Nourish: How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Self

"Food is Love (But Don’t Eat Too Much!)” Eat less. Eat clean. Avoid these foods. Eating is a life-giving pleasure, but confusing messages from the diet and nutrition industries may leave you wondering what to eat. Do you find yourself: Eating food that doesn't nourish or energize you? Munching mindlessly or emotionally? Flipping between feeling "good" and "bad" about your eating? Thinking about food and your body more than you’d like? Discover how to trust your body, and to eat with love and common sense. Learn how to: eat without deprivation or overeating; accept your body and trust its wisdom; deal with setbacks, destructive thoughts, and self-defeating attitudes; create healthy habits to nurture yourself; and ditch dieting so you free yourself to live a life you love. Nourish will guide you to transform your eating from self-control to self-love, using a 10-step healing process. In this book, Heidi Schauster, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, founder of Nourishing Words Nutrition Therapy, shares 20 years of wisdom from her Boston-area practice in disordered and emotional eating.

"Our way of relating to food in contemporary culture has been twisted by fear, unmet needs for love, and the need to control. In this brilliant and groundbreaking book, you'll discover a powerful way to let go of "dieting" and awaken an intimate, intuitive connection with your body, mind, and spirit." Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge

"With great insight and compassion, Heidi offers a way out of the common struggle with diet and weight. She supports her "10 steps" with a compelling blend of professional experience, personal experience, and scientific evidence that addresses not only our relationship with food but also our deep need for self-acceptance and a way of life that nurtures mind, body, and soul. Bravo!" Susan Kano, author of Making Peace with Food

"If you're looking for a book that will help you feel more sane and comfortable around food while learning to eat more nutritiously, Nourish is an excellent choice. Heidi provides a blend of her personal recovery experience and professional and clinical wisdom that will guide you well on the road to recovery." Karen R. Koenig, MEd, LCSW, author of seven books on improving eating and self-care

"Heidi guides people to stop relentlessly trying again and again without experiencing change. This book offers a motivating, realistic lens to change how you listen to your hunger (physically and emotionally) and to make choices that bring peace and nourishment. Nourish is like no other book I've read, and it is a gift to the health field and the world in general. Bravo." Hannah Saxe, LICSW, Therapist and Eating Disorder Specialist

"Nourish is the much-needed book that integrates the science of nutrition with holistic and attuned self-care. Heidi provides practical guidance on how to eat but within the context of intuitive self-knowledge. This is literally the only nutrition book I feel safe recommending to my clients. Thank you, Heidi!" Marci Evans, MS, CEDRD-S, LDN, cPT, Food and Body Image Healer; eating disorders expert

"I have read so many books on food, diet, and health, and I finally feel I can stop. Heidi's book reminds us that we are all unique and that, instead of looking for the "right" way to eat from the experts, all of the answers are actually inside ourselves. Our bodies know. This book is filled with great advice, real stories, and examples. Ultimately, Heidi is a reassuring guide, helping us find our way back to natural, healthy, intuitive eating" Ingrid Kelada, psychologist and author of 21 Days to Happiness

"Heidi has met the challenge of putting her nutrition-counseling techniques into written form, allowing the ripples of her work to spread far beyond those lucky individuals who get to meet with her in person." Jessica Setnick, MS, RD, CEDRD, author of The Eating Disorders Clinical Pocket Guide and Eating Disorders Boot Camp

"This is a must-read for anyone working with people struggling with eating disorders or disordered eating. Heidi's own personal experience and honest examination of this topic are inspiring and very hopeful. So many of her statements about recovery will stick with me forever. Heidi walks people through the process of recovery in a non-critical manner and does this with ease. This book was a joy to read, and I will be recommending it to all of my clients." Beth Mayer, LICSW, Executive Director of MEDA, The Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association

Heidi Schauster, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S is a writer, nutrition therapist, and educator who focuses on eating disorders recovery, whole-self-wellness, and embodiment for all. She is the founder of Nourishing Words Nutrition Therapy in Boston, Massachusetts and has been working in the field of eating disorders for 25 years. Heidi is graduate faculty in the Eating Disorders Institute at Plymouth State University, a Health-at-Every-Size (HAES) advocate, and facilitator of the No Diet Book Clubs. She provides in-person and virtual counseling and clinical consultation for registered dietitians treating disordered eating. Heidi is author of the award-winning book Nourish: How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Self. She is also a lifelong dancer, side-hustle stilt performer, bumbling gardener, and the proud mama of two outrageous teenagers. Heidi enjoys most food that is lovingly and consciously prepared, especially if it's followed by a dish-washing dance party.Join her mailing list at anourishingword.com or follow her on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook: @nourishingwords.