The upheaval of pregnancy and new motherhood can often trigger the development of, or a relapse into, an eating disorder. This book supports pregnant women and new mothers struggling with changes in food, body image, sleep, spirituality, work, breastfeeding (or not), new motherhood identity, and postpartum depression or anxiety.
Combining professional expertise, personal experience, and pragmatic suggestions, it is the ideal guide for women who are trying to balance recovery with new motherhood. The author offers recovery tools, support strategies and wisdom on how to make time for self-care while navigating the chaos of early parenthood. Most importantly, this book will help women let go of perfectionistic ideals and embrace being good enough during the massive learning curve of new motherhood.
By:
Linda Shanti McCabe
Foreword by:
Carolyn Costin
Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 215mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 243g
ISBN: 9781785928291
ISBN 10: 1785928295
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 21 February 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Introduction. Chapter 1 - Body Image: Navigating Changes in Your Body and Your Identity. Chapter 2 - Hormone and Mood Changes: How to Radically Accept and Support Yourself through the Tsunami of Mood and Hormone Changes. Chapter 3 - Sleep Changes: Life Will Never Be the Same, But You Can Still Get Support and Create New Structures. Chapter 4 - How To Survive Nausea, Food Cravings, Breastfeeding, and Other Pregnancy and New Mommy Food Challenges. Chapter 5 - Good Breast, Bad Breast, Good Enough Breast: Stop 'Shoulding' on Yourself about Whether to Breast or Formula Feed and Find the Right Answer For You. Chapter 6 - Distress Tolerance: It's Okay Not to Be a Supermom. Chapter 7 - Spirituality, Recovery and Motherhood: Finding Creative Outlets and Alone Time, Even if it's Just Five Minutes a Day. Chapter 8 - Isolation and Support: The Dangers of Isolation and the Need for Support. Chapter 9 - Career, Working, Staying at Home: Discovering the Right Balance for You, Right Now. Chapter 10 - Advanced Maternal Age: Navigating Life as an ""Older Mom"". Appendices - Resources on Special Issues for Recovering Women."
Linda Shanti McCabe is a Clinical Psychologist with 19 years' experience helping women recover from eating disorders. She is a professional member of Postpartum Support International and the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. She has written about her own experiences of recovery and motherhood for the Huffington Post and on her blog Recovery Mama.
