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Dawn Brockett is a classically trained chef, college professor, and managing director of a medical society. In Unrestricted: How I Stepped Off the Tightrope, Learned to Say No, and Silenced Anorexia, she issues a call to action to change the way anorexia and anorectics are viewed and treated.

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Changing the Conversation on

Wellness

Women's Health

Mental Health

Anorexia

In Unrestricted: How I Stepped Off the Tightrope, Learned to Say No, and Silenced Anorexia, award-winning author Dawn Brockett issues a call to action to change the way anorexia and anorectics are viewed and treated.

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Unrestricted

In Unrestricted, Dawn Brockett refutes the long-standing paradigm that anorexia is about the anorectic’s need to control. Having battled and beaten severe restrictive anorexia herself, she proposes that anorexia is triggered by a lack of the space a young woman needs to fully individuate— to become who she chooses to be without being controlled by others.

Unrestricted is an inspiring narrative of Dawn Brockett’s fight against anorexia nervosa and a compelling chronicle of recovery. For anyone who loves someone struggling with an eating disorder, this book will shine a light on both the ferocity of the disorder and what it takes to triumph.

~ Thomas R. Insel, MD, Former Director, National Institute of Mental Health (2002-2015); Author, Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health

In her deeply personal and profound book, Unrestricted, Dawn Brockett presents a truly revolutionary perspective on discovering your own voice and path toward self-empowerment.

~ Amy Cuddy, PhD, Social Psychologist and Author
of the New York Times Bestseller Presence

“A powerful call to action for the field to modernize the perception and treatment of anorexia which impacts more than 80 million women worldwide and carries the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.”

~ Murali Doraiswamy, MBBS, FRCP, Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, Duke University and Former Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Mental Health

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Awards

Grand Prize Winner, Nonfiction (3rd Place) and Women’s Issues (1st Place) 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards

The Next Generation Indie Book Awards (known as the Sundance of Books) is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. The program recognizes and honors authors and publishers of exceptional, independently published books in 80+ different categories, as well as 3 Overall Grand Prize winners in Nonfiction and Fiction from a field of many thousand books representing all 50 states, all 10 Canadian provinces, and 48 other countries.

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What people are saying about Unrestricted

Put aside all preconceived notions of what a book about the profound trauma of living with an eating disorder might be like, then turn to page one. There are no lurid details. No “how to be anorexic” insider tips. You will find poetic, lyrical writing painting pictures of an unexpected…read more →

Jodeen Revere Actor/Writer of The Persistent Guest

Dawn Brockett is a masterful storyteller who has crafted a beautiful and eminently accessible memoir about her struggles with anorexia from the healing side of the illness. Most important is her central thesis about control and power. In essence, the confusion is over the need of the anorectic to control…read more →

Stephen DeNagy, MD Medical Director, Pearl Health Clinic, PLLC; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine

Dawn shares an unfiltered story of deep courage, incredible resilience, and true emotions. Every page is a call for self-reflection and after reading this book one can only be inspired to do better and do more for oneself and for others.

Claudia Sisa, PhD Senior Clinical Research Scientist, COMPASS Pathways

Dawn’s humanity and courage burst through in a brilliant flash of light. Her journey will provide strength and inspiration for all who read this intensely personal and beautifully written book.

David Hume Kennerly Pulitzer Prize winning photographer

To read Dawn's story has been one of the greatest privileges; her courage and tenacity is abundantly clear in her captivating prose. This book is eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and hopeful - a truly inspiring work

Ania Nowakowska Senior Clinical Science Research Associate, COMPASS Pathways

I smiled, laughed, gasped, cried, and found hope. Dawn Brockett shows us that challenges can be overcome in a way that illuminates, educates, and entertains.

Jana Kemp International speaker, author of seven books in seven languages including NO! How One Simple Word Can Transform Your Life, as seen in O the Magazine

As much a tale of hope as a trail of tears. Dawn’s journey through the caves of anorexia is one of raw courage and pride, a story that will remain with us for a very long time.

Dulcie Witman, MFA, LADC Owner/Co-Founder Wide Open Writing

This is a work of art that is inspiring, insightful and stays with you. No matter why you might be interested in this subject, having read this book you will walk away glad that life put this book in your path, just as all of us who have the honor…read more →

Amir Kalali, MD Founder and Chairman, CNS Summit