Right before the end of 2010 a new Hay House book arrived on my door step, innocently entitled “A Course in Weight Loss, 21 Spiritual lessons for surrendering your weight forever” by Marianne Williamson. I was really excited to delve into this book for a couple reasons, one of which being that I was about to begin a Raw Food Cleanse for 30 days and a book on weight loss seemed like the perfect match for my voyage. I opened to the first page and found that although this book was about loosing weight, the depth to which it covered reached far deeper than weight loss. This was a guidebook into the unhealed baggage we each carry emotionally that for some of us shows up as extra pounds.
In each of the chapters the reader is pushed, prodded, and coached by Ms.Williamson to first tear down the walls of denial, emotion, and self sabotage and begin to be honest about what is Really going on. Each layer revealed by the work, is healed and mended with an action step – some as simple as buying a new plate, others as challenging as writing a letter from the fat you to the thin you and visa versa.
As I read the pages I thought, wow this is a great book for someone who is an emotional eater, if I meet one then Ill be sure to share it with them. I really didn’t think I was an emotional eater – until my daughter was hospitalized and I ransacked the hospital cafeteria for chocolate and coffee. Oops time to take out my book again.
I love Marianne’s no holds barred approach, your not gettin anything past this firecracker of a healer. It helped me to see that first: I’m not alone in my attempt to hide my emotions under a chocolate disguise, and second: there is a very loving healing way to honor my emotions and experiences without anointing them with food. As always, I was shown what the answer is to my fears. The answer is Love.
I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to truly find peace at the center of their core and release unhealthy self sabotaging behaviors. Although the title seems innocent enough, this book Will help you change your life and your body if you let it.
To find out more about Marianne Williamsons work and to order this book follow this link:
http://www.hayhouse.com/details.php?id=5111
Much Love and Many Blessings,
Christine
