"If you try to lose weight by shaming,……" — Geneen Roth
"If you try to lose weight by shaming, depriving and fearing yourself, you will end up shamed, deprived, and afraid. Kindness comes first. Always."
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81 Quotes by Geneen Roth
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For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we…
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All any feeling wants is to be welcomed with tenderness. It wants room to unfold. It wants to relax and…
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Our work is not to change what you do, but to witness what you do with enough awareness, enough curiosity,…
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Compulsive eating is only the symptom; believing that you are not worth your own love is the problem. Go for…
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Staying requires being curious about who you actually are when you don't take yourself to be a collection of memories.When…
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Ask yourself if you are in this for the long run-if it's only your weight you want to change or…
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The real work of this life is not what we do every day from 9-5...The real work is to be…
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Chocolate ... is not something you can take or leave, something you like only moderately. You dont like chocolate. You…
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. . . hell is wanting to be somewhere different from where you are. Being one place and wanting to…
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Freedom from obsession is not about something you do; it's about knowing who you are. It's about recognizing what sustains…
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It's never been true, not anywhere at any time, that the value of a soul, of a human spirit, is…
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Imagine not being frightened by any feeling. Imagine knowing that nothing will destroy you. That you are beyond any feeling,…
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
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