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The Kitchen Shrink
- Author
- Dr Andrea Oskis
- Narrator
- Sofia Engstrand
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 30 January 2025
- Run Time
- 8 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
There is no better way to understand ourselves and our relationships with others than through what we eat.
Me: ‘When did you know he didn’t love you anymore?’
My patient: ‘It wasn’t when we stopped having sex. No, it was when he stopped eating dinner with me.’
That was the lightbulb moment. That was when I discovered there is no better way to get inside people’s lives than through their stories about food.
Did you know that the food we eat reveals a lot about how we love?
Psychologist Dr Andrea Oskis shows us how we connect with each other and how we can change our relationship ‘recipes’ for the better. Along the way, she also reveals her own food story about love and loss.
Inviting us into her therapy room, she tells us:
the real reason why comfort food comforts
why dessert isn’t a good idea when you’re stressed
what makes children feel obliged to eat their greens
why you should never give a bottle of hot sauce to someone who has been rejected
Be prepared to never look at your plate in the same way again.
Critics Review
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Easy-going and anecdotal in a way readers of Esther Perel will recognise
Financial Times
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Poignant and often sad, the stories of Oskis’s patients peel back the layers of the human mind and our attachment to people and things... What becomes clear as consommé is that food is humanity’s original and universal love language
Mail on Sunday
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An illuminating read.
Roopa Gulati
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I've had a lot of books across my desk, but nothing like this! Dr Oskis shows us that what’s on our plate speaks volumes about our hearts.
Suzy Walker, Muddy Stilettos
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Details
- Author
- Dr Andrea Oskis
- Narrator
- Sofia Engstrand
- Duration
- 8 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 January 2025
- ISBN
- 9781526679758
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Relationships and families: advice, topics and issues
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents The Kitchen Shrink by Andrea Oskis, read by Sofia Engstrand.There is no better way to understand ourselves and our relationships with others than through what we eat.Me: ‘When did you know he didn’t love you anymore?’My patient: ‘It wasn’t when we stopped having sex. No, it was when he stopped eating dinner with me.’That was the lightbulb moment. That was when I discovered there is no better way to get inside people’s lives than through their stories about food.Did you know that the food we eat reveals a lot about how we love?Psychologist Dr Andrea Oskis shows us how we connect with each other and how we can change our relationship ‘recipes’ for the better. Along the way, she also reveals her own food story about love and loss.Inviting us into her therapy room, she tells us:the real reason why comfort food comfortswhy dessert isn’t a good idea when you’re stressedwhat makes children feel obliged to eat their greenswhy you should never give a bottle of hot sauce to someone who has been rejectedBe prepared to never look at your plate in the same way again.
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