“We keep wanting more because we don't let ourselves have what we already have” — Geneen Roth 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
It's never been true, not anywhere at anytime, that the value of a soul, of a human spirit, is dependent on a… — Geneen Roth 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 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
“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
For every diet there's an equal and opposite binge (bulimia which is binging and purging is another way of depriving yourself). — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
The problem with fantasy is the greatest benefit of fantasy: it prevents us from living in the present moment. — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Change happens when you understand what you want to change so deeply that there is no reason to do anything but act… — Geneen Roth Change 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
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
Imagine not being frightened by any feeling. Imagine knowing that nothing will destroy you. That you are beyond any feeling, and state.… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
The real work of this life is not what we do every day from 9-5...The real work is to be passionate, be… — Geneen Roth Cry Copy Share Image
It matters whether you see yourself as someone who is capable of effecting change or whether you see yourself as someone whose… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
You will stop turning to food when you start understanding in your body, not just your mind, that there is something better...Truth,… — Geneen Roth Body Copy Share Image
The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. Your relationship with food is an exact mirror of… — Geneen Roth Alive Copy Share Image
“Staying requires being curious about who you actually are when you don't take yourself to be a collection of memories.When you don't… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
“Pay careful attention to the bodily sensations that you recognize as hunger. When you feel yourself starting to get hungry, sit down… — Geneen Roth Food Copy Share Image
It's never been true, not anywhere at any time, that the value of a soul, of a human spirit, is dependent on… — Geneen Roth Coming home 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 not being frightened by any feeling. Imagine knowing that nothing will destroy you. That you are beyond any feeling, an state.… — Geneen Roth Fear Copy Share Image
If you treat your feelings with as much love as you treat your dog or your cat or your child you'll feel… — Geneen Roth Animal Copy Share Image
Compulsive eating is only the symptom; believing that you are not worth your own love is the problem. Go for the love.… — Geneen Roth Bad day Copy Share Image
If you think your job is to fix what is broken, you keep finding more broken places to mend. — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
You already have everything you need to be content. Your real work is to do whatever it takes to realize that. — Geneen Roth Happiness Copy Share Image
There's a basic feeling of lack that we want to distract ourselves from. We want to fix it by looking outside ourselves,… — Geneen Roth Feelings Copy Share Image
If you decided to reteach yourself your own loveliness today, what would you do? How would you speak to yourself? Can you… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
We always want to change the channel in our minds because we don't like what's going on. It's uncomfortable. — Geneen Roth Change Copy Share Image
When you don't want to be where you are, you create suffering for yourself. Change happens through acceptance, kindness and relaxation--not resistance,… — Geneen Roth Acceptance Copy Share Image
You are not your past, not your habits, not your compulsions. When you get to know who you are, anything becomes possible. — Geneen Roth Compulsion Copy Share Image
Meditation is a tool to shake yourself awake. A way to discover what you love. A practice to return yourself to your… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
“If we think our job here on earth is to fix ourselves, we will keep looking for the broken places. If we… — Geneen Roth Love Copy Share Image
What you pay attention to grows. Pay attention to your loveliness, your magnificent self. Begin now. — Geneen Roth Attention Copy Share Image
People come and go, pain comes and goes. But so does joy. And if our hearts are closed because we don't want… — Geneen Roth Comes and goes Copy Share Image
Awareness, not deprivation, informs what you eat. Presence, not shame, changes how you see yourself and what you rely on. — Geneen Roth Awareness Copy Share Image
If there are any cages in this marriage, it is I who have built them. And I who hold the key to… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
You don't need a scale to tell you whether you're allowed to like yourself today. You are. You belong here. No matter… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
