“But replacing hunger for divine connection with Double Stuf Oreos is like giving a glass of sand to a person dying of… — 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
Weight loss does not make people happy. Or peaceful. Being thin does not address the emptiness that has no shape or weight… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
If you try to lose weight by shaming, depriving and fearing yourself, you will end up shamed, deprived, and afraid. Kindness comes… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
“At some point, it's time to stop fighting with death, my thighs and the way things are. And to realize that emotional… — 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
