Recommended Reading & Movies
A selection from Shannon's many favorites....
Books
Eating Disorders
The Secret Language of Eating Disorders - Peggy Claude-Pierre
Help, Hope & Healing from Eating Disorders - Dr. Gregory L. Jantz
Surviving An Eating Disorder: Strategies for Family & Friends - Siegel, Brisman & Weinshel
Appetites: On the Search for True Nourishment (and anything else by) - Geneen Roth
Traveling Mercies (essay on Bulimia) - Anne Lamott
A Very Hungry Girl - Jessica Weiner
Life Without Ed - Jenni Schaefer
Eating With Your Anorexic - Laura Collins
Barefoot on Barbed Wire: A Journey Out of Fear Into Freedom - Cindi Morgan
You Are Not Alone, Vol. I - edited by Andrea Roe
You Are Not Alone, Vol. II & Companion CD – edited by Andrea Roe & Shannon Cutts
Codependency
The Language of Letting Go (and anything else by) - Melody Beattie
Facing Codependence - Pia Mellody
Loving Him Without Losing You - Beverly Engel
The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Pattern of Intimate Relationships - Harriet Goldhor Lerner
Anxiety/Panic Disorder
From Panic to Power - Lucinda Bassett
The Linden Method – Charles Linden
Integrating Faith into Recovery
The Unmistakeable Touch of Grace (and anything else by) - Cheryl Richardson
The Path (and anything else by) - Laurie Beth Jones
Bipolar/Manic-Depressive Illness
An Unquiet Mind - Kay Redfield Jamison
Schizophrenia
A Beautiful Mind - Sylvia Plasar
Body Image in the Media
Can’t Buy My Love – Jean Kilbourne
Relationships
His Needs, Her Needs - Dr. William Harley
The Real Rules - Barbara DeAngelis, Ph.D.
Love Smart – Dr. Phil McGraw
Women Who Love Too Much – Robin Norwood
Self-Esteem/Life Enhancement
In the Meantime / Yesterday I Cried (and anything else by) - Iyanla Vanzant
Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts - Regena Thomashauer
Celebrate Yourself: Enhancing Your Own Self-Esteem - Dorothy Corkelle Briggs
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity - Julia Cameron
The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity - Catherine Ponder
Ask and It Is Given – Abraham & Hicks
Mentoring
Letters to a Young Poet – Rainer Maria Rilke
Self Harm
Cutting (and anything else by) - Steven Levenkron
A Bright Red Scream - Marilee Strong
Alcoholism
Alcoholics Anonymous & The 12 Steps and 12 Traditions - Bill W.
Sexual Abuse
The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse - Wendy Maltz
Movies
A Beautiful Mind – schizophrenia/use of mind in recovery
Girl, Interrupted - borderline personality disorder/ptsd/recovery
Seabiscuit – overcoming bulimia
28 Days – alcoholism/substance abuse
Sleeping with the Enemy – relationship abuse
Enough - relationship abuse
What About Bob? - panic/anxiety disorder
Cinderella Man – self-esteem
Finding Nemo – self-esteem
Last Holiday – self-esteem
Shrek - self-esteem
Phat Girlz - size-acceptance/self-esteem
My Big Fat Greek Wedding – family systems/size-acceptance
Catch Me If You Can – family systems
Mona Lisa Smile – self-esteem/relationships
The Mirror Has Two Faces - cultivation of inside-out beauty
Spring,Summer,Fall, Winter....and Spring - seasons of life
Something's Gotta Give - replacing OCD-type behaviors with real relationships
Contact - the search for connection
The Last Samurai - one-pointed sense of purpose to accomplish goals
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