The Satisfied Soul: Transforming Your Food and Weight Worries

Shoshana Kobrin

Jan 2012 · Author House

About this ebook

Is food your enemy and your best friend? Do you ever wonder what your endless struggle with weight and appearance is really all about? It's the soul, not the body, that's starving Discover the underlying causes of food and weight issues, create a healthy relationship with food and your body, and nourish your starving soul. SHOSHANA KOBRIN has helped countless women cut the cords of their struggle with food and weight. The Satisfied Soul is vividly illustrated by characters based on poignant stories of women in her psychotherapy practice, and her own long history of bulimia. You'll be encouraged by these courageous women who conquered obsessive dieting, bingeing, compulsive overeating, overweight, obesity, bulimia, and anorexia. The Satisfied Soul goes beyond dead-end diet plans with practical tools and a stirring, inspirational approach. Most approaches to overweight, body image concerns, and eating disorders follow the medical model - dieting, attempts to correct negative thought patterns, and strictly monitoring eating habits. That model addresses only symptoms, not fundamental causes. The Satisfied Soul offers you a new direction: exploring the emotional and spiritual state lying beneath your troubled relationship with food. This involves repairing the inner emptiness and learning to connect deeply with your needs and desires, with others, and with the world we live in. You'll learn strategies to change your thoughts, feelings, and behavior about food and your weight. Understanding the deeper layers of your struggle, you'll be more accepting of yourself and your body. This means eventually losing weight, if you need to, but more important, releasing your preoccupation with food. Let The Satisfied Soul guide you through the passages of change and growth to manifest your gift of transformation. Move from the Dark Spiral of despair about food and weight to the Land of Possibility where each day is a treasure!

About the author

Shoshana was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and started her professional life as a preschool teacher. After taking a Master's degree in literature, she pioneered a multi-cultural communications program during apartheid in South Africa. Her manual, Communicate While You Teach was written for teachers and nurses in training. Interest in intercultural group dynamics led her to a Masters degree in psychology at John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California, when she arrived in the United States. She is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist, practicing in Walnut Creek, California. Specializations are: people in transition, couple counseling, child therapy, food and weight issues, hypnotherapy, and EMDR. Shoshana teaches at university level, supervises interns, and provides continuing education for therapists and nurses. For thirty-two years, Shoshana has been teaching, training, public speaking, and facilitating workshops and retreats in the community. She has presented at twelve, state-wide, professional conferences. Publications include poetry, a short story, and articles on food and weight issues and eating disorders, addictions, relationships, spirituality, communication, the family, and parenting. Her self-help book, The Satisfied Soul GuideBook: Your Path to Transformation was published in 2011. Books, reading, and writing have been an important part of Shoshana's life since childhood. Two tools were invaluable in healing from a challenging childhood and her long history of bulimia: Natalie Goldberg's, Wild Mind, which introduced her to free, associative journaling, and Buddhism's Vipassana meditation technique. Her spiritual and creative life, which she defines as “connection in many spheres of life” is of prime importance to her. Shoshana lives in Walnut Creek. She enjoys swimming, hiking, singing, piano and guitar, song writing, sketching, and ceramic sculpture.