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Geneen Roth Quotes

And if you worry that not finishing the food on your plate is a slap in the face of all the hungry people everywhere, you are not living in reality. The truth is that you either throw the food out or you throw it in, but either way it turns to waste. World hunger will not be solved by finishing the garlic mashed potatoes on your plate Picture Quote #1

Treat yourself as if you already are enough. Walk as if you are enough. Eat as if you are enough. See, look, listen as if you are enough. Because it’s true Picture Quote #1

I believe in love. And beauty. I believe that every single person has something they find beautiful and that they truly love. The smell of their child’s hair, the silence of a forest, their lover’s crooked grin. Their country, their religion, their family. And I believe that if you follow this love all the way to its end, if you start with the thing you find most beautiful and trace it’s perfume back to its essence, you will perceive an intangible presence, a swath of stillness that allows the thing you love to be visible like the openness of the sky reveals the presence of the moon Picture Quote #1

Awareness, not deprivation, informs what you eat. Presence, not shame, changes how you see yourself and what you rely on Picture Quote #1

Imagine not being frightened by any feeling. Imagine knowing that nothing will destroy you. That you are beyond any feeling, and state. Bigger than. Vaster than. That there is no reason to use drugs because anything a drug could do would pale in comparison to knowing who you are Picture Quote #1

Freedom from obsession is not about something you do; it’s about knowing who you are. It’s about recognizing what sustains you and what exhausts you. What you love and what you think you love because you believe you can’t have it Picture Quote #1

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... hell is wanting to be somewhere different from where you are. Being one place and wanting to be somewhere else... Wanting life to be different from what it is. That’s also called leaving without leaving. Dying before you die. It’s as if there is a part of you that so rails against being shattered by love that you shatter yourself first Picture Quote #1

Chocolate... is not something you can take or leave, something you like only moderately. You don’t like chocolate. You don’t even love chocolate. Chocolate is something you have an affair with Picture Quote #1

If you try to lose weight by shaming, depriving and fearing yourself, you will end up shamed, deprived, and afraid. Kindness comes first. Always Picture Quote #1

Compulsive eating is only the symptom; believing that you are not worth your own love is the problem. Go for the love. You will never be sorry Picture Quote #1

Our work is not to change what you do, but to witness what you do with enough awareness, enough curiosity, enough tenderness that the lies and old decisions upon which the compulsion is based become apparent and fall away. When you no longer believe that eating will save your life when you feel exhausted or overwhelmed or lonely, you will stop. 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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe we will end up being kind. If we shame ourselves, we believe we end up loving ourselves. It has never been true, not for a moment, that shame leads to love. Only love leads to love Picture Quote #1

The purpose of healing is to live while you are alive instead of dying while you are alive. Healing is about being broken and whole at the same time Picture Quote #1

You already have everything you need to be content. Your real work is to do whatever it takes to realize that Picture Quote #1

If you treat your feelings with as much love as you treat your dog or your cat or your child you’ll feel as if you were living in heaven Picture Quote #1

You can rescue yourself. No matter how you feel, no matter what you believe about your worth or your capacity to love and be loved, you can change Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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You are lovable, you are loving; your choices about food will reflect that, if you give yourself a chance Picture Quote #1

Meditation is a tool to shake yourself awake. A way to discover what you love. A practice to return yourself to your body when the mind medleys threaten to usurp your sanity Picture Quote #1

You don’t need a scale to tell you whether you’re allowed to like yourself today. You are. You belong here. No matter what you weigh, you deserve joy and happiness Picture Quote #1

You can’t be stuck if you’re not trying to get anywhere. Which, to me, means that when you stop fighting with the way things are, magic happens. You relax, open, and any action you take comes from alignment with what’s true Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Just because we form an opinion about ourselves, or anyone else, doesn’t mean it is true Picture Quote #1

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Awareness is learning to keep yourself company. And then learn to be more compassionate company, as if you were somebody you are fond of and wish to encourage Picture Quote #1

Being hungry is like being in love: if you don’t know, you’re probably not Picture Quote #1

We need to build our friendships on truth and wholeness. We need friends who can be with us in our loneliness, not people who will cheer us up so that we don’t feel it. We need friends who get furious with us when we are not being real or true to ourselves, not when we don’t do what they want us to do Picture Quote #1

The problem isn’t that we have bodies; the problem is that we’re not living in them Picture Quote #1

It’s not life in the present moment that is intolerable; the pain we are avoiding has already happened. We are living in reverse Picture Quote #1

Real change happens bit by bit. It takes great effort to become effortless at anything. There are no quick fixes Picture Quote #1

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And if you worry that not finishing the food on your plate is a slap in the face of all the hungry people everywhere, you are not living in reality. The truth is that you either throw the food out or you throw it in, but either way it turns to waste. World hunger will not be solved by finishing the garlic mashed potatoes on your plate (Geneen Roth Quotes) Treat yourself as if you already are enough. Walk as if you are enough. Eat as if you are enough. See, look, listen as if you are enough. Because it’s true (Geneen Roth Quotes) I believe in love. And beauty. I believe that every single person has something they find beautiful and that they truly love. The smell of their child’s hair, the silence of a forest, their lover’s crooked grin. Their country, their religion, their family. And I believe that if you follow this love all the way to its end, if you start with the thing you find most beautiful and trace it’s perfume back to its essence, you will perceive an intangible presence, a swath of stillness that allows the thing you love to be visible like the openness of the sky reveals the presence of the moon (Geneen Roth Quotes) Awareness, not deprivation, informs what you eat. Presence, not shame, changes how you see yourself and what you rely on (Geneen Roth Quotes) Imagine not being frightened by any feeling. Imagine knowing that nothing will destroy you. That you are beyond any feeling, and state. Bigger than. Vaster than. That there is no reason to use drugs because anything a drug could do would pale in comparison to knowing who you are (Geneen Roth Quotes) Freedom from obsession is not about something you do; it’s about knowing who you are. It’s about recognizing what sustains you and what exhausts you. What you love and what you think you love because you believe you can’t have it (Geneen Roth Quotes) ... hell is wanting to be somewhere different from where you are. Being one place and wanting to be somewhere else... Wanting life to be different from what it is. That’s also called leaving without leaving. Dying before you die. It’s as if there is a part of you that so rails against being shattered by love that you shatter yourself first (Geneen Roth Quotes) Chocolate... is not something you can take or leave, something you like only moderately. You don’t like chocolate. You don’t even love chocolate. Chocolate is something you have an affair with (Geneen Roth Quotes) If you try to lose weight by shaming, depriving and fearing yourself, you will end up shamed, deprived, and afraid. Kindness comes first. Always (Geneen Roth Quotes) Compulsive eating is only the symptom; believing that you are not worth your own love is the problem. Go for the love. You will never be sorry (Geneen Roth Quotes) Our work is not to change what you do, but to witness what you do with enough awareness, enough curiosity, enough tenderness that the lies and old decisions upon which the compulsion is based become apparent and fall away. When you no longer believe that eating will save your life when you feel exhausted or overwhelmed or lonely, you will stop. 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 (Geneen Roth Quotes) 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 Quotes) For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe we will end up being kind. If we shame ourselves, we believe we end up loving ourselves. It has never been true, not for a moment, that shame leads to love. Only love leads to love (Geneen Roth Quotes) The purpose of healing is to live while you are alive instead of dying while you are alive. Healing is about being broken and whole at the same time (Geneen Roth Quotes) You already have everything you need to be content. Your real work is to do whatever it takes to realize that (Geneen Roth Quotes) If you treat your feelings with as much love as you treat your dog or your cat or your child you’ll feel as if you were living in heaven (Geneen Roth Quotes) You can rescue yourself. No matter how you feel, no matter what you believe about your worth or your capacity to love and be loved, you can change (Geneen Roth Quotes) 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 Quotes) You are lovable, you are loving; your choices about food will reflect that, if you give yourself a chance (Geneen Roth Quotes) Meditation is a tool to shake yourself awake. A way to discover what you love. A practice to return yourself to your body when the mind medleys threaten to usurp your sanity (Geneen Roth Quotes) You don’t need a scale to tell you whether you’re allowed to like yourself today. You are. You belong here. No matter what you weigh, you deserve joy and happiness (Geneen Roth Quotes) You can’t be stuck if you’re not trying to get anywhere. Which, to me, means that when you stop fighting with the way things are, magic happens. You relax, open, and any action you take comes from alignment with what’s true (Geneen Roth Quotes) 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 Quotes) Just because we form an opinion about ourselves, or anyone else, doesn’t mean it is true (Geneen Roth Quotes) Awareness is learning to keep yourself company. And then learn to be more compassionate company, as if you were somebody you are fond of and wish to encourage (Geneen Roth Quotes) Being hungry is like being in love: if you don’t know, you’re probably not (Geneen Roth Quotes) We need to build our friendships on truth and wholeness. We need friends who can be with us in our loneliness, not people who will cheer us up so that we don’t feel it. We need friends who get furious with us when we are not being real or true to ourselves, not when we don’t do what they want us to do (Geneen Roth Quotes) The problem isn’t that we have bodies; the problem is that we’re not living in them (Geneen Roth Quotes) It’s not life in the present moment that is intolerable; the pain we are avoiding has already happened. We are living in reverse (Geneen Roth Quotes) Real change happens bit by bit. It takes great effort to become effortless at anything. There are no quick fixes (Geneen Roth Quotes)

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