2022 Word Guild Award, Culture and Life Stories categories Globe
and Mail Bestseller List, November 2021 (Self-Improvement) Many of
us have a complicated relationship with our body. Maybe you've been
made to feel ashamed of your body or like it isn't good enough.
Maybe your body is riddled with stress, pain, or the effects of
trauma. Maybe you think of your body as an accessory to what you
believe you really are--your mind. Maybe your experiences with
racism, sexism, ableism, heterosexism, ageism, or sizeism have made
you believe your body isn't the right kind of body. Whatever the
reason, many of us don't feel at home in our bodies. But being
disconnected from ourselves as bodies means being disconnected from
truly living and from the interconnection that weaves us all
together. Psychologist and award-winning researcher Hillary McBride
explores the broken and unhealthy ideas we have inherited about our
body. Embodiment is the way we are in the world, and our embodiment
is heavily influenced by who we have been allowed to be. McBride
shows that many of us feel disembodied due to colonization, racism,
sexism, and patriarchy--destructive systems that rank certain
bodies as less valuable, beautiful, or human than others. Embracing
our embodiment can liberate us from these systems. As we come to
understand the world around us and the stories we've been told, we
see that our perspective of reality often limits how we see and
experience ourselves, each other, and what we believe is Sacred.
Instead of the body being a problem to overcome, our bodies can be
the very place where we feel most alive, the seat of our
spirituality and our wisdom. The Wisdom of Your Body offers a
compassionate, healthy, and holistic perspective on embodied
living. Weaving together illuminating research, stories from her
work as a therapist, and deeply personal narratives of healing from
a life-threatening eating disorder, a near-fatal car accident, and
chronic pain, McBride invites us to reclaim the wisdom of the body
and to experience the wholeness that has been there all along.
End-of-chapter questions and practices are included.
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