Be You Be Free

by Shreen El Masry

Break free from dieting once and for all with this easy-to-follow guide to healing your relationship with food and exercise from body inclusive personal trainer and certified intuitive eating counsellor Shreen El Masry.Have you been on so many diets that you can’t remember a time in your life when you weren’t dieting? Be You Be Free gives you the tools you need to break free from dieting and make peace with food, exercise and your body.You will learn how to nourish your body in a way that works for you rather than punishing it with diets and hardcore exercise regimens. By focusing on intuitive eating, you will learn to trust your body again, giving you the freedom with food that you deserve. You will learn to stop judging your success based on a number on the scale, and will be shown behaviours that promote true health and wellbeing.This book will not only help you find food freedom, body peace and joyful exercise, but also assist you in creating your own version of wellbeing on your terms so that you can take care of yourself in the best possible way.Be You Be Free is not about fixing yourself. It is about becoming your true self by putting you in a position of control with the tools to make the changes you want to make.Shreen El Masry has experienced first-hand the battle many of us can have with food, exercise and body image. After pushing herself to the brink of her physical and mental health, Shreen educated herself about health and wellbeing, studying to become a body inclusive personal trainer and certified Intuitive Eating counsellor. She now helps women all around the world to ‘find their true purpose and identity outside of dieting, so they become who they are meant to be, before the world and diet culture told them who they had to be’.

264 pages, Paperback

Published March 2, 2022

Reviews

[Sammysreads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Huge thank you to @shreen_beyoubefree for sending me a copy of Be You Be Free! 🥰

This is an extensive body positivity guide and workbook and it is beautiful the whole way through. I really appreciated Shreens story that was included in the front of the book.

The book itself has a pleasing aesthetic to read, from the pictures to the pretty pink highlights. The work/journaling pages are almost too lovely to write on 😍

There is plenty of examples and resources included so that you can look further into body positivity and find other social media creators within that space.

Be You Be Free covers so many different things, from diet culture, finding joy in movement, body image, positive thinking, intuitive eating, connection, and plenty of activities to help you find what's important to you!
I found this book and the activities to be incredibly validating for me.

Some parts that stood out for me:

♡ 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅, 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕?

♡ 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆

♡ 𝑴𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆

♡ 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇, 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓!

[Claire · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were a few stops and starts with me for this book but that was purely me and not the book. This is a very positive (and logical) book about doing the things that work for you, since we are not all the same and that same things doesn't work for everyone. I loved the approach here to tackle what you are ready for because some things you just can't do until you have done the thing before it. And she covers everything, movement, emotional and mental wellbeing, communication and self care and more.

One of my favourite tips is
• When you are shopping, choose a variety of sizes to take into the changing room. Try them on with your back to the mirror, so you can't see yourself, and only turn around and look in the mirror if the clothes feel good on your body. If they don't feel good, take them off without looking and try another size.

[Sofie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Be You Be Free was such a beautiful and refreshing read that really showed me the importance of loving ourselves, something that a lot of us really struggle with.

Full of fun little tips and activities to complete as well as workouts and just general facts about why it's important to love ourselves first before anything else💕

I have gained so much more confidence and learned so many things that have made me go from hating looking in the mirror to seeing myself as a work in progress 💜

Thank you soooo much @shreen_beyoubefree for sending me this beautiful book and for writing it 😭 it's so amazing and thoughtful and greatly appreciated. Cannot wait to see what you come up with next 🥰

[Sarah Deissler · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book changed my whole life!
I start to love my body again, I enjoy eating again, I take dance lessons again....

I really recomend this book to every person, that ever dieted!

So many things (things I didn't know were just not true!!) held me back from having a healthy relationship with my Body. But I start recovering and suddenly my life is much easier and there is so much peace and joy in me

[Rowena Layzell · Rating 5 out of 5]

In a world of constant bombardment of messaging around diets and body image, Shreen El Masry brings a compassionate approach to self care with intuitive eating, joyful movement and mindful tools to help have a better relationship with your body and wellbeing.
The book is beautifully designed, easy to read and full of practical activities to use in your own journey.

[Victoria Rosario · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book for anyone who has spent their life consumed by weight loss, diets, eating disorders and guilt around food and eating this is a definite must to read. For anyone who has finally had enough with dieting I would highly recommend.

[Linda Ballard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book, has helped me with my diet exercise and mental health.

[Kiera Gormley · Rating 4 out of 5]

well explained and organised