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* Please note:
Often, media platforms can be sold or repurposed. When put together, these resources reflected weight-inclusive, anti-diet, body-neutral, fat-liberating & ED-informed values/philosophies. If you have discovered this is no longer the case, please let me know!
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Anti-Diet & Nutrition
“The Rules of Normal Eating: A Commonsense Approach for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, Emotional Eaters and Everyone in Between”, by Karen R. Koenig
“The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food”, by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch
“The Food and Feelings Workbook: A Full Course Meal on Emotional Health”, by Karen R. Koenig“The F*ck It Diet”, by Caroline Dooner
“Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating”, by Christy Harrison
“Gentle Nutrition”, by Rachel Hartley
"Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body", by Kate Harding & Marianne Kirby
"Drop the Diet: Guided Recipes for Overcoming Your Food Rules", by Lori Lieberman & Cate Sangster
"Enjoy it All: Improve Your Health and Happiness with Intuitive Eating", by Sarah Berneche
Life-Enhancing Movement
"The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise & Other Incendiary Acts", by Hanne Blank
"Big Gal Yoga", by Valerie Sagun
"Every Body Yoga", by Jessamyn Stanley
Body Image, Fat Liberating & Weight Neutral
“Body Respect”, by Lindo Bacon
"Landwhale", by Jes Baker
“More Than A Body: Your Body is An Instrument, Not An Ornament”, by Lindsay and Lexie Kite
"Things No One Tells Fat Girls", by Jes Baker
"The Fat Pedagogy Reader: Challenging Weight-Based Oppression Through Critical Education", by Erin Cameron & Constance Russell
"Fat: The Owner's Manual", by Ragen Chastain
"Fat Activism", by Charlotte Cooper
"Fat and Proud: The Politics of Size", by Charlotte Cooper
"Fat Shame: Stigma and the Fat Body in American Culture", by Amy Erdman Farrell
"What we Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat", by Aubrey Gordon
"You Just Need to Loser Weight, and 19 Other Myths About Fat People", by Aubrey Gordon
"Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing and Liberation", by Dana Sturtevant & Hilary Kinavey
"Fat!So?: Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size", by Marilyn Wann
Diversity & Bodies
“The Body Is Not An Apology”, by Sonya Renee Taylor
“Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia”, by Sabrina Strings
“Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation”, by Dalia Kinsey
"Oppression & the Body: Roots, Resistance & Resolutions", by Christine Caldwell & Lucia Bennett Leighton
"Fat Girls in Black Bodies", by Joy Cox
"Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness", by Da'Shaun L. Harrison
"The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom", by Chrissy King
"Fattily Ever After: A Black Fat Girl's Guide to Living Life Unapologetically", by Stephanie Yeboah
“Mindful Masculinity Workbook: A Practical Guide to Healthy Masculinity”, by Rocco Kayiatos
“The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook”, by Anneliese Singh
“Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between”, by Meg-John Barker & Alex Iantaffi
“Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation”, by Kate Bornstein & S. Bear Bergman
“Gender Failure”, by Rae Spoon & Ivan E. Coyote
“Beyond the Gender Binary”, by Alok Vaid-Menon
“Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource by and for Transgender Communities”, by Laura Erickson-Schroth
“You and Your Gender Identity”, by Dara Hoffman-Fox
“Ageism Unmasked: Exploring Age Bias and How to End It”, by Tracey Gendron
Eating Disorder Specific & Medical
“Sick Enough”, by Jennifer L. Gaudiani
“Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life”, by Emily Nagoski
“The Mind-Gut Connection: How the Hidden Conversation Within Our Bodies Impacts Our Mood, Our Choices, and Our Overall Health”, by Emeran Mayer
"Health at Any Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight", by Lindo Bacon
“The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating, and Body Image Workbook”, by Judith Matz, Amy Pershing, & Christy Harrison
“Your Body Is Not An Apology Workbook: Tools for Living Radical Self-Love”, by Sonya Renee Taylor
“Overcoming Bulimia Workbook”, by Randi E. McCabe, Tracy L. McFarlane & Marion P. Olmstead
“The Anorexia Workbook”, by Michelle Heffner Macera & Georg H. Eifert
“The Body Image Workbook”, by Thomas F. Cash
“The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Bulimia”, by Ellen Astrachan-Fletcher & Michael Maslar
"The DBT Solution for Emotional Eating: A Proven Program to Break the Cycle of Bingeing and Out-of-Control Eating", by Debra Safer, Sarah Adler & Philip Masson
"The Radically Open DBT Workbook for Eating Disorders: From Overcontrol and Loneliness to Recovery and Connection", by Karyn Hall, Ellen Astrachan-Fletcher & Mima Simic
"The Renfrew Unified Treatment for Eating Disorders and Comorbidity Workbook", by Heather Thompson-Brenner, Melanie Smith, Gayle Brooks, Dee Ross Franklin, Hallie Espel-Huynh & James F. Boswell
“Break Free From ED - by the Centre for Clinical Interventions Workbook”, https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Looking-After-Yourself/Disordered-Eating
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“Maintenance Phase”, by Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes
“Food Psych”, by Christy Harrison
“Intuitive Bites”, by Kirsten Ackerman
“ED Matters”, by Gurze/Salucore
“The Full Bloom: Body-Positive Parenting”, by the Full Bloom Project
“The Recovery Warrior Show”, by Jessica Flint & Recovery Warriors
“Eating Disorders: Navigating Recovery”, by Catherine Brown & Francis Lacobucci
“Fat Girls Club”, by Jessica Torres & Liesl Binx
“Balance is Key”, by Brittani Lancaster
“The F*ck It Podcast”, by Caroline Dooner
"Fresh Out the Cocoon", by Dr. Joy Cox
"The Fearless Rebelle Radio", by Summer Innanen
"Matter of Fat", by Cat Polivoda & Saraya Boghani
"She's All Fat", by Sophia Carter-Kahn
"Woman of Size", by Jana Schmieding
"The Fat Lip", by Ash
"Body Trauma Podcast", by Nia Patterson
"Body Liberation for All", by Dalia Kinsey
"The Belly Love Podcast", by Rachel W. Cole
"Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Decolonized Podcast", by Ericka Hart & Ebony Donnley
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National Eating Disorder Information Centre
https:/nedic.ca/National Initiative for Eating Disorders
https:/nied.ca/Academy for Eating Disorders
https:/www.aedweb.org/homeEating Disorders Ontario
https:/eatingdisordersontario.ca/Body Brave
https:/bodybrave.ca/Body Confidence Canada
https:/www.bodyconfidencecanada.com/Eating Disorders Nova Scotia
https:/eatingdisordersns.ca/Sheena's Place
https:/sheenasplace.org/Recovery Warriors
https:/www.recoverywarriors.com/National Association to Advance Body Acceptance
https:/naafa.org/Inside Out: Institute for Eating Disorders
https:/insideoutinstitute.org.au/
Specific Populations:
PEACE Pathway: EDs & Autism Resources
https:/www.peacepathway.org/Eating Disorders Neurodiversity Australia
https:/www.edneuroaus.com/Understanding EDs in Adolescence
https:/canped.caNalgona Positivity Pride: BIPOC Individuals
https:/www.nalgonapositivitypride.com/Fighting Eating Disorders in Underrepresented Populations: Trans+, Intersex & Gender Diverse Individuals
https:/fedupcollective.org/
Balanced View BC also offers a free, self-directed course targeted towards health professionals, on: “Addressing Weight Bias and Stigma in Healthcare Settings”.