Healing is about being awake. Being broken and whole at the same time. — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
We are using the food as a doorway to understanding the rest of our lives. — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
The way we do anything is the way we do everything. The way we eat is the way we live. — Geneen Roth Food Copy Share Image
Just because we form an opinion about ourselves, or anyone else, doesn't mean it is true. — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Its not so much that we believe what we see, but that we see what we believe — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
If you want to eat when you're not hungry, you're hungry for something else. — Geneen Roth Food Copy Share Image
The problem isn't that we have bodies; the problem is that we're not living in them. — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Change, if it is to be long lasting, must occur on the unseen levels first — Geneen Roth Change Copy Share Image
It's the nature of hearts to break. It's in their job description. When a heart is doing what it's supposed to be… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
“Wake up to the riot of life around you every second. The singer Pearl Bailey said, “People see God every day; they… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
We start eating, watch television, surf the Internet, or go shopping and buy something. That gives us a rush of feeling, some… — Geneen Roth Adrenaline Copy Share Image
The purpose of healing is to live while you are alive instead of dying while you are alive. Healing is about being… — Geneen Roth Alive Copy Share Image
I tell my retreat students that they need to remember two things: to eat what they want when they're hungry and to… — Geneen Roth Eating Copy Share Image
“The problem with fantasy is the greatest benefit of fantasy: it prevents us from living in the present moment. But the present… — Geneen Roth Fantasy Copy Share Image
“But replacing hunger for divine connection with Double Stuf Oreos is like giving a glass of sand to a person dying of… — Geneen Roth Self Copy Share Image
It's not life in the present moment that is intolerable; the pain we are avoiding has already happened. We are living in… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh,… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Chocolate ... is not something you can take or leave, something you like only moderately. You dont like chocolate. You dont even… — Geneen Roth Affair Copy Share Image
Freedom from obsession is not about something you do; it's about knowing who you are. It's about recognizing what sustains you and… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Diets are based on the unspoken fear that you are a madwoman, a food terrorist, a lunatic…The promise of a diet is… — Geneen Roth Body Copy Share Image
Women look at their bodies, and they're never thin enough. The financial advisors that I've talked to say they ask their clients,… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
And.. are you willing to go all the way? To understand that food is only a stand-in for love and possibility and… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
When you believe in yourself more than you believe in food, you will stop using food as if it were your only… — Geneen Roth Belief Copy Share Image
There have been many articles about the top regrets that people have when they're dying. They are always, "I missed the ordinary… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
When we give up dieting, we take back something we were often too young to know we had given away: our own… — Geneen Roth Ability Copy Share Image
Our work is not to change what you do, but to witness what you do with enough awareness, enough curiosity, enough tenderness… — Geneen Roth Awareness Copy Share Image
Weight (too much or too little) is a by-product. Weight is what happens when you use food to flatten your life. Even… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
“People get old, get sick and die. Or they die suddenly. Or their deaths drag on forever. My friend Tory is dying… — Geneen Roth Breast cancer Copy Share Image
I believe in love. And beauty. I believe that every single person has something they find beautiful and that they truly love.… — Geneen Roth Beautiful Copy Share Image
“People often mistake tenderheartedness for indulgence, as if being kind to themselves leads to lethargy—sitting around the house all day eating bonbons… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
I think we all have a hunger that's hard to name. A lot of people who come to my retreats have never… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Our relationship with food - how, when, what and why we eat - is a direct expression of our underlying feelings, thoughts… — Geneen Roth Belief Copy Share Image
Imagine treating yourself with the kindness that you show people you love. — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Being hungry is like being in love: if you don't know, you're probably not, — Geneen Roth Being in love Copy Share Image
If LOVE could talk to you about your relationship with food, what would it say? — Geneen Roth Food Copy Share Image
Come back to yourself. Return to the voice of your body. Trust that much. — Geneen Roth Body Copy Share Image
“We keep wanting more because we don't let ourselves have what we already have” — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
