Feelings Quotes by Geneen Roth

11 Feelings quotes by Geneen Roth

Geneen Roth’s eleven brief reflections on feelings lean into her introspective voice, offering a succinct guide to understanding emotional patterns.

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If you treat your feelings with as much love as you treat your dog or your cat or your child you'll feel…

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The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. Your relationship with food is an exact mirror of…

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There's a basic feeling of lack that we want to distract ourselves from. We want to fix it by looking outside ourselves,…

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All any feeling wants is to be welcomed with tenderness. It wants room to unfold. It wants to relax and tell its…

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We start eating, watch television, surf the Internet, or go shopping and buy something. That gives us a rush of feeling, some…

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Imagine not being frightened by any feeling. Imagine knowing that nothing will destroy you. That you are beyond any feeling, and state.…

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When you ignore your belly, you become homeless. You spend your life trying to erase your own existence. Apologizing for yourself. Feeling…

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Our relationship with food - how, when, what and why we eat - is a direct expression of our underlying feelings, thoughts…

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“Imagine not being frightened by any feeling. Imagine knowing that nothing will destroy you. That you are beyond any feeling, an state.…

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The truth is that it’s not about the weight. It’s never been about the weight. When a pill is discovered that allows…

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Most of our suffering comes from resisting what is already here, particularly our feelings. All any feeling wants is to be welcomed,…

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“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…

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