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Disobey
Finding Freedom from Your Eating Disorder
Contributors
By Melissa Freizinger
By Renee D. Rienecke
Formats and Prices
- On Sale
- Sep 8, 2026
- Page Count
- 208 pages
- Publisher
- Balance
- ISBN-13
- 9781538772324
Price
$19.99Price
$25.99 CADFormat
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- Trade Paperback $19.99 $25.99 CAD
- ebook $9.99 $12.99 CAD
- Audiobook Download (Unabridged) $24.99
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When you’re struggling with an eating disorder, it can be hard to imagine that recovery is possible. Your eating disorder has probably disconnected you from your friends and family, given you so many rules you now have to follow, and it’s even taken over your thoughts and feelings. But it’s important to remember that your ED is not your best friend. It doesn’t want what’s best for you. How can you say goodbye to your eating disorder and take back your life?
In Disobey, Doctors Tortolani, Rienecke, and Freizinger support you on your recovery journey and show you step-by-step how to find your freedom. Using science-backed tools, you’ll learn how to push back against your eating disorder and reconnect with yourself again.
Disobey also includes:
- Journal and art prompts to help you reflect on the reading
- Inspiring stories from others who have struggled with similar challenges
- Engaging exercises so you can start practicing new behaviors and ways of thinking
Recovery is tough, but it is always worth it.
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"Disobey is a compassionate, practical guide for anyone navigating the challenges of an eating disorder. Drawing upon evidence-based strategies, personal stories, and the healing power of creativity, the book offers insight and inspiration to support individuals throughout the recovery process. This treasure of a book will benefit so many. It's exactly the type of resource I wish I'd had in the early stages of my own eating disorder recovery."Mallary Tenore Tarpley, Author of SLIP: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery
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"Disobey is the most wonderfully creative and practical workbook to support young persons on their journey toward recovery from an eating disorder. Based in science but also tapping into the journeys of those with lived experience, the authors have put together a sensible and pragmatic easy to use guide to assist those who are trying to heal from their eating disorder. I highly recommend this inspirational text to those who struggle with an eating disorder, their loved ones/carers, as well as eating disorder professionals."Daniel Le Grange, PhD, Benioff UCSF Professor in Children's Health and Director, Eating Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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"Disobey is the perfect book for an adolescent struggling to recover from an eating disorder. The book brings evidence-based strategies from cognitive-behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to brilliant life by sharing poignant first-person narratives and stunning artwork. Powerful prompts invite the adolescent to create their own writing and art pieces to solidify their skills."Jennifer J., Thomas, Ph.D., Co-Director, Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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"These authors are to be trusted; the eating disorder is not! Disobey is a workbook created to help teens fight against (or disobey) their ED. The authors combine evidence-based interventions with their extensive clinical experience to develop creative and unique ways that teach effective strategies to those who are struggling. Loaded with artwork, exercises and activities, this book will be an excellent supplement to any recovery journey. "Lucene Wisniewski, PhD, FAED, Founder, Center for Evidence-Based Treatment, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, Author of Treating Eating Disorders with DBT: the MED-DBT Protocol
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"I’ve never found a book I felt confident recommending directly to teens with eating disorders. This book changes that. Written by three expert clinicians, it delivers evidence-based strategies in a format that’s accessible, respectful, and teen-friendly. It fills a long-standing gap in the field, and I’m thrilled to be able to recommend it to families."Lauren Muhlheim, PsyD, FAED, CEDS-C, Author of When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder
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"Disobey is a first of its kind, inspiring self-help book that combines science-based strategies with authentic stories of recovery. Built around the “Seven Ds” – Distinguish, Disobey, Disagree, Dialectics, Dig Deep, Disconnect, and Discover– it offers practical tools for real change. Disobey is a vital guide for adolescents and young adults ready to challenge their eating disorder and rediscover freedom, connection, and self-compassion."Dr. Mima Simic, MSc, MD, MRCPsych, Joint Head of the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
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"This book will be an invaluable resource for people with eating disorders who are working their way into and through recovery."Scott Crow, MD, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota
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