Starving In Search of Me: A Coming-of-Age Story of Overcoming An Eating Disorder and Finding Self-Acceptance (Eating Disorder Recovery and Gay Rights)

Starving In Search of Me: A Coming-of-Age Story of Overcoming An Eating Disorder and Finding Self-Acceptance (Eating Disorder Recovery and Gay Rights)

True Confessions of an Eating Disorders Survivor "…for anyone who has ever struggled with food or themselves." ─ Lindsey Smith , award-winning author of Food Guilt No More #1 Bestseller in Lesbian Studies This book is a confessional self-help guide from an outspoken advocate for gay rights and women’s health issues. It explores the complex emotional truth of what it’s like when food, weight, and body image take priority over every other human impulse or action. Anorexia and bulimia health crisis. Many young women and girls struggle with the body image issues that engender eating disorders by developing elaborate rituals around food, binging, and purging; and hiding it all while trying to maintain a face of normalcy to the world. Story of a woman battling for self-esteem. Now relate to the coming-of-age story of a young woman confronting some of life’s major issues while living, for a time, in two closets: one to hide her eating disorder and one to hide her sexuality and very identity. Activist author Marissa LaRocca's revelatory tale of her struggle with her secrets is an intimate account of courage and the search for truth and meaning. It will have you rooting for Marissa as she unravels the emotional layers of her own battle with food, body image, and sexuality. Inside learn about: "Life issues" that are being masked by "food issues" or another addiction - Disempowering compulsive behaviors - Healing your relationship with food - Escaping the victim role - Connecting with your life’s purpose - Improving your body image and self-esteem - Eliminating the need to be perfect If you have read Life Without Ed or 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder , you will want to read Starving in Search of Me . "An intimate and engrossing memoir/narrative meets an empowering self-help guide for sufferers of anorexia and bulimia." ─ Joshua Rosenthal, Founder and Director of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. "Starving in Search of Me is a significant work of honesty that is going to provide company and hope to many who are struggling with the weight of a world that isn’t always easy to stand out in. Now more than ever before, young people need courageous voices like Marissa’s to guide and reassure them that what makes them different is what makes them beautiful. And what makes us suffer makes us human―we are all connected to one another through shared experiences of triumph, failure, and vulnerability. If you’ve ever struggled with an eating disorder, or any other form of self-harm or addiction, I am confident this book will resonate and gracefully navigate you toward hope, meaning, and light. In my opinion, Marissa has accomplished something pretty substantial here―she’s found a way to articulate in words the intangible depths of an experience that is hers, and all of ours." ─ Kate "Fruit" Flowers, Plant-based Advocate, Author, and YouTube Influencer "Starving In Search of Me is a true companion piece for anyone who has ever struggled with food or themselves. Marissa dives deep into the emotional layers we all struggle with and offers readers a compassionate voice and the opportunity to simply be themselves." ─ Lindsey Smith, award-winning author of Food Guilt No More "A thoughtful and enlightening meditation on body image, identity, sexuality, and self-acceptance." ─ Aydian Dowling, activist FINDING THE COURAGE TO BE YOURSELF This intimate account of courage and the search for truth and meaning will have you rooting for Marissa LaRocca as she unravels the emotional layers of her own battle with food, body image, and sexuality. Readers of this _ercely self-aware memoir,_Starving in Search of Me, will relate to the coming-of-age story of a young woman confronting some of life’s major questions while concealing an eating disorder along with pieces of her identity. Through her inspiring triumphs and revelations, activist author Marissa LaRocca invites us all to confront ourselves honestly, asking, “What if, at the root of all ‘disorders,’ is the refusal to acknowledge or permit certain feelings―feelings that, if witnessed, have the power to free their sufferers? To what extent are ‘disorders’ actually doorways to helping us understand the truth about our lives?” "Starving In Search of Me_is a true companion piece for anyone who has ever struggled with food or themselves. Marissa dives deep into the emotional layers we all struggle with and offers readers a compassionate voice and the opportunity to simply be themselves." ―Lindsey Smith, author of_Eat Your Feelings "Now more than ever before, young people need courageous voices like Marissa’s to guide and reassure them that what makes them different is what makes them beautiful. If you’ve ever struggled with an eating disorder, or another form of self-harm or addiction, this book will resonate and gracefully navigate you toward hope, meaning, and light. Marissa has accomplished something substantial here―she’s found a way to articulate in words the intangible