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
After initial needs are metenough food, shelter, comfortthere is no correlation between money and happiness. That's a difficult thing for people to… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
You can rescue yourself. No matter how you feel, no matter what you believe about your worth or your capacity to love… — Geneen Roth 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 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 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
Compulsive eating is only the symptom; believing that you are not worth your own love is the problem. Go for the love.… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
When you ignore your belly, you become homeless. You spend your life trying to erase your own existence. Apologizing for yourself. Feeling… — 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
When you believe in yourself more than you believe in food, you will stop using food as if it were your only… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
To discover what you really believe, pay attention to the way you act -- and to what you do when things don't… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
No matter how developed you are in any other area of your life, no matter what you say you believe, no matter… — 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, we believe… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
“Most of us are so enthralled with the scary tigers in our minds--our stories of loneliness, rejection, grief--that we don't realize they are in… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Most of our suffering comes from resisting what is already here, particularly our feelings. All any feeling wants is to be welcomed, touched, allowed.… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
The relentless attempts to be thin take you further and further away from what could actually end your suffering: getting back in touch with… — 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 feel what… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
After initial needs are metenough food, shelter, comfortthere is no correlation between money and happiness. That's a difficult thing for people to believe. — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
“When you ignore your belly, you become homeless. You spend your life trying to erase your own existence. Apologizing for yourself. Feeling like a… — Geneen Roth 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 and wearing… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
If you pay attention to when you are hungry, what your body wants, what you are eating, when you've had enough, you end the… — 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 for a… — Geneen Roth 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 broken and… — Geneen Roth 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 thirst. It… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
