Love Your Body

About the Book

The book Love your Body: Change the Way You Feel About the Body You Have is designed to help guide you toward a better relationship with your body and improve body image. This transformative workbook offers a way out from the constant critical thoughts and words you think and speak about your body. It is designed to help you learn more about your body and yourself so you can start to appreciate the gift you have. Your constant negative thoughts, unrealistic expectations, perfectionism and body hatred keep you down, depressed and struggling. This book is about hope. It will help you end your struggles and learn to love and accept yourself.

With 80% of American women dissatisfied with their bodies, this book is a must have. Love Your Body: Change the Way You Feel About the Body You Have is filled with exercises, examples, techniques, personal stories and recommendations that will teach you to create an environment of self-nurturing and self-care. Statistics show that negative body image issues manifest themselves at a very early age. These scars will continue to hurt you if you don't stop, and take the time and energy to heal them now. The biggest gift you can give yourself is to let go of the constantly nagging voice that is inside your head telling you that your body doesn't measure up. Love your Body: Change the Way You Feel About the Body You Have can help free you of those negative, hurtful thoughts and help you create an accepting and nurturing attitude about your body.

About the Author

Tami Brannon-Quan, Ph.D.
Marriage & Family Therapist

Tami Brannon-Quan, Ph.D., MFT is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Addiction Specialist. Her area of specialty is treating individuals with eating disorders and body image issues. Working with women struggling with a poor body image has become a passion for Tami. She also co-facilitates the “Love Your Body Workshop”, an experiencial workshop she and Lisa Licavoli, RD, CCN designed to help women heal their body image issues. She has taught at Saddleback College for the Summer Eating Disorder Institute and has been a guest speaker at schools, colleges, and other organizations to educate the community and professionals in the area of eating disorders and body image. Her private practice is in Mission Viejo, California.

Lisa Licavoli, R.D., C.C.N.
Nutrition Therapist

Lisa Licavoli, RD, CCN is a Registered Dietitian, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist, and Traditional Naturopath specializing in Integrative Nutrition and Eating Disorder recovery. She takes a body-centered approach to health and healing, with nutrition as the foundation. Lisa has helped thousands of people meet their health, weight, and fitness goals. Lisa helps clients re-establish good eating habits and heal their relationship with food. As the founding chairperson of the Nutrition Therapist practice group, Lisa has helped guide her profession toward a better understanding of how to help clients make health changes. She has functioned as a mentor, community resource and taught student interns. Lisa taught college nutrition for many years. Her office is located in Newport Beach, California.