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The Recovery Journey: Your Pathway to Freedom From Eating Difficulties and Body Image Distress
The Recovery Journey:Your Pathway to Freedom From Eating Difficulties and Body Image Distress Online SummitFebruary 4-14, 2018Click Here to Join The Recovery Journey
Showing up…
Showing Up Hello. Doctor Anita Johnston, here. I am in Kailua Beach in Hawaii, and I rushed on down to the beach because it looked as though there was rain coming. And so who runs to the beach if you think it's going to rain? Well, I knew...
Cracking the Code: Finding Meaning in Struggles with Body Image Through Metaphor & Storytelling
Cracking the Code: Finding Meaning in Struggles with Body Image Through Metaphor & Storytelling December 1, 2018 Tampa Bay iaedp™ Winter Celebration
Finding Hope for Healing Eating Disorders at the Intersection Between Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science
Treating Eating Disorders: Levels of Care & Innovative Treatment Approaches October 26 & 27, 2018 Hawai‘i Psychological Association Annual Convention The East-West Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus, HonoluluFinding Hope for Healing Eating Disorders...
Treating Eating Disorders: Levels of Care & Innovative Treatment Approaches
Treating Eating Disorders: Levels of Care & Innovative Treatment Approaches October 26 & 27, 2018 Hawai‘i Psychological Association Annual Convention The East-West Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus, HonoluluHawai‘i Psychological Association Annual...
New Crescent Moon Course
New Crescent Moon Course This 8 Week Class led by Dr. Anita Johnston is based on her Best Selling Book "Eating Under the Light of the Moon Starts March 10, 2019 Are you Tired of Struggling with Food & Your Body? Using metaphors and ancient wisdom stories, we...
Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders through Metaphor, Imagery, and Storytelling
Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders through Metaphor, Imagery, and Storytelling 3 Dates & Locations! Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders through Metaphor, Imagery, & StorytellingMAY 16, 17 & 18, 2018In this presentation, Dr. Johnston will use a...
Treating Overeating & Binge Eating Disorders : A Professional Women’s Retreat
A Women’s Retreat
LOCATION: FRANCIE’S ITALIAN VILLA-STYLE HOME IN PASO ROBLES, CA
JUNE 24TH-29TH 2018
This 5-day retreat, atop 80 acres within the hills of pristine vineyards and farmlands, will be lead by Francie White and Anita Johnston. Accommodations include Francie’s home, and nearby beautiful homes with stunning views, as well as local bed & breakfasts.
Wisdom Tales
Traditional folk tales and multicultural myths can be used as powerful tools in the treatment of eating disorders because they are repositories of ancient wisdom about the human condition and because they teach the language of symbolism, imagery, and metaphor. These...
The Power of Storytelling
I told her the story of Persephone, the teenage goddess, who one day was in a beautiful meadow picking narcissus flowers with her mother, Demeter, and the next day found herself in the deep, dark underworld. The earth had suddenly parted on that spring day and she had...
Disordered Eating Recovery Story
Dr. Anita Johnston, author of Eating in the Light of the Moon, uses this palindrome to show how to reverse the disordered eating and negative body image thoughts. Inspired by Jonathan Reed’s Lost Generation.
An Old African Folktale
Anita Johnston uses the art of storytelling to connect women to their innermost feelings. Here is a condensed version of one of the stories she tells along with a condensed version of her interpretation: There is an old African folktale about a girl who lived in a...
Eating Disorders – Understanding Your Inner Hungers
Anita Johnston, PhD, best selling author of Eating in the Light of the Moon talks about eating disorders and understanding your inner hungers, through using the metaphor of The Red Herring.
The Four Faces of the Feminine Psyche
March 10, 2018 Join Dr. Anita Johnston and Becca Clegg, LPC, CEDS-S as they explore the Four Faces of the Feminine Psyche and how to embody them! By tapping into the timeless Archetypal Feminine energies flowing through each of us, you can: Discover...
It is ok to be sensitive…
My adorable gorgeous dog is Ozzie. He is more than my companion. I want to tell you a little bit about Ozzie. Ozzie is a really sensitive being. And sometimes in my sessions with clients, Ozzie will come in and join...