For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh,… — Geneen Roth Be kind 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… — Geneen Roth Eating disorders 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,… — Geneen Roth Attention 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… — Geneen Roth Ends 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 Eating 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 Believe 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 Body image 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… — 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 Attention 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… — 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… — Geneen Roth Alive 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… — Geneen Roth Self Copy Share Image
Imagine treating yourself with the kindness that you show people you love. — Geneen Roth Imagine Copy Share Image
“When you are not hungry and decide to eat, choose a food that you ate that day when you were hungry. Be… — 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 Believe 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 Awareness 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 Addresses Copy Share Image
Treat yourself as if you already are enough. Walk as if you are enough. Eat as if you are enough. See, look,… — Geneen Roth Enough 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 Action Copy Share Image
“Your body is the piece of the universe you've been given; as long as you have a pulse, it presents you with… — Geneen Roth Body image Copy Share Image
“But right here, right now, in the center of this wound—I’ve been abandoned and betrayed by who and what really matters and… — Geneen Roth Faith 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 Beautiful Copy Share Image
If you treat your feelings with as much love as you treat your dog or your cat or your child you'll feel… — Geneen Roth Cat Copy Share Image
Come back to yourself. Return to the voice of your body. Trust that much. — Geneen Roth Body Copy Share Image
