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"To Angelina Caruso, recovery meant finding her tribe -- people that offered support, encouragement, and zero judgment. But she never imagined she would find her community online. A lesson on positively navigating body image, A Body to Love reveals a world where social media is used for self-care rather than self-judgement. Part social media guide and part body image workbook, this fresh take on social networks follows the author's personal battle with a near-fatal eating order, the online relationships that helped her heal, and the eventual community she cultivated. Featuring bonus charts, journal prompts, and recipes for mindful eating, you'll learn to: recognize red flags; rebuild yourself as a mindful consumer; raise others up as a content producer"-Back cover.
About the author
Angelina Caruso is a health and wellness blogger and advocate. A communication and culture major, she currently manages the social media brand and online community @healthfulradiance. Here, she shares recipes, promotes eating disorder recovery, and fosters a positive space for mental health. Angelina currently resides in New York City.
Summary
How to Have A Healthy Relationship with Food and Body Image in the Digital Age
“Anyone who has ever had a ‘complicated’ relationship with food or their body will benefit from this book.” ―
Brenna O’Malley, registered dietitian and founder of The Wellful
#1 New Release in Human-Computer Interaction, Eating Disorder Self-Help, and Computer ScienceA new conversation about the media and radical self-love, A Body to Love provides lessons on positively navigating body image in a social media saturated world.Forming healthy relationships with the internet. To Angelina Caruso, recovery meant finding her tribe―a community that offered support, encouragement, and zero judgement. But she never imagined finding them online. Now a health and wellness blogger, she narrates the progression of a body image disorder and her unusual path to recovery.
Self-help healing through community. Grouped into lessons and warnings, this fresh take on social networks follows the author’s personal battle with a near-fatal eating disorder, the online relationships that helped her heal, and the eventual community she cultivated. Part social media guide and part body image and eating disorder workbook, you’ll learn to detect body image issues, heal as a mindful consumer, and inspire others as a content producer.
Inside this interactive book, adult and teen readers alike will find:- Handy charts
- Journal prompts
- Breathing exercises
- Bonus recipes for mindful eating
- And much more!
If you’re looking for a body positivity journal, body image gifts, or mindful eating books―like The Self-Love Workbook for Women, The Body Is Not an Apology, More Than a Body, or Influencer―then you’ll want to own A Body to Love.
Foreword
Podcasts:
- The Nakd Podcast (01/2020): “Eating Disorders + Building an Online Community with Angie Caruso of Healthful Radiance”
- https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/eating-disorders-building-online-community-angie-caruso/id1493570025?i=1000463191542
Media Hits:- Copina Co. (07/03/2019): “Copina Connect: Angie of Healthful Radiance”
- https://copinaco.com/blogs/recipes-for-copina-products/copina-connect-angie-of-healthful-radiance-1
- The Fordham Ram (09/11/2019): “Senior Uses Instagram Fame to Fight Eating Disorders and Promote Healthy Living”
- https://fordhamram.com/69442/culture/senior-uses-instagram-fame-to-fight-eating-disorders-and-promote-healthy-living/
- Beauty By Us (09/02/2020): “Incredible Woman Feature: Health and Wellness Influencer Angie Caruso”
- https://beautybyus.co/health-and-wellness-influencer-angie-caruso/
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“A Body to Love is a powerful and
refreshing guide to the most important thing we humans need the most: the
ability to connect with our authentic selves and with others. Angie has a way
of communicating her truth in a way that’s vulnerable, authentic, soothing,
safe, and empowering. As always, I’m blown away by Angie’s writing, and I am
positive that A Body to Love will move so many.” ―Natalie
Rose Allen MPsy, RP, creator of
@wakeupandsmelltherosay
“Anyone who has ever had a
‘complicated’ relationship with food or their body will benefit from this
book.” ―Brenna O’Malley, registered dietitian and founder of The
Wellful
