We eat the way we eat because we are afraid to feel what we feel. Geneen Roth More Quotes by Geneen Roth More Quotes From Geneen Roth Come back to yourself. Return to the voice of your body. Trust that much. Geneen Roth returnvoicebody Ask: is what I'm doing and thinking right now bringing me closer to myself or farther away? Opening my heart or closing it? You have a choice. Geneen Roth mondayheartmorning It's never been true, not anywhere at anytime, that the value of a soul, of a human spirit, is dependent on a number on a scale. Geneen Roth defining-ourselvessoulnumbers Bingeing is such an emotionally frenetic activity that no other concerns can exist in the same space. It is a hell that people who are food-sensitive are familiar with; and, because it is known, it is therefore not so terrifying as some of the problems that are outside our control. Problems like divorce, illness, death. Geneen Roth divorcespacepeople The real work of this life is not what we do every day from 9-5...The real work is to be passionate, be holy, be wild, be irreverent, to laugh and cry until you awaken the sleeping spirits, until the ground of your being cleaves and the universe comes flooding in. Geneen Roth passionrealpeace It matters whether you see yourself as someone who is capable of effecting change or whether you see yourself as someone whose voice does not count. It matters whether you treat yourself with reverence or with carelessness. Every bit of work you do on yourself matters. Every time you choose love, it matters. Geneen Roth voicematterdoe Your relationship to food, no matter how conflicted, is the doorway to freedom. Geneen Roth our-relationshipmatterdoorways All any feeling wants is to be welcomed with tenderness. It wants room to unfold. It wants to relax and tell its story. It wants to dissolve like a thousand writhing snakes that with a flick of kindness become harmless strands of rope. Geneen Roth snakescompassionkindness Real change happens bit by bit. It takes great effort to become effortless at anything. There are no quick fixes. Geneen Roth quick-fixeseffortreal When you don't want to be where you are, you create suffering for yourself. Change happens through acceptance, kindness and relaxation--not resistance, not warfare, not fights. Geneen Roth fightingacceptancekindness When you believe in yourself more than you believe in food, you will stop using food as if it were your only chance at not falling apart. When the shape of your body no longer matches the shape of your beliefs, the weight disappears. And yes, it really is that simple. Geneen Roth simplebelievefall No act of love is ever wasted. Geneen Roth acts-of-lovelove-is It's never been true, not anywhere at any time, that the value of a soul, of a human spirit, is dependent on a number on a scale. We are unrepeatable beings of light and space and water who need these physical vehicles to get around. When we start defining ourselves by that which can be measured or weighed, something deep within us rebels. We don't want to EAT hot fudge sundaes as much as we want our lives to BE hot fudge sundaes. We want to come home to ourselves. Geneen Roth journeyhomeinspiring Imagine treating yourself with the kindness that you show people you love. Geneen Roth mondaykindnessmorning If you want to eat when you're not hungry, you're hungry for something else. Geneen Roth hungryifswant Ask yourself if you are in this for the long run-if it's only your weight you want to change or if you are willing to use your eating patterns as a portal to the inner universe. And if the answer is the latter, then there is no end to what you can learn, be, understand, become. Geneen Roth bad-dayrunninglong Being hungry is like being in love: if you don't know, you're probably not. Geneen Roth hungrybeing-in-loveknows 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 they feel when they're not. Geneen Roth healthytwoneeds Love includes vulnerability, surrender, self-valuing, steadiness, and a willingness to face - rather than run from - the worst of ourselves. Geneen Roth selffacesrunning Women look at their bodies, and they're never thin enough. The financial advisors that I've talked to say they ask their clients, "How much money do you need in order to feel secure?" "X amount." Then, as soon as the client got the amount, it would double automatically. Geneen Roth orderlooksneeds
