“I’m in the driver seat. I’m in charge now. I love myself just as I am, and I can have cake.”
– excerpt from “It Was Never About the Cake”
Want to read more about my personal journey from self-loathing to self-accepting, including never-before shared personal entries from my own journal? Pick up your copy today on Amazon !
Praise for “It Was Never About the Cake”:
“This is a story that needs to be told because it needs to be heard. In its beauty it holds and offers grit, truth and hope to those struggling, seeking, learning, supporting, and recovering. It wholeheartedly speaks what is so needed to be heard – you are not alone.”
– Dr Jillian Lampert, Chief Strategy Officer, The Emily Program and Veritas Collaborative, but more importantly, a mom, partner, friend, recovered person, and more
“Teresa Schmitz courageously tackles an issue that’s both common and rarely discussed: eating disorders at a “certain” age. In beautifully sharing her own challenging journey – with relatable details and feelings – Teresa reminds all women everywhere that it’s critical to be honest about our battles….and our pain. By doing so, we can begin to heal ourselves in a way that is healthy and sustaining. I believe this book will indeed reach women who most need to read these words….helping them to know they’re not alone.”
– Karla Hult, Journalist and Founder of So Many Goodbyes
“I’m only 28 but this book was super relatable and a tear jerker for me for sure. I appreciate the honesty and transparency all throughout the book. She was super honest with herself and we need those with an E.d like myself do. The courage it took to write this book was amazing. I appreciated this book so much . It was easy to follow along. I read 10-12 pages daily and I didn’t want to put it down . Loved this book.”
-Book review on Amazon by Megan Frison
“I appreciate Teresa’s vulnerability and transparency on this story that needs to be told. Thanks for sharing your story.”
– Anonymous book review on Amazon
“As anyone who’s ever had an eating disorder knows, it is a struggle of self-loathing every time the numbers on the scale show an increase and that voice in her (and his) head plays the Blame & Shame game. Even those without an actual disorder can relate to what the author feels at times, thanks to a society that vilifies those not blessed with a body that barely casts a shadow.
– Book review on Amazon by Margarete St. Just
This is a book of struggle but also of hope. By personifying her eating disorder (Ed), the author identifies it as the abusive relationship it is and focuses on making it powerless. This, her memoir, is her journey of self-destruction, discovery, forgiveness, acceptance, and finally self-love. It is a journey many of us are still struggling with.”
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