{"product_id":"b09m7cp29h","title":"Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety: My Journey Through Depression, Bulimia, and Addiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn  Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety , Yvonne Castañeda shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba . . . and how she came to develop an unhealthy relationship with food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo help ease her mami’s  nervios , Yvonne becomes a perfectionist from a young age, achieving high grades at school and mastering the piano. But as her Cuban family members openly make comments about her awkward  desarrollo , or puberty, Yvonne enters a new phase of self-consciousness that begins her obsession with weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe abandons the piano for the high school cheerleading team, and reinvents herself, becoming both skinny and popular. However, as a first-generation adolescent born in the United States, Yvonne wrestles with the conflict between the cultural norms of her Hispanic\/Latino heritage and American societal expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlagued by doubt and low self-esteem, Yvonne begins a vicious cycle of weight gain and loss, as she battles Bulimia Nervosa. Beleaguered by feelings of guilt, shame, and inferiority, she develops anxiety, depression, and a reliance on dangerous coping mechanisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, sage advice from her dear abuela in Guadalajara, Mexico, guides Yvonne to a realization that shifts her perspective of herself and the purpose of her life, providing a foundation for inner peace, and  la solución  to her past struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67938028617764,"sku":"YSL41277","price":5.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/2614\/7620\/files\/81xW67MoPVL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793280393","url":"https:\/\/booktavero.com\/products\/b09m7cp29h","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}