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The NEDA Conference here in San Diego was a great way to kick off the month of October! It was wonderful seeing old friends and putting faces to names; thank you to everybody who stopped by to say hello at the Gürze Books booth.

We would like to offer our heartfelt congratulations to the following individuals who received awards at the conference:

            Carolyn Costin- Kitty Westin Award for Activism
            Linda Smolak- Price Family Foundation Award for Excellence
            Joel Yager- Don and Melissa Nielsen Lifetime Achievement Award           
            Margo Maine- Lori Irving Award for Prevention

Some of the books that these honorees have authored are listed below in the Featured Books section.

The Renfrew conference in Philadelphia is taking place November 8-11, and Leigh and Lindsey will be making a very rare East Coast appearance together. Keep an eye out for them and please say hello!

Best wishes,
Gürze Books

The newest title from Gürze Books:
	The Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders Supporting Self-Esteem, Healthy Eating, and Positive Body Image at Home Marcia Herrin & Nancy Matsumoto 324 pg, paper,'07 (Code: PGD) $18.95 $15.15 On Sale
Written by a nutritionist, this book addresses childhood and teenage eating disorders, with an emphasis on home-based recovery. This second edition includes new information on family communication, medical consequences, advice for siblings, relapse prevention, food plans, and boys at risk. Also unique to this version are four chapters devoted to the Maudsley approach, the highly successful, parent-assisted method for normalizing eating, and the parent of an anorexic’s first-hand account her family’s experiences in recovery using the techniques described in this book.
A best seller at the NEDA Conference:
	100 Questions and Answers About Eating Disorders Carolyn Costin 160 pg, paper,’07 (Code: OQA) $18.95
In this straightforward reference guide, Costin, a prolific writer and therapist with more than 20 years of experience in treating eating disorders, provides clear, in-depth answers to 100 often-asked questions on a wide range of pertinent topics. These are organized into ten sections, including general facts, medical issues, causes, getting help, treatment considerations, guidelines for loved ones, and prevention. A valuable resource for sufferers, loved ones, and students.
By one of the most-active activists in the field:
	Father Hunger Margo Maine, PhD 317 pg, paper,’04 (Code: FHR) $15.95
The first edition of this book added the term "father hunger" to everyday language, to explain the emptiness, and resulting food and body-image disorders, experienced by women with physically or emotionally absent fathers. Based on ten years of further study, this Second Edition of Father Hunger details the origins of the syndrome and its effect on the family, with new practical solutions to help dads and daughters understand and improve their relationships. Not just for fathers!

Edited by Joel Yager, for over 18 years this is the leading clinical newsletter in the field of eating disorders. An invaluable resource, a subscription to the EDR is an excellent way to stay up-to-date with new advances in treatment and research.

The September/ October issue contains the following articles:

• Caring for the Caregivers: Focusing on the Family in Treatment
• Eating Habits & Insulin Misuse Among Young Adults with Diabetes
• Two Types of Family Therapy and Effects on Outcome
• Pondering Pro-Anorexia Websites: What Effects Do They Have?
• Multiple Purging Methods Indicate Severity of an Eating Disorder

Gürze is gearing up for our 2008 Eating Disorders Resource Catalogue, and we would greatly appreciate product recommendations. Please send your ideas for titles of books, CDs, mixed media and other products that you would like to see featured in the catalogue to lindsey@gurze.net. We will do our best to review and include them.

RADER PROGRAMS 800-841-1515 www.RaderPrograms.com Rader@raderprograms.com

The staff at Rader Programs has been providing multidisciplinary eating disorder treatment for over 20 years. Our staff of caring and experienced eating disorder professionals includes psychiatrists, psychologists, internists, registered dietitians, registered nurses, master level counselors, family counselors, and exercise counselors who recognize the complexity of eating disorders and understand the emotional, physical, nutritional, exercise, family and social components. Our treatment approach is centered on the special needs of each individual and we provide a nurturing, supportive environment to help individuals and their families achieve life long recovery. For a free confidential consultation please call 800-841-1515.

Treatment Facilities, would you like to be featured here? Contact amy@gurze.net for details.

“Transdiagnostic” Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders with
Dr. Christopher Fairburn
October 29, 2007
Kitchener, Ontario
For more information visit: www.edacwr.com

Renfrew Conference
Feminist Perspectives and Beyond: Exploring Eating Disorders Recovery
November 8-11, 2007
Philadelphia, PA
For more information visit: http://renfrew.org/news-events/event.asp?id=96

It’s time for NEDA's 3rd Annual Every BODY is Beautiful Auction, and our own Lindsey Hall Cohn has created and donated an original Gürze doll just for this auction. Let the bidding wars begin! The auction will be held from November 1 - December 2, and your donation or purchase of auction items will benefit NEDA and help fight eating disorders. Click here to view the auction homepage.

Wednesday, October 18th  is national Love Your Body Day, and as inspiration we have chosen Mary Adkins’ article from the Summer Eating Disorders Today newsletter.

“This Just In: Bigger is Better”

Nothing more than myself will ever be promised to me and that amounts to nothing if I don’t make something of myself. —Simone de Beauvoir

“If you’re reading this, you probably know what it’s like to have an eating disorder. I don’t have to tell you how it sneaks up on you slowly, sort of like love. One day you care a little bit. The next day you care a little more, until one afternoon you find yourself completely smitten with the idea of going to bed with an empty stomach. I don’t have to remind you that, unlike love, an eating disorder doesn’t give back much. It takes—from your relationships, your goals, and your free time...It dwarfs your concern for others, your ability to care for them, your sensitivity to your own needs, and your capacity to be honest.

Unfortunately, the normalcy of weight-obsession these days can make it tough to backtrack once you've started down the path of obsessive calorie-counting. …Considering the culture, it is no real wonder that young women are aspiring toward, literally, nothingness. Discovering a way to feel sane—in your cushioned, functional, sometimes jiggly, dimpled skin—requires almost superwoman power.

You can tap into this power and become supernaturally, abnormally sane. Imagine taking pride in something truly worthwhile. Imagine craving the sensation of achievement rather than the image. Recall the little girl you were before you began working to eliminate the natural roundness of your belly and imagine rediscovering her joy at life. What if you could sit with loneliness and fear and wait it out, and you could accept love from someone who cares for you, cellulite and all?

When you allow yourself to think in a more expansive way—bigger—you will start to sense something weird happening to your body (and mind, spirit, and every niche and cranny). It feels sort of like that tingly feeling you get after you’ve lain on one of your limbs all night and it slowly regains mobility. Coffee and chocolate taste better. People are funnier. You get to let out your breath, your secrets, and you taste a kind of confidence.

You will be amazed how this power you didn’t know was inside you comes bubbling—maybe even spewing—all over the place after you’ve made just one tough decision and sat with the discomfort of it. Make two and you’re a rock star; make three and it’s your turn to dispense the advice.”

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