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	Dr. Pat Allen's Recommended Reading List: Titles E to H
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The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating
(David M. Buss)
Evolutionary psychology — or, in the vernacular, "instinct" — rules the dating and mating game, and this scientist's discoveries are bound to clash with theories of patriarchy that purport to account for male dominance of wealth. Buss' synthesis of many studies conforms with popular wisdom: Women want an older man with actual or potential means; men want an attractive, younger woman; and men have a much greater proclivity for promiscuity than do women.

Fat Is a Feminist Issue
(Susie Orbach)
This book introduced me to the idea that compulsive eaters like myself have something invested in being overweight, which helped me understand my own lose-weight-gain-weight cycles. The ideas in this book plus a 6-month program with a health counselor got me off the dieting cycle I've been on for the past 25 years. Going from fat to thinner — changing my body shape dramatically — brings up a lot of fear and anger with me, and this book has helped me acknowledge that. Outside help has been great, too. Though the title seems radical, its not a feminist rally cry. —J. Stoddard

Fathers And Daughters
(William Appleton)
A groundbreaking study of the critical years shared by fathers and daughters, interpreting the important phases of a woman's life and the influences of the paternal role model at each point.

Food Addiction: The Body Knows
(Kay Sheppard)
Do you gain more weight than you lose after every diet? Can one cookie destroy all your good intentions? Do you eat when you are disappointed, tense or anxious? Since its publication, Food Addiction has become a primary resource for food addicts and compulsive eaters. Now it is updated and presented in a revised and expanded edition, with a new chapter on relapse. For a food addict, relapse is an ever present danger which begins in the mind before reaching for that cupcake or other trigger food. Here food addiction is defined, trigger foods are identified and consequences of food addiction are revealed. A lifetime eating plan demonstrating how to stick with a healthful food plan for the long term is also provided. "For some people, foods can be as addictive as alcohol," Kay Sheppard explains. "Gummy bears and marshmallow chicks can be vicious killers whose effects can lead to depression, irritability and even suicide. The terrible truth is that for certain individuals, refined carbohydrates can trigger the addictive process. This book is an effort to help you understand and solve the problems of compulsive eating."

For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
(Alice Miller)
Miller explores the backgrounds of extreme cases of self-destructive and violent individuals to further her theories on long-term consequences of abusive childrearing. Her conclusions about what creates a drug addict, a murderer, even a Hitler, stray far from psychoanalytic dogma about human nature.

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
(Don Miguel Ruiz)
Shamanic teacher and healer Don Miguel Ruiz's teachings focus on dreams and visions, exposing self-limiting beliefs and presenting a simple yet effective code of personal conduct learned from his Toltec ancestors. The four agreements are these: Be impeccable with your word. Don't take anything personally. Don't make assumptions. Always do your best. Ruiz's explanations of Toltec-based cosmography got a major boost recently when Oprah Winfrey recommended his book.

From Lucy To Language
(Donald Johanson & Blake Edgar)
The earlier view of human evolution as a linear progression from apes through the hominids to the various homo species has been replaced by a more treelike analogue, one with many branches of upright-walking hominids.

From the First Bite: A Complete Guide to Recovery from Food Addiction
(Kay Sheppard)
Renowned therapist, eating disorder specialist and recovering food addict, Kay Sheppard has helped countless individuals win their battles over food addiction&meash;people for whom diets, pills and purging have become a way of life. In 1993, her groundbreaking book Food Addiction: The Body Knows explained the illness of food addiction from the physiological origins through recovery.

He: Understanding Masculine Psychology (Perennial Library)
(Robert A. Johnson )
Robert A. Johnson, noted lecturer and Jungian analyst, updates his classic exploration of the meaning of being a man, and adds insight for both sexes into the feminine side of a man's personality. What does it really mean to be a man? What are some of the land marks along the road to mature masculinity? And what of the feminine components of a man's personality? Johnson is also the author of He, She, We, Inner Work, Ecstasy, Transformation, and Owning Your Own Shadow.

Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD
(Daniel G. Amen)
Using breakthrough diagnostic techniques, Amen has discovered that there are six distinct types of ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), each requiring a different treatment. With recommendations for prescription drugs, nutraceutical therapy, cognitive reprogramming, parenting and educational strategies, biofeedback, self-hypnosis and more, this revolutionary approach can lead sufferers of ADD to a normal, fully-functional life.

The Healing Brain: Breakthrough Discoveries About How the Brain Keeps Us Healthy
(Robert Ornstein)
The brain maintains the health of the body. Just how this is accomplished is set out in this collection of essays. Prominent researchers in psychiatry, psychology, and neuroscience describe the contemporary investigations of the way we think about health and illness.

Healing Words
(Larry Dossey)
In this groundbreaking classic linking prayer and health, physician Larry Dossey shares the latest evidence connecting prayer, healing, and medicine. Using real-life examples and personal anecdotes, Dossey proves how prayer can be as valid a healing tool as drugs or surgery.

He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys (The Newly Expanded Edition)
(Greg Behrendt)
You really like this guy, but he's giving mixed messages. You make excuses, decide he's confused, afraid of commitment. Behrendt (former executive story editor for Sex and the City) offers a simple answer: he's just not that emotionally involved. He identifies every excuse woman has ever made to avoid admitting to herself that a man just wasn't that smitten, and emphasizes an empowering message: a woman deserves a man who truly loves her and not one that she must constantly make excuses for. "If a (sane) guy really likes you, there ain't nothing that's going to get in his way."

The Highly Sensitive Person
(Elaine N. Aron)
Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food and water? Are you "too shy" or "too sensitive" according to others? Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you? If your answers are yes, you may be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Author Elaine Aron — who's a psychotherapist, researcher, and an HSP herself — delves deep to into the subject.

The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You
(Elaine N. Aron)
Picking up where The Highly Sensitive Person left off, Aron explores the sometimes bumpy terrain that love relationships have to offer this group of people. The special characteristics of the HSP, which tend to be misunderstood as shyness and dismissed as signs of weakness in our highly competitive society, inevitably bring interesting challenges to all kinds of love relationships for HSPs. Detailed, helpful, wise advice for HSPs and their partners.

Human Mind Explained: An Owner's Guide to the Mysteries of the Mind (Henry Holt Reference Book)
(Susan A. Greenfield)
Scientists have been interested in the brain for centuries, but only recently has technology become sophisticated enough to provide clear pictures of its wonders. This book does a wonderful job of relaying these wonders to general readers. The basic text presents the most important information now available about the brain in language that is easily understood by those without specialized scientific background. Each double-page spread covers some aspect of the brain, such as specific areas, functions, thinking processes, or disorders.

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