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Feed Your Soul: Nutritional Wisdom to Lose Weight Permanently and Live Fulfilled
DISCOVER LONG-TERM SATISFACTION AND VITALITY Countless diets, cleanses, and thirty-day challenges are geared to help people lose weight, heal their digestion, and have more energy. Yet these temporary protocols fall short when it comes to true transformation. Nutritionist Carly Pollack lived a vicious cycle of weight ups and downs until trial and error, and over a decade of formal study in health and healing, led her to the insights she has since shared with thousands. In Feed Your Soul, she presents her unique understanding of body science, brain wiring, and spiritual principles to facilitate real, lasting change. Carly helps you reframe your thinking to, for example, see comfort foods as the numbing toxins they truly are and focus on long-term goals rather than immediate gratification. This no-nonsense guide will show you how feeding your soul can change your life, your health, and your body.
192 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 5, 2019
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July 9, 2021
What I very much liked is the fact that this book is not a "eat this to get slim", "get slim fast" type of book. It concentrates a lot on the psychological side of things. It won't give you a diet plan, but more an suggestion towards a healthier way of living and of seeing food for more than calories.
"I thought I should lose weight to be happy, and for the first time I realized that perhaps I had it completely wrong. Maybe I needed to work on getting happy so that I could finally lose the weight."
"Instead of driving ourselves crazy trying to prove our worthiness, why don’t we just decide we are enough, just because we get up every day and try to be better versions of ourselves?! End of story."
"Our negative thoughts are very often illusions falsely presented to us as absolute truths."
"We have to sit down with clarity and decide how we are going to spend our days, or else the days will happen to us, and the result is not one that will ultimately fulfill us."
"You have to be careful when the way you eat becomes part of your identity."
"Remember, your brain doesn’t care if you look great in a bikini; its only job is to keep you alive."
"I thought I should lose weight to be happy, and for the first time I realized that perhaps I had it completely wrong. Maybe I needed to work on getting happy so that I could finally lose the weight."
"Instead of driving ourselves crazy trying to prove our worthiness, why don’t we just decide we are enough, just because we get up every day and try to be better versions of ourselves?! End of story."
"Our negative thoughts are very often illusions falsely presented to us as absolute truths."
"We have to sit down with clarity and decide how we are going to spend our days, or else the days will happen to us, and the result is not one that will ultimately fulfill us."
"You have to be careful when the way you eat becomes part of your identity."
"Remember, your brain doesn’t care if you look great in a bikini; its only job is to keep you alive."
January 13, 2022
Borrowed this book from the library but had bookmarked so many pages to revisit that I had to buy myself my copy(:
This book is really about feeling good in your body, celebrating it as it is and in recognizing all the good in your body you will want to treat it with love by making healthy choices leading to weight loss.
This book is really about feeling good in your body, celebrating it as it is and in recognizing all the good in your body you will want to treat it with love by making healthy choices leading to weight loss.
March 26, 2021
I like that this book does not tell you how many calories does your pie have, what to eat and what not to eat etc, so if your looking for that kind of book this is not for you. This book addresses issues of a struggling eater, its about root causes and wake up calls. Ending my review with an excerpt from this book
"We think that if we look in the mirror long enough in disgust, it will get us to avoid the bread basket at dinner; but disgust is an uncomfortable emotion, and you know what feels comforting? Warm bread and butter. The reason your punishment tactics don’t work is that deep and lasting change happens only through love, not force. You have to love and respect yourself enough to empower change."
"We think that if we look in the mirror long enough in disgust, it will get us to avoid the bread basket at dinner; but disgust is an uncomfortable emotion, and you know what feels comforting? Warm bread and butter. The reason your punishment tactics don’t work is that deep and lasting change happens only through love, not force. You have to love and respect yourself enough to empower change."
April 29, 2019
Endorsements:
“A clever, engaging, and truthful read.”
— Psychologies
“Pollack says that what most people call ‘comfort foods’ actually make us feel worse, that willpower comes from the energy of fear, that food prison is a state of mind, that the goal shouldn’t be weight loss but learning to love foods that love us back, and that dieting without spiritual tools is utter chaos.”
— Anna Jedrziewski, Retailing Insight
“Finally, a book that takes you past the diets and to-dos, to the heart of the matter of what’s going on inside when it come to loving and nourishing your body and feeling good in it. Witty, real, and wise, it’s food for the soul that will show you how to approach what you eat and how you eat with self-love, pleasure, and loving truth.”
— Christine Arylo, MBA, women’s leadership adviser and bestselling author of Choosing Me Before We: Every Woman's Guide to Life and Love
“Using the ancient wisdom of food as medicine, Carly Pollack is on a mission to end the diet dogma once and for all and help us find just the right medicine for our own bodies. I love her lighthearted style as she applies the spiritual principles of awareness, balance, presence, nonjudgment, vibration, and embodiment to having a body you love and a body that loves you. I’m inspired!”
— Gail Larsen, teacher and author of Transformational Speaking: If You Want to Change the World, Tell a Better Story
“Feed Your Soul is clearly the gift of a wise woman who has penetrated the illusions that lead millions to an endless, frustrating relationship with diets. . . . With Carly’s guidance and support, you will learn not only to eat for your unique, individual needs but also to love, honor, and respect yourself; and anyone who finds their center becomes a blessing to the world.”
— Paul Chek, HHP, founder of CHEK Institute
“I love Carly Pollack’s new book, Feed Your Soul. It is a real, humbling guide to help you unearth the truth about your relationship with food and with your body, as well as the most important relationship you will ever have — the one with yourself.”
— Rebecca Campbell, author of Light Is the New Black: A Guide to Answering Your Soul's Callings and Working Your Light
“Carly Pollack’s book is a true transformational resource for anyone desiring to improve their health and lose weight for the last time. Carly takes us to the root of our eating woes: the uncontrolled voices in our heads. The tools in this book will set you on a path to food freedom, disease prevention, and a higher quality of life.”
— Alex Carrasco, MD, founder of Nourish Medicine and author of Bloom
“This hilarious book will guide you to achieve success in the most important aspects of your life. A game changer for anyone stuck in old patterns who desperately wants more for themselves.”
— Lauren Fitzgerald, MD, host of FITz & Healthy podcast
“A clever, engaging, and truthful read.”
— Psychologies
“Pollack says that what most people call ‘comfort foods’ actually make us feel worse, that willpower comes from the energy of fear, that food prison is a state of mind, that the goal shouldn’t be weight loss but learning to love foods that love us back, and that dieting without spiritual tools is utter chaos.”
— Anna Jedrziewski, Retailing Insight
“Finally, a book that takes you past the diets and to-dos, to the heart of the matter of what’s going on inside when it come to loving and nourishing your body and feeling good in it. Witty, real, and wise, it’s food for the soul that will show you how to approach what you eat and how you eat with self-love, pleasure, and loving truth.”
— Christine Arylo, MBA, women’s leadership adviser and bestselling author of Choosing Me Before We: Every Woman's Guide to Life and Love
“Using the ancient wisdom of food as medicine, Carly Pollack is on a mission to end the diet dogma once and for all and help us find just the right medicine for our own bodies. I love her lighthearted style as she applies the spiritual principles of awareness, balance, presence, nonjudgment, vibration, and embodiment to having a body you love and a body that loves you. I’m inspired!”
— Gail Larsen, teacher and author of Transformational Speaking: If You Want to Change the World, Tell a Better Story
“Feed Your Soul is clearly the gift of a wise woman who has penetrated the illusions that lead millions to an endless, frustrating relationship with diets. . . . With Carly’s guidance and support, you will learn not only to eat for your unique, individual needs but also to love, honor, and respect yourself; and anyone who finds their center becomes a blessing to the world.”
— Paul Chek, HHP, founder of CHEK Institute
“I love Carly Pollack’s new book, Feed Your Soul. It is a real, humbling guide to help you unearth the truth about your relationship with food and with your body, as well as the most important relationship you will ever have — the one with yourself.”
— Rebecca Campbell, author of Light Is the New Black: A Guide to Answering Your Soul's Callings and Working Your Light
“Carly Pollack’s book is a true transformational resource for anyone desiring to improve their health and lose weight for the last time. Carly takes us to the root of our eating woes: the uncontrolled voices in our heads. The tools in this book will set you on a path to food freedom, disease prevention, and a higher quality of life.”
— Alex Carrasco, MD, founder of Nourish Medicine and author of Bloom
“This hilarious book will guide you to achieve success in the most important aspects of your life. A game changer for anyone stuck in old patterns who desperately wants more for themselves.”
— Lauren Fitzgerald, MD, host of FITz & Healthy podcast
June 1, 2019
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August 4, 2019
I really really loved this book. It’s so much more than a “weight loss” book, the title is very apt. Will be picking it up in book form so I can study it closer (read it as an audiobook- the narrator was good!) there are so many good tips and work to do, i can tell I’ll be coming back to it again and again.
July 12, 2020
Empowering
Really speaks well to those of us that have been on the damaging cycle that is managing weight and stress. Focuses on the mental work, removing “food prisons” and other negative forceful tactics. Focuses on being gentle with ourselves and learning how to motivate with positive loving vibes, not shame and restriction.
Really speaks well to those of us that have been on the damaging cycle that is managing weight and stress. Focuses on the mental work, removing “food prisons” and other negative forceful tactics. Focuses on being gentle with ourselves and learning how to motivate with positive loving vibes, not shame and restriction.
August 20, 2020
This is NOT a diet book! This is a book exploring a mind, body, and soul approach to eating. I picked this up after hearing an interview of Carly Pollack, and even though I'm not looking to lose weight, I gained a lot of insight and thoroughly enjoyed the journaling prompts and mindset tips she shares. This is a must-read for anyone who needs help with their relationship with food.
July 3, 2021
Good tips and teaches you how to UnDiet. Mind Body Spirit connection.
February 2, 2024
Not for me.
August 17, 2020
It's a good book but i was just sooo bored reading it :/
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