Most of our suffering comes from resisting what is already here, particularly our feelings. All any feeling wants is to be welcomed,… — 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 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… — 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 Copy Share Image
We need to build our friendships on truth and wholeness. We need friends who can be with us in our loneliness, not… — 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
We always want to change the channel in our minds because we don't like what's going on. It's uncomfortable. — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
The truth is that it’s not about the weight. It’s never been about the weight. When a pill is discovered that allows… — Geneen Roth 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 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 Copy Share Image
What is pronounced these days is staying on the Internet for hours. It's really about distraction. We are living in such an… — Geneen Roth 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 Copy Share Image
All any feeling wants is to be welcomed with tenderness. It wants room to unfold. It wants to relax and tell its… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
If you want to eat when you're not hungry, you're hungry for something else. — Geneen Roth 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 Copy Share Image
Ask yourself if you are in this for the long run-if it's only your weight you want to change or if you… — 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
