Making Peace with Your Plate: Eating Disorder Recovery

by Robyn Cruze, Espra Andrus

Overview

Robyn Cruze, a mental health advocate who found recovery from an eating disorder, has teamed up with therapist and friend Espra Andrus to provide expert guidance for those seeking eating disorder recovery, their loved ones, and treatment professionals.

This revised edition offers new insights and stories, updated approaches to nutrition, and answers to such pressing questions within the eating disorder community as: Does the word "recovered" have a place in the recovery process? What about notions of "good," "bad," "health," and "unhealthy" foods? How does soothing the self rather than fighting the eating disorder fit into recovery?

Making Peace with Your Plate helps unshackle us from our fears, anxiety, and the need to control by providing proven strategies for recovery and taking back our power from the illness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781949481266
Publisher:	Central Recovery Press, LLC
Publication date:	03/10/2020
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,052,445
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Robyn Cruze, MA is a sought-after keynote speaker, educating on the co-occurrence of substance-use and eating disorders. She is the co-founder of a family mental health awareness initiative, Wide Wonder, which aims to make mental health and addiction recovery an everyday conversation. She also serves as the director of advocacy consultant at Eating Recovery Center.

Espra Andrus, LCSW is a clinical therapist who has specialized in working with individuals suffering with the full spectrum of eating disorders, mood disorders, and trauma for almost two decades.She is a co-founder of Life Launch Centers where she created the Resilience Model@, an 8-stage brain-based model with evidence-based tools for emotional and life resilience.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition Robyn Craze ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xiii

1 Enough Already 1

Cory Jones and Hollywood Dreams Robyn 3

How to Follow Your Dreams and Not Your Critics Espra 9

2 Take a New Stance 13

Jarred Marsh mallow and Maltese Hips Robyn 15

Put the Lid on the Jar of Marshmallows Espra 20

3 It's Not About the Food. And It Is About the Food 27

Sunny Days and an Unwanted Houseguest Robyn 29

How to Free Yourself from a Household Pest Espra 35

4 Learning to Hit Curveballs 47

Avalanches and the Bogeyman Within Robyn 49

What to Do When the Bogeyman Jumps Out Espra 57

5 Catch the Lies 73

Chinese Food and the Hot Malibu Sun Robyn 75

Let the Sun Illuminate the Lies Espra 80

6 From the Life Raft to the Shore 87

Northern Shore Beauty and Casted Spells of Ugliness Robyn 89

The Beauty and the Beast Within Espra 96

7 Gather Your Support Team 111

Spanish Pay Phones and Glaswegian Nightclubs Robyn 113

Calling for Backup Espra 118

8 Let's Build a New Plan 125

Cold Steel Chairs and the Powerful Truth Robyn 127

How to Honor Your Fear and Seek Your Truth Espra 130

9 Who the Hell Am I, Anyway? 139

Pizza Nights and Designer Handbags Robyn 141

Pizza, Handbags, and Beyond Espra 146

10 Speak Out. Speak Your Truth. Speak Strong! 159

Gushing Rivers and Shocking Phone Calls Robyn 161

How to Stand Still in a Current Espra 167

11 Self-Care Is the New Beautiful 173

Deep Gratitude and a Final Good-bye Robyn 175

How to Appreciate Something as a Path to Loving It Espra 182

12 Make Recovery Worth It 191

Dreams and Bottom Drums Robyn 193

Create Your Own Drums Espra 198

Epilogue 205

The Color Gray and One Converted School Bus Robyn 207

From Black and White to Color Espra 214

Resources 217

About the Authors 219

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Making Peace with Your Plate is a refreshing and meaningful book to help you or a loved one recover from an eating disorder. What makes this book stand out is its unique format of alternating chapters. There is a ‘story chapter,’ which chronicles Robyn Cruze’s recovery, followed by a ‘therapist chapter,’ which offers practical tools from seasoned eating-disorder therapist, Espra Andrus. Together this unique approach creates a powerful synergy.”—Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD, coauthor of Intuitive Eating

“Making Peace with Your Plate is real, honest, and full of hope. Join Robyn and Espra on a unique journey to authentic freedom. Your recovery awaits!” —Jenni Schaefer, Author of Almost Anorexic, Life without Ed, and Goodbye Ed, Hello Me

"This revised edition of Making Peace with Your Plate is a beautifully written book and an exceptional resource for clinicians and our clients. Robyn and Espra take us through the journey of recovery with compassion and insight. The combined talent and expertise of these two professionals provide a wonderful view of the path one might need to take in order to recover. I have been reading books about recovery for thirty-six years, and this one is a true gem.”—Beth Mayer, LICSW, private practice, former executive director of Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association (MEDA)

"I love how clearly this book explains recovery. When I was in treatment, I always asked ‘What is recovery?’ and nobody could answer that in the eating disorder world. This book will help you define recovery and give you tools for change.”—Ashley Hamilton

"Making Peace with Your Plate provides a unique and meaningful vantage point. You will feel understood as you read Robyn’s account of her struggle with an eating disorder, and you will find practical tools in the chapters authored by Espra, an experienced eating disorder therapist."—Jennifer L. Taitz, PsyD, author of End Emotional Eating