Restore Your Core Essence, Find Emotional Freedom & Thrive
Join Jennifer Kreatsoulas, PhD, on her mindful, yoga-filled road to recovery and use powerful reflection exercises to support your own courageous healing journey. Providing stories of poignant moments from her struggle with an eating disorder, Jennifer transforms her experiences into thematic lessons that you can use to overcome challenges in your life. The Courageous Path to Healing helps you explore opportunities to show up for yourself and celebrate the progress you make every day. Each chapter highlights an important step in Jennifer's journey and includes yoga-inspired practices, journaling prompts, and deep, empowering wisdom. Written to demonstrate what's possible on the other side of suffering, this book encourages you to commit to creating the full life you want and deserve.
Includes a foreword by Kristie Amadio, TEDX speaker and founder of Recovered Living
"A movingly honest example of what it takes to overcome inner demons."—Jennie Lee, author of True Yoga, Spark Change, and Breathing Love
"Jennifer faces each moment, revealing the dark and the light, and the lessons she learned from each, while beautifully weaving together how the path of yoga helped."—Dr. Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD, L-CSWR, CEDS, C-IAYT, author of Befriending Your Body
"Full of insight, hope, and shame-reducing strategies."—Shari Botwin, LCSW, author of Thriving After Trauma
"Through a range of touching stories, key lessons, and useful tools, The Courageous Path to Healing helps you connect and transform."—Erin Byron, author of Yoga for the Creative Soul
"Kreatsoulas provides a container in which your own authentic, expansive, and lasting recovery can emerge."—Jenna Hollenstein, MS, RDN, author of Eat to Love
"Each beautifully written chapter, wise in its narrative and practices, guides the reader from story to skill seamlessly."—Maria Sorbara Mora, MS, CEDRD-S, CDN, C-IAYT, author of Incorporating Science, Body, and Yoga in Nutrition-Based Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery
"A guidebook for moving beyond pain into purpose, connecting with your inner light, and becoming the most whole version of yourself."—Daralyse Lyons, award-winning author and creator of the Demystifying Diversity podcast
"Kreatsoulas' invaluable experience and expertise is beautifully woven into the narrative and practices."—Melanie C. Klein, MA, cofounder of the Yoga & Body Image Coalition and coeditor of Yoga & Body Image
"Dr. Kreatsoulas guides us with intention, mindfulness, empathy, and power to begin the process of healing."—Dianne Bondy, bestselling author of Yoga for Everyone and Yoga Where You Are
"An incredible resource for anyone suffering from an eating disorder, with truly powerful self-help mindfulness and yoga-inspired exercises."—Kate Hudson-Hall (Dip.AdvHYP N-SHAP), author of Bulimia Sucks!
"Jennifer's message is easy to follow and flows with her graceful writing style."—Robert Butera, PhD, author of The Yoga Life and Pure Heart of Yoga
"An honest, brave, necessary, and most of all useful book."—David Holzer, author and founder of YogaWriters
"Jennifer's inspirational book demonstrates how to learn from life experiences and transform challenges into healing."—Mary Higgs, MA, RYT, OYI, author, speaker, and founder/owner of Yogi Able, Inclusive Mindful Practices
"Jennifer's non-judgmental, non-gimmicky, heart-felt book can serve as a powerful healing tool no matter what readers may be dealing with."—Dorian Christian Baucum, yoga teacher and contributor to Embodied Resilience Through Yoga
"Jennifer's wisdom, vulnerability, and compassion flow throughout."—Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS, host of the Recovery Bites podcast
"Jennifer's determination and insight surrounding the healing process is an incredible foray, dismantling negative impact and stigmas."—Brian Pollack, LCSW, CEDS-S, Founder and Clinical Director, Hilltop Behavioral Health
"Jennifer will help you harness the same inherent wisdom that guides her."—Dr. Samantha DeCaro, PsyD, Director of Clinical Outreach and Education at the Renfrew Center
"Kreatsoulas' voice is true, clear, authentic, and insightful."—Karen Samuels, PhD, CEDS, founder of COPE: Community Outreach to Prevent Eating Disorders
"Jennifer illuminates so much personal wisdom and strength."—Tara Whitney, author of Hungry
"This book is a healing balm for the recovering soul, offering practical guidance for anyone walking the daily path of wellness."—Kristen Butera, ERYT 500, C-IAYT, author of Yoga Therapy
ISBN-13: | 9780738767468 |
Imprint: | Llewellyn |
Pub Date: | April 2022 |
Product Type: | Trade Paperback |
Page Count: | 240 pages |
Size: | 5 x 8 x 1 IN |
Case Quantity: | 50 |