L'œuvre pionnière de Geneen Roth a été parmi les premières à lier l'alimentation compulsive et les régimes à des questions profondément personnelles et spirituelles qui vont bien au-delà de la nourriture, du poids et de l'image corporelle. Elle soutient que nous mangeons comme nous vivons, et que nos relations avec la nourriture, l'argent et l'amour sont des reflets exacts de nos croyances fondamentales sur nous-mêmes et du niveau de joie, d'abondance, de douleur ou de pénurie que nous sentons nous être permis d'expérimenter. Au lieu de supprimer nos comportements « fous », l'approche de Roth est basée sur la conviction que nos actions et nos croyances ont un sens parfait, et que transformer notre relation avec la nourriture nécessite l'autocompassion, la curiosité et la gentillesse, remplaçant la dureté et l'impatience.
"This messy magnificent life is a personal and exhilarating read on freeing ourselves from daily anxiety, lack, and discontent. It's a deep dive into what lies behind our self-criticism, whether is is about the size of our thighs, the expression of our thoughts, or the shape of our ambitions. And it's about stopping the search to fix ourselves by realizing that on the other side of the "Me Project" is spaciousness, peace, and the capacity to reclaim one's power and joy"--Back cover
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Women Food and God “A life-changing book.”—Oprah In this moving and intimate book, Geneen Roth, bestselling author of Feeding the Hungry Heart and Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating, shows how dieting and emotional eating often become a substitute for intimacy. Drawing on her own painful personal experiences, as well as the candid stories of those she has helped in her seminars, Roth examines the crucial issues that surround emotional eating: need for control, dependency on melodrama, desire for what is forbidden, and the belief that one wrong move can mean catastrophe. She shows why many people overeat in an attempt to satisfy their emotional hunger, and why weight loss frequently just uncovers a new set of problems. But her welcome message is that change is possible. This book will help readers break destructive, self-perpetuating patterns and learn to satisfy all the hungers—physical and emotional—that make us human.
Embraced by Oprah, the #1 New York Times bestselling guide that explains the connection between eating and emotion from Geneen Roth—noted authority on mindful eating. No matter how sophisticated or wealthy or broke or enlightened you are, how you eat tells all. After three decades of studying, teaching, and writing about our compulsions with food, bestselling author Geneen Roth adds a powerful new dimension to her work in Women Food and God. She begins with her most basic concept: the way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. Your relationship with food is an exact mirror of your feelings about love, fear, anger, meaning, transformation, and, yes, even God. A timeless and seminal work, Women Food and God shows how going beyond the food and the feelings takes you deeper into realms of spirit and soul—to the bright center of your own life.
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Women Food and GodThere is an end to the anguish of emotional eating—and this book explains how to achieve it. Geneen Roth, whose Feeding the Hungry Heart and When Food Is Love have brought understanding and acceptance to tens of thousands of readers over the last two decades, here outlines her proven program for resolving the conflicts at the root of overeating. Using simple techniques developed in her highly successful seminars, she offers reassuring, practical advice on:• Learning to recognize the signals of physical hunger• Eating without distraction• Knowing when to stop• Kicking the scale-watching habit• Withstanding social and family pressuresAnd many more strategies to help you break the binge-diet cycle—forever.
This is how Geneen Roth remembers her time as an emotional overeater and self-starver. After years of struggle, Roth finally broke free from the destructive cycle of bingeing and purging. In the two decades since her triumph, she has gone on to help tens of thousands of others do the same through her lectures, workshops, and retreats. Those she has met during this time have shared stories that are both heartrending and inspiring, which Roth has gathered for this unique book.Twenty years after its original publication, Feeding the Hungry Heart continues to inspire women and men, helping them win the battle against a hunger that goes deeper than a need for food.
There is an end to the anguish of compulsive eating - and this book tells how to achieve it. Geneen Roth, whose "Feeding the Hungry Heart" brought understanding and acceptance to tens of thousands of readers, now outlines a proven program for resolving the conflicts at the root of eating disorders. Using simple techniques developed in her highly successful seminars, she offers reassuring, practical advice on:
With the publication of her ground-breaking books, Feeding the Hungry Heart and Breaking Free From Compulsive Eating, Geneen Roth has helped hundreds of thousands of people win their battle against the destructive binge-diet cycle. Now this remarkable companion workbook shows compulsive eaters - in a constructive, non-judgemental way - how to stop using food as a substitute for handling difficult emotions or situations...and how to enjoy eating and still lose weight naturally. By using the liberating exercises and techniques developed be Geneen Roth in her highly successful Breaking Free workshops, dieters, who've tried every conceivable diet - losing weight again and again, only to gain it back - and bingers, who are harming their health, can learn wholesome, beneficial ways to achieve their goals. This proven program offers reassuring guidelines on : Letting food become a source of pleasure rather than anxiety Kicking the scale-watching habit - forever! Recognizing the difference between physical and emotional hungers Learning to say no Listening to, and trusting, your body's hunger and fullness signals Distinguising "forbidden foods" from those you truly want Uncovering the conflicts that stand between your desire to lose weight and your urge to eat compulsively Discovering other pleasures besides food
Millions of us are locked into an unwinnable weight game, as our self-worth is shredded with every diet failure. Combine the utter inefficacy of dieting with the lack of spiritual nourishment and we have generations of mad, ravenous self-loathing women. So says Geneen Roth, in her life-changing new book, Women, Food and God. Since her 1991 bestseller, When Food Is Love, was published, Roth has taken the sum total of her experience and combined it with spirituality and psychology to explain women's true hunger. Roth's approach to eating is that it is the same as any addiction - an activity to avoid feeling emotions. From the first page, readers will be struck by the author's intelligence, humour and sensitivity, as she traces the path of overeating from its subtle beginnings through to its logical end. Whether the drug is booze or brownies, the problem is the same: opting out of life. She powerfully urges readers to pay attention to what they truly need - which cannot be found in a supermarket. She provides seven basic guidelines for eating (the most important is to never diet) and shares reassuring, practical advice that has helped thousands of women who have attended her highly successful seminars. Truly a thinking woman's guide to eating - and an anti-diet book - women everywhere will find insights and revelations on every page.
The narrative centers on the profound lessons learned from Geneen Roth's twenty-pound cat, Mister Blanche, and her father, Bernard. Through their stories, Roth explores themes of unconditional love and the acceptance of loss, blending warmth and humor. This heartfelt account illustrates how both companionship and the inevitability of separation can teach us to embrace love fully, making it a poignant reflection on life’s emotional complexities.
Exploring the intersection of money and emotional well-being, the author shares her personal journey after losing her life savings in a financial scandal. This experience prompted a deep examination of women's financial habits, revealing patterns like binge shopping and using money as a substitute for love. Through humor and insight, she uncovers the underlying causes of these behaviors and presents transformative strategies to reshape our relationship with money, aiming to foster healthier financial choices and emotional resilience.
