Books like When food is love by Geneen Roth

Learn how to express feelings and needs without hostility, fostering empathy and compassion in personal, professional, and political conversations.

The Body Is Not an Apology invites readers to heal body shame with radical self‑love, challenging oppressive systems and fostering a more just, compassionate world.

Pia Mellody draws on two decades of counseling experience to explain why intimate relationships fail and offers practical steps for building lasting, trusting love.

Terrence Real presents practical tools and exercises to help women navigate the modern marriage, empowering them to communicate needs, set boundaries, and rebuild intimacy in a way that encourages partner growth.

A groundbreaking exploration of intimacy in intimate relationships for couples and families.

Geneen Roth guides readers to end emotional eating with a practical, proven program that addresses the underlying conflicts driving overeating, offering simple, reassuring techniques for lasting change.

Henry Grayson offers a fresh, mindful approach to love—combining psychology, spirituality, and science—providing ten practical practices that help couples break negative patterns and build healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

A guide for African American women seeking healthier, satisfying relationships with Black men, offering practical dialogue tools and real‑life examples for shared growth.

A guide to breaking free from compulsive eating through self-compassion and understanding.

From the celebrated author of The Dance of Anger comes an extraordinary book about mothering and how it transforms us -- and all our relationships -- inside and out. Written from her dual perspective as a psychologist and a mother, Lerner brings us deeply personal tales that run the gamut from the hilarious to the heart-wrenching. From birth or adoption to the empty nest, The Mother Dance teaches the basic lessons of motherhood: that we are not in control of what happens to our children, that most of what we worry about doesn't happen, and that our children will love us with all our imperfections if we can do the same for them. Here is a gloriously witty and moving book about what it means to dance the mother dance.

For the 70 percent of couples who have been affected by extramarital affairs, this is the only book to offer proven strategies for surviving the crisis and rebuilding the relationship –;–; written by a nationally known therapist considered an expert on infidelity. When I was 15, I was raped. That was nothing compared to your affair. The rapist was a stranger; you, I thought, were my best friend. There is nothing quite like the pain and shock caused when a partner has been unfaithful. The hurt partner often experiences a profound loss of self–;respect and falls into a depression that can last for years. For the relationship, infidelity is often a death blow.After the Affair is the first book to help readers survive this crisis. Written by a clinical psychologist who has been treating distressed couples for 22 years, it guides both hurt and unfaithful partners through the three stages of healing: Normalizing feelings, deciding whether to recommit and revitalizing the relationship. It provides proven, practical advice to help the couple change their behavior toward each other, cultivate trust and forgiveness and build a healthier, more conscious intimate partnership.

A guide to strengthening marital bonds through understanding interpersonal dynamics, psychology, and faith.

Allyson norms. The book offers practical guidance for women to overcome eating disorders, presenting a holistic approach that addresses physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects, as developed by the founders of Beyond Hunger, Inc.

Psychotherapist Ronn Elmore offers practical guidance for men seeking to strengthen their relationships with Black women, focusing on trust, communication, and mutual respect.

"In Why Diets Fail, Dr. Yoni Freedhoff dispells the myths and wrong thinking that interfere with healthy weight management and offers an empowering program that has helped 81% of his patients lose weight--and keep it off for good"--

Once upon a time, Martians and Venusians functioned in separate worlds. But in today's hectic and career-oriented environment, relationships have become a lot more complicated, and men and women are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress. To add to the increasing tension, most men and women are also completely unaware that they are actually hardwired to react differently to the stress. It's a common scenario: a husband returns home from work stressed out and eager to kick back on the couch and watch television. A wife returns home from work stressed out and wants to talk about it with her husband. What happens? Neither is on the same page, anger and resentment set in, and Mars and Venus collide.Using his signature insight that has helped millions of couples transform their relationships, John Gray once again arms the inhabitants of Mars and Venus with information that will help them live harmoniously ever after. In Why Mars and Venus Collide, Gray focuses on the ways that men and women misinterpret and mismanage the stress in their daily lives, and how these reactions ultimately affect their relationships. "It's not that he's just not into you; he needs to fulfill a biological need," Gray explains. "And it's not that she wants to henpeck you; she also has a biological drive." He shows, for instance, how a husband's withdrawal is actually a natural way for him to replenish his depleted testosterone levels and restore his well-being, and how a woman's need for conversation and support helps her build her own stress-reducing hormone, oxytocin.Backed up by groundbreaking scientific research, Gray offers a clear, easy-to-understand program to bridge the gap between the two planets, providing effective communication strategies that will actually lower stress levels. Whether in a relationship or single, this book will help both men and women understand their new roles in a modern, work-oriented society, and allow them to discover a variety of new and practical ways to create a lifetime of love and harmony.