Unapologetic Aging

Name: Unapologetic Aging
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781399819459
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How to Mend and Nourish Your Relationship with Your Body

By Debra Benfield

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Your body is your life partner, not your life's project.The anti-aging and diet/wellness industries have scammed us into believing that thinner and younger is always better-that there's a "right" way to eat and move to age "well". But that's a lie-and it's doing real harm.When Deb... Read More

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Unapologetic Aging

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Ditch aggressive and restrictive anti-aging approaches to eating and exercising, learn to respect and feel confident in your body as you age, and create daily practices that support these shifts in small and supportive steps.

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Your body is your life partner, not your life's project.

The anti-aging and diet/wellness industries have scammed us into believing that thinner and younger is always better-that there's a "right" way to eat and move to age "well". But that's a lie-and it's doing real harm.

When Deb Benfield, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, turned 60, she went looking for guidance on how to care for her changing body. What she found was the same tired and disempowering narrative centering on controlling weight-a goal that puts us at war with our bodies right when we most need to feel at home in them.

Unapologetic Aging gently unravels the toxic messages of anti-aging and diet culture, helping you let go of rigid rules and tune into what truly nourishes and delights you. When you stop fighting your body, you make room for vitality, self-trust, and joy.

Midlife and beyond isn't a crisis to manage-though it may feel like one sometimes. It's a powerful unfolding. Not a time to shrink or submit to yet more rules, but a time to rise into your fullest self. You can age with confidence, ease, and deep self-respect. Unapologetically.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399819459

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 December 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Sheldon Press

Illustration: N/A

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 330g

Pages: 336

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Debra Benfield Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Deb Benfield, MEd, RDN/LDN, RYT has helped hundreds of clients heal their relationships with food, eating, and their bodies in her 35-year career as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She brings wisdom, passion, and lived experience to this intersection of pro-aging and body liberation. Her work is trauma-informed and strives to help people feel more comfortable and at home in their bodies.

After turning 60 and becoming a grandmother in the same year, Deb became frustrated by how difficult it was to find well-researched advice that was not related to managing weight or maintaining a youthful appearance. Currently, she runs her clinical practice and Aging with Vitality and Body Liberation group coaching where she weaves together the most up-to-date research in nutrition related to aging, with practices designed to help her clients divest from diet and wellness culture and focus instead on nutrition, yoga, somatic practices, trauma-informed mindfulness.