By Jill B. Cody, M.A., L.C.P.C.

Reviewed by Judith E. Pearson, Ph.D., L.P.C.

Jill Cody's superb skills as an NLP Trainer and Master Practitioner are evident in Win the Weight War, destined to become a popular, worthwhile book/CD package, offering NLP-based solutions for weight control. The book focuses on ten strategies designed to change dysfunctional perspectives about eating and emotional attachments to food. In the accompanying CD, Jill provides a hypnosis session to reinforce the main concepts in the book.

The author advises readers to approach their eating habits from the head, heart, and gut, to understand and resolve the psychological and emotional issues that drive overeating. With case examples, self-assessment questionnaires, and a solid grounding in NLP, she guides readers to set realistic and compelling outcomes, and to develop workable thought patterns for self-motivation and sensible choices. Readers learn how to end self-sabotage and find emotional balance.

Jill teaches people to understand the difference between eating for hunger and eating for emotional comfort. She shows them how to avoid the common pitfalls of dieting and addresses the major psychological barriers to weight management: limiting beliefs, self-criticism, self-sabotage, and faulty decision-making.

With guest author and personal trainer, Kip Jawish, readers can rev up their motivation to exercise. Guest author and nutritional consultant, Jane Mercado, contributes her knowledge on healthy cooking, basic nutrition, shopping tips, and low-fat food choices.

Jill skillfully combines training in self-hypnosis, visualization, and practical behavioral tips that can transform any reader from frustrated to successful and from overweight to slim and trim. With Win the Weight War, you can go beyond the drudgery of mere dieting to reshaping your thinking about the interrelationships of food, exercise, emotions, motivation, and weight. Jill Cody is your Brigadier General for winning the "battle of the bulge."

The hypnosis CD, with the same title, demonstrates Jill's mastery of hypnotic language patterns, sure to help listeners create changes at deep cognitive levels. The trance-work is engaging and relaxing, with appealing phrasing, voice tone, word selection, and pacing of suggestions for resourcefulness and learning. Her use of embedded commands, double entendre, visualization, implied cause-effect, compounding, and time distortion would make Milton H. Erickson proud! Her "conversation with the future self" is the best I've ever heard!

Jill Cody is an NLP Practitioner and licensed psychotherapist practicing in Frederick, MD. She also gives talks and seminars on solution-based methods for healthy living. Her book is available at Amazon.com and other online bookstores.
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Dr. Judith E. Pearson is an NLP Trainer/Master Practitioner and licensed psychotherapist practicing in Springfield, Virginia. Through her practice, Motivational Strategies, she offers solution-oriented counseling, coaching, and hypnotherapy. She has written a book for therapists; The Weight, Hypnotherapy and You Weight Reduction Program and recently released a CD: Discover Your Learning Genius. Her website is www.engagethepower.com.