UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness: Mindfulness Based Professional Training Institute
Trainings by Jan Chozen Bays, MD, and Char Wilkins, LCSW, for professionals who wish to incorporate practices of mindfulness and mindful eating into their clinical work. See: mbpti.org/me-cl1-mindful-eating-conscious-living-a-foundational-professional-training/.
The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School
Founded by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, who has been a pioneer in bringing mindfulness to mainstream medicine and society, the center sponsors an annual conference featuring research on mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), including the use of MBSR in eating disorders. See www.umassmed.edu.
The Center for Mindful Eating (TCME)
A forum for professionals interested in mindful eating, TCME identifies and provides resources for professionals who wish to help their clients develop healthier relationships with food and eating and bring eating into balance with other important aspects of life. The Center for Mindful Eating does not promote one single approach to mindful eating but is committed to dialog and the sharing of ideas, clinical experience, and research. See www.tcme.org.
Mindful Eating–Conscious Living website: me-cl.com. A website with many resources related to mindful eating.
Albers, Susan. Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food. Oakland, Calif.: New Harbinger, 2003. This book contains many useful skill-building exercises based upon the Buddhist teaching of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. See more at www.eatingmindfully.com.
Altman, Donald. Art of the Inner Meal: Foods for Thought and Spiritual Eating. Los Angeles: Moon Lake Media, 1998. This book focuses on the spiritual basis of mindful eating in many religious traditions and includes a number of practical exercises. See more at www.mindfulpractices.com.
Goodall, Jane. Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating. New York: Warner, 2005. A call to make a difference by learning where our food comes from and how our choices in eating can have profound effects upon us, other beings, and the earth. See more at www.janegoodall.com.
Kabatznick, Ronna. Zen of Eating: Ancient Answers to Modern Weight Problems. New York: Berkeley, 1998. Written by a long-time meditator who also is a psychologist specializing in weight management, this book shows how the fundamental teachings of the Buddha, the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, can be applied to disordered eating.
National Catholic Rural Life Conference. “Eating Is a Moral Act.” Offers principles of and insights into the ethics of eating. Offers a series of cards on topics including the Eater’s Bill of Rights, the dignity of farmers and farm workers, and the web of life. Text available at www.ncrlc.com/cards.htm.
Tribole, Evelyn, and Elyse Resch. Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works. Rev. ed. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2003. A book about how to eat guided by information from the body rather than succumbing to the counterproductive, confused, and critical mind. See more at www.intuitiveeating.com.
Roth, Geneen. Feeding the Hungry Heart, New York: Plume, 1993; Women Food and God. New York: Scribner, 2011. Roth has written a number of books on eating disorders in a witty, personal, and inspirational style. A central theme is how to recognize the heart’s hunger and nourish it in appropriate ways. See more at www.geneenroth.com.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Statement issued in 2003: “For I Was Hungry and You Gave Me Food.” Reflections on solving hunger in the human family, on ensuring dignity for farmers, and on preserving God’s creation. Text available at www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/agriculture-nutrition-rural-issues/for-i-was-hungry.cfm.
Wansink, Brian. Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think. New York: Bantam, 2006. A fascinating compilation of the research on how and why our eating is directed by environmental clues and conditioning. This book is very funny but also sobering, when you realize that you eat the same mindless way as the folks in these experiments. See more at www.mindlesseating.com.