There is nothing wrong with your weight. Nor is there anything wrong with the way you eat. Weight and food are symptoms. They are like the check engine light in your car. It is there for your benefit, to alert you to a problem under the hood. Once the repair is done, the light automatically switches off. Similarly, once you've addressed the reasons your body is taking a size that isn't serving you then you will see transformations happen without even trying. What you think, feel and believe become the physical body you live in. Physical transformation happens by treating the mental, spiritual, emotional and physical roots of overeating. Diets treat only the symptoms. This is precisely why 95% of dieters will regain their weight. When you understand the alchemy of how thoughts, emotions and beliefs become physical tissues you unlock the tools necessary to reclaim your health and confidence.

Body Alchemy is a practical approach to treating the root cause of overeating without ever dieting again and none of the BS. There are plenty of eating disorder books, admonishing readers to take a warm bath or call a friend when they feel a binge coming on. These useless suggestions draw eye rolls from conscious readers, intuitively knowing a distraction technique is not going to solve the real problem. On the other hand you may have read suggestions like, "You just need to be happy and learn to love yourself no matter what." To which you may want to reply, "Yeah, that sounds all well and good, but could you tell me HOW?" This book is the pragmatic reply to that question. It throws out all of the woo-woo spiritual bypassing and includes only what is absolutely essential to get you on the fast track to your happiest body ever so you can ditch the struggle with weight and move into your greatness NOW. Body Alchemy isn't a diet at all, but rather a powerful formula that delivers life changing results.

This book is a genuine analysis and guide on how to be your best self and Melanie is your advocate, your cheerleader, and your coach, providing wisdom, knowledge, experience and freedom along with practical exercises, straightforward homework and clear direction on how to do so; she shows the honest journey of loving yourself and losing what no longer serves you not through control or force but through self wisdom, consciousness and openness. She reminds the power of joy and helps eliminate the overwhelming amount of struggle we often feel.

Through Melanie's guidance, it becomes easy to understand how the body and mind can get unbalanced and where and how to understand the root of the problem to change it. The book is motivating, empowering and wise. It is a book that is simple yet complex in honoring all that we are as human beings. It stretches the brain and the spirit.

It is equally practical as it is spiritual. It is inspiring and awakening. It is a healing piece of writing that betters the self and collective all in one."

-Shawna Schenk, Yoga With Shawna, Founder San Diego Yoga Festival