An Online Mindful Wellness Session with Concord Free Public Library

The diet industry is a $72.2 billion dollar per year industry that expertly targets and amplifies our insecurities in order to sell their programs and products. Inundated by photoshopped illusions of seemingly perfect bodies coupled with secret elixirs that promise perfect health and longevity, we can become victims of a false narrative that leaves us perpetually dissatisfied and stressed out. Join Mindful Eating Specialist Monika Ostroff, MEDA Executive Director, to debunk diet myths and open to nourishing possibilities. Discover mindful ways to create awareness of the body's natural language and open to the nuances of nourishment for wellBEing.

We kindly invite anyone interested in mindful eating, diets and diet culture, those struggling with disordered eating and their family members, and/or medical professionals seeking mindful alternatives to traditional treatment programs.

Feel free to tune in during your dinner hour for this nourishing conversation! 

Bio:

Monika Ostroff, LICSW, CEDS-S is the Executive Director of the Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association, Inc located in Newton, MA. Monika is a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist and Supervisor, nationally recognized for her 25+ years of experience and contributions to the field of eating disorders. She has opened and directed several successful residential, partial hospital and intensive outpatient eating disorder programs in New Hampshire in addition to having owned a thriving private practice. Monika is the co-author of Anorexia Nervosa: A Guide to Recovery and a contributing author to Self-Harm Behavior and Eating Disorders. She has presented at many national conferences, taught at the university level, and appeared on several radio and television broadcasts. Monika’s passion for treating eating disorders and mentoring other professionals was borne out of her own struggle and full recovery from a lengthy and severe eating disorder. She strongly believes in providing compassionate care that combines alternative healing with evidence-based modalities. In addition to using meditation, yoga, and essential oils, she is certified in several alternative modalities.