. Her site has quizes, references, links, articles etc.)
• www.bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness/ (Learn more about mindfulness)
• www.gurze.net (Great info related to all aspects of eating issues, body image, eating disorders. This site has a catalogue of eating disorder resources (books & videos)

  www.something-fishy.org (General info concerning all aspects of eating disorders/issues)
• http://www.visionarywomeninfitness.org

Books on Mindfulness:

• The Miracle of Mindfulness. Thich Nhat Hanh, (Beacon, 1975)
• Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Shuntu Suzuki. (Weatherhill. 1970.)
• Eating Mindfully. Susan Albers (Newharbinger Publications, 2002)
• Journey of Awakening. Ram Das.
• Being Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh, (Berkley, 1987.)
• A Guide to Walking Meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh, (Fellowship. 1985.)
• Open Heart, Clear Mind. Thubten Chodron. Snow Lion, (Ithaca,1990.)
• Loving-Kindness. The Revolutionary Art of Happiness. Sharon Salzberg. (Shambala 1995.)
• A Heart As Wide As The World. Living with Mindfulness, Wisdom and Compassion. (Shambala. 1997.)
• The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving-Kindness. Pema Chodren. (Shambala. 1997 )
• Heart Advice for Difficult Times. Pema Chodren.(Shambala)
• Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind can Heal the Heart. Sounds True Recording. Bennett-Goleman, Tara.
• Thoughts Without a Thinker. Epstein, Mark. (1995). Basic Books.
• What the Buddha Felt. Sounds True Recording. Epstein, Mark. (Cassette Recording).
• Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. Hanh, Thich Nhat. (1998). Sounds True Recording.
• The Miracle of Mindfulness. Hanh, Thich Nhat. (1975).
• Full Castrophe Living. Kabat-Zinn, Jon. (1990). Dell Publishing.
• Wherever You Go, There You Are. Kabat-Zinn, Jon. (1994). Hyperion.
• The Inner Art of Meditation. Kornfield, Jack. (1993). Sounds True Recordings.
• Mindfulness. Langer, Ellen. (1989). Addison Wesley Publishing Company.
• The Power of Mindful Learning. Langer, Ellen. (1997). Perseus Books.
• Healing and the Mind. Vol. 3. Healing From Within. Moyers, Bill. (1993). Ambrose Video Publishing.
• Heal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine. Samtorelli, Saki. (1999).Bell Tower.
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. Segal, Z., Williams, J.M., & Teasdale, J. (2002). The Guilford Press.