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 purpose of a spiritual path or religion is to provide a precise and believable way into what seems unbelievable. — Geneen Roth 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
Awareness is a way you keep yourself company. When you are aware you are being compulsive, you are no longer locked in… — 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
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
You can't be stuck if you're not trying to get anywhere. Which, to me, means that when you stop fighting with the… — Geneen Roth 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 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
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
The way we do anything is the way we do everything. The way we eat is the way we live. — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
And if you worry that not finishing the food on your plate is a slap in the face of all the hungry… — 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
The big horrible thing isn't the plane crash or the earthquake or the diagnosis. When those things occur, we act, we know… — 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
