This Is Body Grief - Making Peace with the Loss That Comes with Living in a Body

A path to making peace with your ever-changing body At one time or another, all of us have grieved our bodies as they once were. Getting older means we''re no longer as quick or as strong as we used to be. A chronic illness or disability wrecks our plans and sense of self. Maybe no matter what strict diet we follow, we still fall short of society’s forever-changing beauty standards. And so we blame our bodies for having betrayed us--when this couldn''t be farther from the truth.; Yet this is Body Grief: the sense of loss and sorrow of living in a body that changes, often without our say. In Although the journey through Body Grief may not be linear,

Product details

• Authors: Jayne Mattingly
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.03.2025
• EAN: 9780593656792
• ISBN: 978-0-593-65679-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement, SELF-HELP / Eating Disorders & Body Image, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Coping with death & bereavement, Coping with personal problems, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement, Coping with / advice about body image issues