Making Peace With Your Thighs: Get Off the Scales and Get On with Your Life

by Linda S. Mintle

Get your thighs off your mind and lose the lies that bind. Women of America, it's time to stop obsessing and start making peace with your thighs, your waist, and any other body part that leads you to feel inadequate. Everywhere we turn-magazines, movies, television-we are bombarded with images of what a woman "should" look like. And every image makes body acceptance and confidence harder to achieve. So author and therapist Dr. Linda is inviting all members of the sisterhood of the dissatisfied traveling pants to discover how we arrived at this discontent and how to change our attitudes-and our lives-when it comes to liking our bodies.

256 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2006

Reviews

[Carolyn]

Reading this book was my attempt to finally read the dead weight type books on my book shelves so I can toss them. I found this for $1.00 at a large book warehouse while traveling. I now understand why it was only $1.00.

[Veronica Vargo]

Some King Solomon wisdom within this book!

[Denise Reed]

Encourages you to look at body from God’s perspective vs. cultural view.

[Laurie]

This book doesn't know who it's being written to: those who would most benefit from her advice are probably already following it. Those who need her professional help are like to be put off by her glib "just do it" attitude towards those who struggle with their weight. She implies that unless you have an eating disorder there's no reason for you to be unhappy with your weight or to remain that way. Although purporting to be a Christian viewpoint, the Scriptural authority behind her advice is woefully lacking, and she makes God sound like Mr. Rogers, "liking us just the way we are." I can't recommend this book to anyone.

[Holly]

I was really confused by "making peace with your thighs" I believe the author had good intentions, but it fell short. Very, VERY short. The goal was to feel good about yourself by the end of the book. To be free of body insecurity. However i ended the book confused and a bit sad.
It felt like she was so busy telling women it was okay to get plastic surgery if thats what they wanted, rather than telling us how to make peace with our thighs! There was never a point in this book where she shared a REAL opinion she had. So dissapointed.