The answer is, it’s both. Author Nancy Goodman, who had her own struggles with emotional eating and learned her way past them, has written a fun, witty, and relatable novel that one could argue is the best diet book on the market.
Goodman says, “I wanted to send a message that overeating is not just about the food. It’s also about your life and your feelings. I figured the best way to help women understand how to work through emotional eating moments would be to develop a character that is exactly who we are inside. That each of us has that “Genie story” with all sorts of choices to make on a daily basis. It’s just that food steals all our attention!”
Goodman is on a crusade to help America lose weight by replacing comfort food with comfort choices. “I hope the pages of this book will be like potato chips. You can’t stop at one! You see, if I capture my audience’s interest and get them immersed in Genie’s story, and if that invites them to look at their own story, I can help them zap emotional eating, lose weight, and reach their untapped potential, all of which hides behind food. And the best part is, they still get to eat!”
About Nancy Goodman:
Goodman is the mother of three. She studied Journalism at Indiana University and wrote “It Was Food vs Me…and I Won” (Viking/Penguin 2004). She is the founder of Corekids LLC and author of “Cookies Don’t Fix Boo-boos. She lectures from private groups to corporations such as Allstate Insurance and Underwriters Laboratory. She lives in Highland Park, Illinois.