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Fullness: A Memoir Kindle Edition

by Azure Moyna (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 623 ratings
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*SELECTED AT 9 UNIVERSITIES AND GROWING FOR PSYCHOLOGY AND ENGLISH PROGRAMS*


Having recently gotten married, landed her first corporate management job and purchased her first home, 28 year old Azure thought she had finally overcome her past. But nearly choking to death on her own vomit after yet another secretive binge forced her to seek professional help and confront the origins of her consuming and shame filled behavior of compulsive eating and extreme dieting. This raw, illuminating and tragically comic book is the story of child Azure struggling to survive her upbringing by a brilliant, sociopathic father who starved and belittled her as well as adult Azure attempting to save her marriage and her psyche while contending with her preoccupation with food, her body, a fat-phobic society, and her insatiable hunger for love and acceptance.


How people are describing Fullness:

· "beautifully written" · "brave" · "courageous" · "engaging" · "engulfing" · "fantastic" · "fascinating" · "great read" · "helpful" · "humorous" · "I couldn’t put it down!" · "incredible story" · "inspiring" · "just exquisite" · "LOVED this book" · "masterful writing" · "motivating" · "moving" · "poignant" · "powerful" · "raw" · "relatable" · "relevant" · "remarkably honest" · "riveting" · "thought provoking" · "truly magnificent" · "valuable" · "vulnerable" · "well-written" and · "WOW!"


“Azure Moyna’s Fullness is a gripping, intelligent and important look at a common, stigmatized and misunderstood health condition. Azure shares the important role food, and eventually compulsive eating, played in coping with things no child should ever cope with and how society’s prejudice against fat people further isolated and traumatized her. While it is a harrowing read, it is also insightful, timely and triumphant.” – Melanie Blow, COO, Stop Abuse Campaign


“Healing and growth cannot be done in a vacuum. We need to share our stories and connect with others in order to change not only our lives, but social norms as well. Azure has a relatable and powerful story, and her courage in sharing it will leave a legacy of hope and healing.” – Mandy Sciacchitano, Life Coach and Speaker
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08C35T116
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Moyna & Associates (September 8, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 8, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4100 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 286 pages
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Azure Moyna is a writer and coach about issues relating to food, body, mental illness, familial dysfunction, societal treatment of overweight people and the healing journey. Azure is the author of her memoir, Fullness, which chronicles her journey of overcoming Compulsive Over Eating Disorder and contending with the abusive upbringing at the root of it. Azure has a Bachelors of Science in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience and a Masters of Science in Regulatory Affairs. Azure is married and has a young daughter.

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This book was both eye opening and relatable. Pretty much every woman I know has been obsessed with food and their body- whether it has been when dieting or when gaining weight before starting another diet. Although Fullness shows a more extreme type of food and body obsession, the struggle the author describes would be very familiar to most women. It makes you wonder how easily you yourself could have fallen into the same patterns. This book also really opened my eyes to the way overweight people are treated, even in subtle ways that are messed up. It made me wonder whether I had ever unintentionally done the same thing. This book will forever make me think differently (in a more curious and compassionate way) when I see someone who is overweight or maybe struggling with food because I will wonder if they may have a background that is similar to the abuse described in this book. Seriously, every woman should read this book! ❤️
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Janet L. Anspach Rickey
5.0 out of 5 stars Good writing. Hard to read due to author's painful experience
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2024
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Amazing strength going through so much and coming out so determined to transcend the past. It was such a difficult beginning. May your lifebe filled with love and joy now.
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Mr. Army Wife
4.0 out of 5 stars This book can help you if you want help
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2023
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If you have ever struggled with your weight in a real way, this is definitely a book you should check out, but don't expect it to give you the answers to your problems. It is one person's story, which in a way can show us all that the "this method can fix anyone" approach that the diet and exercise industry takes is just bogus. However, her story also shows us how the struggle is real, the struggle is constant, and the struggle depends on so many other factors other than the foods we eat and the exercises we do.

If you know me, you know I struggle with my weight. I've been up and down so many times body is riding an elevator full time. In so many ways, I found Azure's thinking relatable. The things she did at a party, I've done. The ways she's coped with problems in her life are the exact same as ways I've tried to eat my emotions. The little lies she's told to hide her calorie indiscretions are same as one's I've confessed to time and again. For much of the book I was reading about myself, and I wondered if I had somehow gone undiagnosed with some illness that caused me to overeat and binge for almost any reason.

Still, my life was a bed of roses compared to hers, and I'm not sure I could or would blame so many others for not helping me deal with my personal demons. That was really where she lost me a little. She didn't want to follow her doctor's advice on certain courses of action because she wanted to do it her way. She wanted her husband, and abusive father to do things they didn't know how to do simply because it would make her journey easier (at least in her mind.) She'd make judgements of others for judging her, while simply judging herself. That part of her journey is different than mine and led to a completely different perspective than I'd seen before.

The biggest takeaway for me though is just how much we don't need others looking at our life choices with derision. For the most part no one knows everything a person has gone through other than that person. No one knows how much exercise a person does, how abusive a parent was, or how a person's relationship with food can be affected by the outside influences in their lives as a child. We only see the physical side of a stranger, and have no idea what turmoil goes on inside. Believe me, there is turmoil in all of us, we are all just learning to deal with it in our own way.

Like I said, if you struggle with personal feelings of disappointment because you are overweight I recommend reading Azure's story. You might get something out of it that will help you. If you don't struggle with your weight but would like a further understand of our plight, read this book, and gather a new perspective. If you just think you can lose weight if you want and all it takes is a little will power, then read this book and maybe learn something. At the very least learn that your life isn't the life of someone else.
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Shirley Temple
5.0 out of 5 stars Cycle of abuse broken
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020
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It is a very easy book to read, but with enormous lessons. I finished it in 24 hours because I did not want to stop reading.
She tells the story of a father first abusing his wife and then abusing his daughter - for reasons that is hard to understand. Misoyony, mental problem,?..But that is not as important as the effect it leaves on the author. She describes the damage that has been done to her although she is very smart, intelligent, successful and pretty. She manages to win over the eating disorder, form a happy living family and break the cycle of abuse. It is a long and hard battle though and you go on every difficult step with her.
She tells the story without too much emotion, and with total honesty, sometimes as if written by an objective observer. This makes the book more powerful because it forces you to feel alongside her yourself. As a sometimes compulsive eater, I could very much recognize the emotions and symphatize with the loss of control, and the guilt afterwards.
The best part of the book is the hope offered to children of difficult childhoods and abusive parents. The damage inflicted is horrible bu not irreversible. Children can recover and build strong happy lives by working at it with whatever means necessary. Abuse do not need to continue from generation to generation, the cycle can be broken and turn into a cycle of love.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2021
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A good book about something that's not talked about a lot: compulsive overeating and its ties to upbringing. The book had it's grammatical errors and I got a little judgy (wanted her to take meds and go to OE meetings!), but overall I enjoyed it very much and am glad she told her story. She deserves her wonderful family for sure.
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Shannon Chan
5.0 out of 5 stars Soulful read
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2020
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Fullness: A Memoir, is both shocking and at times, relatable. Relatable in the sense that you believe you share some of the authors insecurities; however the vast majority of us could never relate. The book carries a pleasing tone in that Azure Moyna’s voice is very familiar...like your girlfriend is confiding in you about her deepest thoughts and insecurities. It’s pleasant to read.
Fullness is not a dry, clinical book about how experiences with abuse and addiction shape your life, but rather a story that will take you through feelings of sentiment and laughter, as well as sadness and horror. My heart breaks for the child who didn’t get the support she needed and is in awe of the woman who she was able to become. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in an eye-opening view into the life of a real-life role model.
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Jillian
5.0 out of 5 stars A harrowing, detailed account of overcoming family abuse, disordered eating, therapy/recovery.
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2020
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A harrowing story that digs into the nitty gritty of overcoming family abuse, disordered eating, therapy/recovery that feels like it's a conversation with a good friend. Vulnerable, well written, funny, and inspiring!

Fullness is written from a remarkably candid and vulnerable perspective, sharing stories from childhood through adulthood of what it's like surviving having an emotionally and physically abusive father, what's it's really like having an eating disorder, and the ups and downs of what starting and doing the work in therapy is like.

Incredibly well written, this book is heartbreaking, educational, entertaining, and inspiring all at the same time.

Everyone should read this book!
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Nickie S
4.0 out of 5 stars Very well written
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2021
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Enjoyable, relatable, intriguing. I would definitely recommend to anyone, no eating disorder necessary. This is a good author and I hope she writes more.
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Mike James
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2023
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This is a story of complete resilience. A beautifully written Memoir about addiction and abuse. I’m picky when it comes to Memoirs and this is a must read in my opinion for anyone who’s interested in amazing stories and who struggles with addiction of any kind. Well done Azure! Thank you!
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CWilliams6009
5.0 out of 5 stars thought-provoking!
Reviewed in Canada on January 7, 2024
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I really enjoyed this book and couldn’t put it down! Such an honest, authentic, even painful at times account of the struggle to grow Beyond abuse, and beyond an eating disorder, to a healthy, loving life.
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Bal
5.0 out of 5 stars absolutely relatable and riveting
Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2022
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Liked how authentic the author was in describing the emotions of each food she ate and comparing it to various emotions. Her struggles to get her husband to understand her struggles with food and conversations were relatable as was the dynamics of her relationships with him. It truly was a comforting book.
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