Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Feeding the Soul
Caroline Miller · 1991
72/100
👍 Worth It
One of the earliest daily-meditation books written specifically for eating disorder recovery, grounded in the author's own experience with bulimia and organized across all 365 days to address seasonal triggers, relationships, depression, and acceptance. It is a supplement to formal treatment, not a replacement, but within that framing it offers genuine emotional sustenance that most general self-help cannot match. Highly specialized and frankly suited for that specific audience.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Specialized recovery content addressing eating disorders and depression · Not suitable for children; emotional sensitivity required · Intended as supplement to formal treatment, not standalone therapy. We still scored it 72; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety64
Substance / usefulness77
Craft & writing74
Originality69
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers76
Age-fit68
👁 Human-eye gut-check73
Penny’s verdict72
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