Living FULL

At least 30 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder in the United States (http://www.anad.org/get-information/about-eating-disorders/eating-disorders-statistics/). Four out of ten individuals have either personally experienced an eating disorder or know someone who has. (http://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/information/statistics-studies) That’s a huge amount of people who have been touched by eating disorders, and that doesn’t count the people who have experienced body shame, body dissatisfaction, and self-esteem issues. Not only that, but at any given time, 43 million adult women in the United States are dieting to lose weight. In 2003, one-third of inpatient admissions to a specialized treatment center for eating disorders were over 30 years old (https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/whats-age-got-do-it). That’s almost ten million adults who admitted they needed help and went to treatment. That number has definitely increased since 2003, between the media’s increased obsession with youth, plastic surgery, celebrity and added pressure to be a woman that does it all (works and takes care of the children). There are so many more adults out there who need help too and haven’t asked for it. There are many opportunities for the author to promote: · NEDA (National Eating Disorder Awareness) week, February 21–February 27 · World Eating Disorders Action Day, June 2. · National Eating Disorders Association Conference, September 29–October 1 In addition, there are over 40 walks each year across the country. The New York walk is held every year in October, and she is a top fundraiser. Sherman-Lazar will promote to the National Eating Disorder Association Facebook page, which has 82,215 followers. Project Heal, an organization she is a part of, has 32,598 followers. Recovery Warriors, which she has written articles for, has 9,561 likes. Beating Eating Disorders, another page she has written articles for has 36,321 likes. She will solicit these crowds to buy her book. Sherman-Lazar is extremely proficient at social media. She established a Facebook page when she was in charge of New York’s I Am That Girl chapter, which had over 12,000 likes that she built from a fan base of zero

A leading activist in the Eating Disorder Awareness movement, Danielle Sherman-Lazar shares her hard-won wisdom about one of our society's hidden epidemics and her journey to healing. More than a memoir, Living Full is also a deeply researched expose into this world offering both help and hope.#1 New Release in Eating Disorders ─ Winning My Battle With Eating DisordersFinding My FULL: This is my journey from starving to letting myself be FULL–physically & emotionally. What is living a FULL life? Having anorexia, bulimia, or vacillating between the two, you are trying to achieve an empty feeling through starvation or purging. Living a FULL life is a life where you aren’t starving anymore―starving for acceptance and love from others and yourself. It’s a life where you are feeding your mind and soul with good thoughts and foods. A life without your eating disorder. Victim of the eating disorder monster: Imagine waking in a hospital bed to find your frail, pale arm punctured by an IV transferring fluids and nutrients into your weak, stiff body. What happened? You’re an adult, age twenty-six, and you just had a seizure precipitated by your chronic, secretive, decades-long struggle with unacknowledged eating disorders. You have no friends and no normal young-adult experiences. Living FULL is written by Danielle Sherman-Lazar, a woman who passed through the eating disorder crucible to recovery, sharing the most intimate and shameful details of her mental illness. Living FULL is Danielle's story. Hidden out of shame: Eating disorders in young adults are hardly talked about, but are pervasive. Eating disorders are kept hidden out of shame. A groundbreaking 2012 study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders found that about 13 percent of women over age 50 exhibit eating disorder symptoms. Journey to recovery: Living FULL chronicles the author's step-by-step descent into the full-blown eating disorder nightmare and her path to recovery. Recovery comes from the Maudsley Approach, a regimen of supervised controlled eating or refeeding by out-patient helpers that eventually can result in recovery. Benefits of reading Living FULL: See how to confront your eating disorder demon Learn from someone who won her eating disorder battle Discover a new and beautiful life