Growing up in the digital age, with the pressures of social media and increasingly competitive academics, Alayna’s perfectionism started early in life. She began to despise her body after a pre-teen wellness check when the physician told her to “lay off the snacks” and watch her weight. At age 16, Alayna was diagnosed with anorexia. She was three weeks from being sent to an in-patient treatment center when she decided to take charge of her life.
Plagued with body dysmorphia beginning at six years old, Melissa came of age in the diet culture of the 1970s and 1980s when fad diets, diet pills, and at-home exercise equipment dominated the golden age of advertising. Melissa was diagnosed with bulimia when she was 16 and her treatment included both inpatient and intensive outpatient programs over five years. After a series of traumatic events, she struggled with anorexia in her thirties.
Burke and Kelley weave their stories of illness and recovery through 12 topics that fed their eating disorders and share how they now manage those challenges to fully participate in life. FULL offers insight and hope to people struggling with eating disorders and those who love them.
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Full
Overcoming Our Eating Disorders To Fully Live
Written By
Alayna J Burke
And
Melissa L Kelley
Review By
Heidi Lynn’s Book Reviews
First, I want to thank Alayna J. Burke, Melissa L. Kelley, Black Umbrella Wellness Publishing, and Stress Free Book Publishing for providing me with this book so I can bring you this review.
WOW! Full Overcoming Our Eating Disorders To Fully Live is a book that every woman of all ages needs to read! Alayna J. Burke and Melissa L. Kelley are two women who need to be commended for opening up and sharing their very personal stories, struggles, and journeys with their readers.
I strongly believe that this book would be beneficial on a shelf at a health class, high school library, in a counselor's office, or in a nurses office at school. This is also a great resource for parents or family members dealing with this issue. Not only that but I will go one step further and say this would be a great book club book as well. You could talk for hours on many subjects listed in this book.
Melissa starts out the preface of the book on how she and Alayna know eachother and the reasoning behind writing the book.
On a personal level I identified with and related to many of the experiences and stories that Alayna spoke about. I too have dealt with an eating disorder that also affected my mental health and anxiety issues. My weight over the years have fluctuated, had weight loss surgery, and tried many different diets, etc. It is a daily struggle mentally, emotionally and physically.
I enjoyed reading both Melissa’s and Alayna’s experiences and seeing how they were different and yet the same in some aspects.
One of the aspects of the book that I appreciated was all they did within eating disorders, complicated pregnancies, etc and educating their readers.
This may be a short read but it is not an easy read. It is intense, powerful, in-depth, will pull on your heart strings at times as you feel what they are both going through! At times I wanted to reach into the book and hug them both!
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