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Inspiring Body Positive Books

Begin your journey to body acceptance and food freedom today by checking out these books!

Boston Public Library

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  • Body Positive Power

    Because Life Is Already Happening and You Don't Need Flat Abs to Live It

    Crabbe, Megan Jayne
    Crabbe is one of the most well-known body positive influencers today, and she delivers an inspirational read filled with personal testimony that is sure to add fuel to your own body acceptance fire.
    eBookBasic Books, 2018
  • Dooner gives a funny, irreverent look into why diets don’t work and how you can regain your self-worth through ditching them.
    eBookHarperCollins, 2019
  • From fashion to Intuitive Eating, these experienced bloggers address it all. Great read if you're not offended by the f-bomb!
    eBookPenguin Publishing Group
  • Anti-Diet

    Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating

    Harrison, Christy
    Harrison provides a scathing critique of diet-culture delivered in a heavily research, evidence-based package, all while guiding you through the principles of Intuitive Eating.
    eBookLittle, Brown and Company, 2019
  • Body Image Remix

    Embrace Your Body and Unleash the Fierce, Confident Woman Within

    Innanen, Summer
    Innanen will have you feeling powerful as she helps you smash your scale and realize that your body size does not dictate your worth.
    Book[United States] : Archangel Ink, [2015] — BF697.5.B63 I56 2015x
  • Body Kindness

    Transform Your Health from the Inside Out--and Never Say Diet Again

    Scritchfield, Rebecca
    Colorful and interactive, this book was especially helpful in my own recovery. Scritchfield urges you to treat yourself with compassion rather than body-shaming and dieting.
    eBookWorkman Publishing Company, 2016
  • embody

    Learning To Love Your Unique Body (And Quiet That Critical Voice!)

    Sobczak, Connie
    Embody is a wonderful foundational book to help you live your daily life with intention. It helps you discover self-care that works for you, so you can free yourself from weight and body obsession.
    eBookTurner Publishing Company, 2014
  • The Body Is Not an Apology

    The Power of Radical Self-Love

    Sonya Renee Taylor
    This book is a thought-provoking call to arms that teaches you to break free of body-shame through what Taylor calls radical self-love. It was an indispensable part of my journey to loving myself. We all deserve acceptance and love just as…
    eBookBerrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018
  • Health At Every Size

    The Surprising Truth About Your Weight

    Lindo Bacon, Ph. D.
    Health At Every Size© (HAES©) is the concept that everyone has a right to pursue health, no matter what your body size is.  Dr. Linda Bacon shows that by adopting healthy habits such as joyful movement, eating mindfully, and lowering…
    eBookBenBella Books, Inc., 2010
  • Oftentimes people struggle with their relationship to food as well as their bodies.  Intuitive Eating provides 10 principles to help you tune into your innate hunger and fullness cues that everyone is born with. This is not a diet book!…
    eBookSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2012
  • The Intuitive Eating Workbook

    Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food

    Tribole, EvelynResch, Elyse
    Use this workbook as guide for your Intuitive Eating journey!
    eBookNew Harbinger Publications, 2017