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Eating, Drinking, Overthinking

Book Review by: Dr_Tami_Brady     

Original Author: Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
The author calls the cycle the Toxic Triangle. Many women spend all week carefully keeping themselves in check. They work
hard at their jobs all day making sure that they don’t say or do the wrong thing. After work, they continue to control their actions by only choosing healthy food in just the right quantities and abstaining from alcohol. By Thursday or Friday, however, the frustration, pressure, and cravings becomes too much. These same controlled seemingly put together women decide to just have one glass of wine to unwind or just a few potato chips. This simple action starts a chain of excess which is turn fuels the desire to control which turns into a never-ending cycle. Eating, Drinking, Overthinking brings this cycle of self abuse to light showing women what they are really doing to themselves, likely without even knowing it. The author uncovers the real reasons behind these actions and shows woman healthy ways that they can deal with both their emotions and their unreal expectations of themselves.
Published: July 10, 2007
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