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Deepak Chopra: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams (based on Creating Affluence)
I listened to the CD in my car. When it was done, I began from the beginning again. This is basic wisdom we should all have and believe deeply.
Ph.D. Joseph Santoro: The Angry Heart: Overcoming Borderline and Addictive Disorders : An Interactive Self-Help Guide
Get this book! I believe most bulimics are borderline. But, even if you're not, this book can really help you understand and forgive yourself, as well as give you the hope and TOOLS & STRATEGIES you need to conquer bulimia for good!
Laurel Mellin: The Pathway: Follow the Road to Health and Happiness
Laurel's philosophy on addiction and recovery is just like my coach's. My experience in recovery is just like she paints to be as well - as you work on changing your habits of thought and reaction, your urge to binge just fades away. You learn to no longer need a coping mechanism. I've only read 60 pages as of now, but I love this book and this woman already. Read this now!
Wayne W. Dyer: 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace
This is the best Wayne Dyer I've read so far - simply because it is short and to the point! It's full of great points that he makes easy to understand and apply to our own lives.
James Allen: As a Man Thinketh
This short book taught me that I AM IN CONTROL of my body, my mind, and my circumstances. It definitely takes some practice to believe and to live it. But, this is the first step I took in regaining control of myself.
Download it FREE here.I highlighted the parts I liked best. :-)
Denis Waitley: Seeds Of Greatness
Great little book! Denis often takes a very religious approach, which doesn't work at all for me. But, if I replace his references to God with references to my heart & spirit, it works out well.
Dalai Lama: The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
This is wonderful. You should read it, though. I listened to the CD, and it's very dry. I'm going to get the book version and re-read it. There is a lot I would like to quote here in the blog.
Albert Ellis: How to Control Your Anger Before It Controls You
This is a great book to help become more mindful and fight your automatic reaction to rage. There are great examples and exercises. Very easy to understand and apply.
Eckhart Tolle: Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from The Power of Now
Great shortened version of the classic "The Power of Now." This cuts out a lot of fluff and gets right to the point.
Milton R. Cudney: Self-Defeating Behaviors: Free Yourself from the Habits, Compulsions, Feelings, and Attitudes That Hold You Back
This book is really good. Every review at Amazon gives it 5 stars. Read the great reviews, then go read the book for yourself!
Dale Carnegie: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Every lesson in this book is so important for all us addicts, and Dale's story-telling approach makes it very easy to read and absorb. I truly believe bulimics are especially prone to very excessive worrying, and binging/purging is the best way we've found to calm ourselves. If we didn't worry so much, we wouldn't need to calm ourselves. So, this is a must-read (or listen).
Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
This book explains in very simple terms some of the things we need to change about ourselves to find lasting joy. And, it guides us in making these changes.
Cynthia Kersey: Unstoppable: 45 Powerful Stories of Perseverance and Triumph from People Just Like You
This book showed me that I, too, can have a happy, fulfilling life. I just need to work each day in relentless pursuit of those DREAMS that are most important to me (beyond the next binge!). My biggest dream now is to quit bulimia and reach out to help others do the same.
Viktor E. Frankl: Man's Search for Meaning
The first half of the book is about his experience of surviving 4 concentration camps during the Holocaust. In the second half he argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can CHOOSE how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. This book is powerful. Don't let it depress you - Frankl wants only to inspire you.
Don Miguel Ruiz: The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship: A Toltec Wisdom Book
This book provides guidance and simple-to-implement changes in how we think to achieve the kind of relationships we all want. I highly recommend this if you want more guidance on how to change.
Martha Beck: Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live
I'm only on Chapter 4 or so, but she's great at explaining head vs. heart, and how you can learn to hear your heart. Get this one!
Linda Tschirhart Sanford: Women and Self-Esteem: Understanding and Improving the Way We Think and Feel About Ourselves
Heard this was great. It's on my library list . . .
Joseph J. Luciani: The Power of Self-Coaching: The Five Essential Steps to Creating the Life You Want
I recently heard this one was great! I've got the CDs on hold from the library, so I can listen during my commute. I'll let you know what I think.
Elisabeth L.: Inner Harvest: Daily Meditations for Recovery from Eating Disorders (Hazelden Meditation Series)
I enjoyed this. The daily bits format makes it an easy read. It can be digested in bits and pieces, which I think is a good format for us.
Gay Hendricks: A Year of Living Consciously: 365 Daily Inspirations for Creating a Life of Passion and Purpose
This is a great little book that you can digest in bits and pieces (ie. easy for those of us who can't focus for too long on any one thing!). You don't even have to read it in order, although I'm enjoying that.
Masaru Emoto: The Hidden Messages in Water
Proof that both positive and negative energy create different physical changes in the state of water. Since humans are mostly water, this proof has huge implications for the effects of positive or negative thoughts on our well-being.
Martha Beck: The Joy Diet : 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life
This was ok. It was enjoyable but not earth-shattering. Get it from the library; don't buy it.
Caroline Adams Miller: My Name Is Caroline
I wrote Caroline an email, and she got back to me the very next day! Caroline is a coach now - just like I want to be. Plus, she has kids and a happy, fulfilling, giving life - just like I want. She is my new role model.
Mary Pat Nally: Reflecting Grace
Story by a local woman who reads my blog! In addition to her book, you can also read her thoughtful & inspirational articles, poems, and exercises online at ezinearticles.com
Cynthia French: Humanville
I haven't read this one yet, but it sounds just like what worked for me. Apparently, it's wonderful. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Marya Hornbacher: Wasted : A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Do NOT read this until you are firmly into recovery. This is depressing and pessimistic. By the end of the book, Marya is still far from recovered; she merely has achieved a new kind of relationship with her EDs. I found this book very uncomfortable and pitiful, quite honestly. I'm more inspired to run screaming away from her tiny, self-obsessed, self-destructive world toward health and happiness and love. You need inspiration and encouragement to fully conquer this war! Try another book from my list!
T. Harv Eker: Secrets of the Millionaire Mind CD: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth
I highly recommend this audio book, even though it's not outwardly spiritual or recovery-oriented. Eker's focus is on how the "programming" we receive as children determine our current subconscious decision-making regarding money. The whole book is about how to CHANGE our BAD BELIEFS and their subsequent bad habits that lead us to have less abundance in our lives. It's very interesting to see how our bad programming can lead not only to addiction, but also to poverty.
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Hey Michelle-
thanks so much for posting a link to my new site and program! Your fans have been signing up all day! I am glad to be able to finally help others, like you helped me;))
xo
Bridget Loves
Posted by: Bridget Loves | Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Hello Michelle-
Thank you so much for sharing your experience, strength and hope online.
You have motivated me to get back to writing. I really believe the process of writing puts us in a receptive place. (Or at the very least a quiet place which works for me as well seeing as how I am trying to recover while raising my 3 1/2 old son (my starshine) and my newly turned 2 daughter (my sunshine.)
I was blessed to have stumbled upon your place.
Posted by: Claudia | Friday, February 20, 2009 at 04:16 PM
I'll be getting that book for sure. Thanks for all the great resources.
I want to share this. Sometimes laughing at your situation is VERY healing.
This somehow always makes me feel better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-hfhGHvF18&feature=channel_page
Posted by: gladys | Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 12:59 PM
I AM BULIMIC SINCE FOREVER. I TOLD MY HUSBAND AS WE WERE DATING OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO. NOW WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED BOTH OF US FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR FIVE YEARS AND WE HAVE A GREAT MARRIAGE. MY HUSBAND IS A GREAT MAN AND WORKS VERY HARD. WE DON’T HAVE KIDS (OUTSIDE OR INSIDE THE MARRIAGE,) BUT WE’LL LIKE TO HAVE JUST ONE IN THE FUTURE.
THE OTHER NIGHT I HAD A HUGE URGE TO VOMIT AFTER DINNER, HE REALIZED AND STOOD BY THE BATHROOM DOOR PREVENTING ME FROM VOMITING. HE BEGUN TO TRANQUILIZE ME BY HOLDING ME AND TALKED TO ME OUT OF NOT GOING TO THE BATHROOM AND VOMIT WHAT WE JUST HAD FOR DINNER. MY HUSBAND IS A COP, HE IS GOOD AT TALKING PEOPLE OUT OF BAD SITUATIONS. MY HUSBAND GOT ME INTO BED AND CALM ME DOWN AS I CRIED AND CRIED. I TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS BOTHERING ME INSIDE AND IT WAS HURTING ME; AND HE IN A CALM TONE OF VOICE SAID TO ME: IT HURTS BECAUSE IT NEED TO BE EXPRESSED OUT AND MAYBE WITH A HELP OF A THERAPIST IT CAN HELP YOU OR HELP ME TO HELP YOU TO VOMIT IT, BUT IN WORDS INSTEAD, AND ADDED: SOMETHING IS BOTHERING YOU INSIDE AND WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IT. THAT NIGHT, HE CONTINUE TOUCHING MY HAIR SOFTLY UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. IN THE MORNING, AS WE WERE HAVING BREAKFAST HE ASKED ME HOW I WAS FEELING AND STATED THAT IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO START THERAPY, I ASK HIM IF I AGREE TO HELP, IF HE COULD COME WITH ME AND HE SAID: "OF COURSE I'LL BE THERE BY YOUR SIDE ALL THE STEP OF THE WAY." HE ALSO ASSURED ME THAT HE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AGREE IN EVERYTHING I WANTED, IMPLYING, THROWING UP, BUT HE WILL GIVE ME TOUGH LOVE IF THAT IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO OVERCOME MY EATING DISORDER.
I THINK THAT HE HAS DONE THAT YESTERDAY BY NOT LETTING ME THROW UP. I FEEL THAT MY HUSBAND GETS TOUGH WITH ME WHEN I WANT TO VOMIT OR DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BULIMIA ORDEAL. HE BEGINS BY ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE: WHAT IS BOTHERING RIGHT NOW? WHY ARE YOU WANTING TO THROW UP? HE ASSURES HIMSELF THAT IT’S LEARN BEHAVIOR THAT CAN BE UNLEARNED WITH THERAPY OF COURSE.
I LIKE TO HAVE MY HUSBAND AWARE THAT I SUFFER FROM BULIMIA, BECAUSE HE IS A GREAT DEAL OF HELP AS IS.
I WILL BE MAD AT MY HUSBAND IF IT COMES TO SOMEDAY MAKE THE DECISION TO HAVE ME HOOK UP TO AN IV AND HE SAYS YES TO THE DOCTOR, MEANING TO APPROVE FOR THE DOCTOR TO INJECT ME A IV, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?!
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME EXPRESS MY THROUGHTS.
Posted by: anonymous | Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 03:03 PM