“Our relationship with food - how, when, what and why we eat - is a direct expression of our underlying feelings, thoughts and beliefs about ourselves. It has to do with stances we take that get reflected not only in our relationship with food, but in all our relationships. It just so happens that the relationship with food causes enough conflict, grief, shame and hurt that we’re willing to look at it.” LooksEnoughFeelingsHappensBeliefCausesHurtGriefFoodWillingExpressionConflictDirectShameOur RelationshipStance Author:Geneen Roth
“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.” WantHappensSufferingFightingKindnessAcceptanceResistanceWhere You AreWarfareRelaxation Author:Geneen Roth
“Weight (too much or too little) is a by-product. Weight is what happens when you use food to flatten your life. Even with aching joints, it's not about food. Even with arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure. It's about your desire to flatten your life. It's about the fact that you've given up without saying so. It's about your belief that it's not possible to live any other way - and you're using food to act that out without ever having to admit it.” WayLittlesFactsUseHappensDesireBeliefGivenToo MuchBloodHealthProductsWeightPressureJointsGiven UpDiabetesBlood PressureArthritisHigh Blood Pressure Book:Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything Source: Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
“We're always looking for the Big Love, the Big High, the next Big Thing to happen. We miss what's in front of us.” BigsHappensNextMissingFrontsBig Things Author:Geneen Roth
“Change happens when you understand what you want to change so deeply that there is no reason to do anything but act in your own best interest.” WantReasonHappensInterestWhat You WantNo Reason Author:Geneen Roth
“Real change happens bit by bit. It takes great effort to become effortless at anything. There are no quick fixes.” RealHappensBitsEffortEffortlessReal ChangeGreat EffortQuick Fixes Book:Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything Source: Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
“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.” IfsWayTryingMeanHappensActionFightingMagicStuckRelaxAlignment Author:Geneen Roth
