A Fat Girl's Confidence by Patrice Shavone Brown

And yet, you’ll see them preaching dangerous nonsense to the vulnerable. Self-proclaimed life coaches and gurus now claim they hold the key to unlocking a sound mind and ridding it of all the consequences of trauma. Bad, because many are now profiting off of others’ pain and struggles. Good, because the aches of the mind are now given equal importance as the aches of the body. Surviving in the Mental Health Jungle is both a love letter and a powerful guide to helping newly minted and aspiring mental health counselors carve their own path in the wilderness that is the mental health industry.Īfter centuries of being swept under the rug, mental health has taken center stage in the modern world, which is both a good and bad thing.

And it is full of twists and turns,” says Patrice. “It’s hard, yet life is what you make it. I found the book to be a pretty good guide overall, and even if you're not necessarily on the 'fat' spectrum, you can still use these tips and tricks to boost your confidence in general.Surviving The Mental Health Jungle – Established Mental Health Counselor and Anger Management Specialist Patrice Shavone Brown shares decades’ worth of counseling wisdom in one compelling read. While some of the tips/tricks may not be helpful to everyone, there is at least one thing in this book that will help you, the reader, boost your confidence and be happy with who you are as a person. And as long as you're healthy, why shouldn't you be happy and confident as well? That's what you're going to learn by following this guide. Within these pages, you'll find affirmations and activities that will help you come to terms with the fact that you are as you are meant to be.

Being overweight or obese means you've become too big for your own body and should aim to bring your weight back down to a level your body can handle, even if it means you're still 'fat'. Being fat just means you have some extra weight, but your body can handle it without it being an issue. The author does mention that there is a difference between being fat or on the bigger side and being overweight/obese. No one is the same, shape or otherwise, so why shouldn't 'fat' be just as beautiful as 'thin'? Fat is just a word to describe a body type. A Fat Girl's Confidence is a self-help book that offers tips and tricks to help girls who may be bigger find the confidence to be happy in their skin, regardless of what society thinks or deems beautiful.

A Fat Girl's Confidence by Patrice Shavone Brown