Overeating: Freedom from Food Fixation

Whether you are personally struggling with overeating or you know someone who is, this 96-page book offers you key information on the causes, effects, and practical solution for compulsive eating. It answers key questions, such as:

• Am I depressed because I overeat? Or do I overeat because I'm depressed?
• Why is it so hard for me to resist the urge to eat?
• Is it wrong to reward myself with food?
• What daily choices can I make to bring change?

Are you tempted to "super-size it" at the drive-thru? Maybe you prefer late-night snacking while everyone else is asleep. If we're honest, many would have to admit that we often eat too much! After personally counseling people struggling with compulsive eating disorders for 30 years, June Hunt has seen firsthand what it takes to overcome the urge to overeat and to conquer food fixation. She invites you to experience the freedom, energy, and joy that come from running to God (not to food) for comfort.

This quick-reference guide on overeating combines June's years of experience with timeless biblical truth, relevant information, and practical action-steps.

• Get key definitions, such as what counts as overeating? What is compulsive eating? and what is binge eating?
• Learn how to spot the basic characteristics and signs that you struggle with overeating (includes a self-test)
• Discover the situational and root causes of compulsive eating disorders, such as anxiety, unresolved pain, depression, or a crazy-hectic schedule.
• Get practical advice on how to personally overcome compulsive eating or help guide someone through the process. Includes 11 "first steps" to take to begin your journey toward a healthy mindset toward food and 8 "daily choices" you can make for change.
• Dive into the Word of God and be transformed as you align your thinking with God's thinking.

Recommended resource for pastors, church leaders, youth leaders, children's ministry leaders, parents, concerned friends and family members.

June Hunt, M.A. Criswell College, is a biblical counselor whose award-winning radio program "Hope for the Heart" is heard on 900 radio outlets around the world. For more than 25 years, she has counseled people, offering them hope for today's problems. June has helped many people with emotional, relational, and spiritual problems experience God's love through biblical hope and practical advice.

Early family pain was the catalyst that shaped June's compassionate heart. Later, as a youth director, she became aware of the need for sound biblical counsel. After years of teaching and research, she developed a scripturally based counseling course covering topics such as marriage and parenting, depression and anger, stress and suicide. These topics are now available as the Aspire Press "Hope for the Heart" booklets.

"Hope from the Heart" is a half-hour teaching broadcast on these important topics in more than 60 countries on 6 continents. "Hope in the Night" is June's live two-hour call-in counseling program that helps people untie their tangled problems on air. Through her warmth, wisdom, and gentle candor, June prompts penetrating dialogue with listeners, often with life-changing results.

"Hope for the Heart" booklets have been published in 27 languages in several formats and are being translated into more. June is a popular guest professor at colleges and seminaries and a sought-after speaker at conferences and religious broadcasting events. She teaches and speaks around the world on topics such as crisis counseling, child abuse, wife abuse, forgiveness, singleness, and self-worth.