Re: Oprah and weight gain / publicising IE

[Guest guest]

I think that's already happened on some fronts, Arnie. I've seen

Hirschmann & Munter's classic IE book, Overcoming Overeating, slammed

by some as " dangerous " and " irresponsible " (though more by militant

nutritionists, rather than their colleagues in the field of

psychotherapy). People will cling to their beliefs strongly, and

some will react very negatively to anything that challenges their way

of thinking, or their firm belief that their way is *the* only valid

way.

But, you know, results speak for themselves. People who are seeking

to be freer and happier and no longer obsessed with food will find

their way to IE, and take the time to achieve results. Those seeking

a quick weight loss fix will move on if they don't achieve what they

want, so I guess they're not ready for IE. That's why I don't care

for emphasising or focussing on weight loss when introducing people

to the concept of IE; that's misleading - it's more than that.

I'm not sure if the following link has previously been posted to this

board, but Kate Harding has recently written a fabulous post about

the Oprah diet " failure " thing (and how promoting IE and self-

acceptance would be so much more beneficial), really worth a read:

http://kateharding.net/2008/12/09/dear-oprah/

Cheers

Sig

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> > > I actually logged onto the Oprah website and e-mailed the show

> about

> > > IE, stressing the fact that it seemed like such an " Oprah "

thing

> to

> > > do! Maybe if we all get on her site and send e-mails about it,

> it may

> > > get featured sometime in the future. Who knows?

> > >

> > > Best to all~

> > > Marla in Charlottesville, VA

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