THE PCOS WORKBOOK: YOUR GUIDE TO COMPLETE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH

by Angela Grassi, Stephanie Mattei, Jennifer Eastman (Editor), Lisa Berry (Illustrator)

Overview

"The doctor said I'm insulin resistant. What does that mean?"
"Will I ever be able to have a baby?"
"I hate my body. Will it ever change?"
"I try to lose weight, but I crave carbs all the time."
"Diets don't work for me, but what will?"
"Why do I have hair growing everywhere, and will it ever get better?"
"I am so depressed and moody. Is this related to my PCOS?"


If any of these statements sound familiar, this workbook can help you! The PCOS Workbook: Your Guide to Complete Physical and Emotional Health, a practical and comprehensive guide, helps you understand not just the physiology of PCOS but also what you can do about it. Proven to reduce anxiety, depression, and problematic eating, The PCOS Workbook provides a non-diet approach to managing PCOS and creating sustainable lifestyle changes. Step-by-step guidelines, questionnaires, and exercises will help you learn skills and empower you to make positive changes in your life that might not get rid of PCOS, but will help you live with it harmoniously:

• Take control over carbohydrate cravings
• Decrease emotional and binge eating
• Learn how food can improve your health and fertility
• Understand your medical treatment
• Regulate your cycles
• Manage the stress in your life
• Improve your sleep
• Be more mindful with your eating and in life
• Challenge body image myths and insecurities
• Recognize if you have a mood or eating disorder
• Overcome obstacles to becoming more physically active
• Cope with the challenges of infertility
• Get closer to living the life you want to live



Angela Grassi, MS, RDN, LDN is the author of PCOS: The Dietitian's Guide and coauthor of The PCOS Nutrition Center Cookbook: 100 Easy and Delicious Whole Food Recipes to Beat PCOS. As the founder of the PCOS Nutrition Center, she provides nutrition counseling and information to women with PCOS. Angela is the past recipient of the Award for Excellence in Graduate Research and the Award for Excellence in Women's Health from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Having PCOS herself, Angela has been dedicated to advocacy, education, and research of the syndrome. For more information about nutrition for PCOS, visit www.PCOSnutrition.com.

Stephanie B. Mattei, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist in the Philadelphia area and a professor at LaSalle University. With a specialty in both cognitive and dialectical behavior therapies, she believes that everyone can be mindful in the world and learn new skills to improve their quality of life. For more information about her practice, visit www.centerforacceptanceandchange.com.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160842875
Publisher:	Luca Publishing
Publication date:	09/04/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Angela Grassi, MS, RD, LDN is the author of The Dietitian’s Guide to
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. As a registered and licensed dietitian, she
provides nutrition counseling by phone or in-person to women with
PCOS and individuals who struggle with Eating Disorders. In 2000, she
won the award for excellence in graduate research from The American
Dietetic Association. Having PCOS herself, Angela has been dedicated
to the advocacy, education, and research of the syndrome. She provides
lectures to dietitians, other health care professionals and women with
PCOS across the country. Angela resides in the Philadelphia suburbs with her husband and son. For more information about nutrition for PCOS or to sign up for her free PCOS Nutrition Tips newsletter, visit www.PCOSnutrition.com.

Stephanie Mattei, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist who co-founded
the Center for Acceptance and Change in Bala Cynwyd, PA. She has
been intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and
teaches as adjunct faculty in the doctoral program at La Salle University
in Philadelphia. She has a particular interest in working with women
who struggle with Eating Disorders, PCOS, Borderline Personality
Disorder, self-harm behaviors and relationship distress. Stephanie has
written chapters in The Dietitian's Guide to PCOS and Psychotherapists
Revealed: Therapists Speak About Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy. Stephanie lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia with her husband and two daughters. For more information about her practice,visit www.centerforaccetpanceandchange.com.

Editorial Reviews

The PCOS Workbook is an essential resource for women! As readers work through the practical exercises they learn solid approaches to improve their health, and to successfully navigate emotions on their journey with PCOS. Highly Recommended!

Best-Selling Author of 8 Steps to Reverse Your PCOS - Fiona McCulloch, ND

Angela and Stephanie s now classic PCOS Workbook has been updated to include all of the current research, as well as helpful suggestions based upon their ample experience helping women identify and improve their PCOS symptoms. Angela s knowledge runs deep and wide, and has the credibility that only comes from being a PCOS patient herself. This unbeatable combination has resulted in a book that I recommended to all of my PCOS patients."

Author of The PCOS Mood Cure: Your Guide to Ending the Emotional Roller Coaster - Gretchen Kubacky, Psy.D,

Angela and Stephanie have just written the most comprehensive, holistic workbook for people with PCOS. Not only will readers benefit from the up to date information their workbook delivers, health professionals will also find it to be their go to PCOS resource. No other guide exists that can navigate a person with PCOS through the challenges with eating, heath, body image, mental health and fertility. I will be recommending this guide to all my patients with PCOS

Mind Body Nutrition - Judy Simon

Angela Grassi and Stephanie Mattei wrote a great workbook for women with PCOS. As a woman with PCOS, I can say that this workbook has been invaluable in empowering me to take control of my condition and improve my health overall! It is easy to read and understand, but still gives you the details you need to understand how PCOS is fundamentally affecting your body. It also details for you how to take proactive steps to improve your well-being. This is the BEST PCOS resource out there and one that

N/A - M Baker

The PCOS Workbook offers a wealth of helpful and simply explained exercises and techniques you can use immediately to cope with PCOS more effectively.

PCOS Challenge - Sasha Ottey