
Take Back Your Life
Ending Your Obsession with Food
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Geneen Roth
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An audio exclusive program from the number-one New York Times best-selling author of Women, Food and God, Geneen Roth.
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IT HELPED
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A rehash of earlier works...nothing new here
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Impactful for the some
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When Food is Food & Love is Love
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Like being a part of one of her lectures
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Fantastic book
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Enjoyed this book
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By: Geneen Roth
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When Food Is Love
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- By: Geneen Roth
- Narrated by: Geneen Roth
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Abridged
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Overall
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Performance
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When Food Is Love examines the motivations behind bingeing and obsessive dieting, and explains how such compulsive behavior sabotages intimate relationships. With compassion and penetrating wisdom, Geneen Roth reveals how to break destructive emotional patterns and learn to satisfy all the hungers, physical and emotional - that make us human.
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IT HELPED
- By Marjorie Owens on 03-01-11
By: Geneen Roth
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This Messy Magnificent Life
- A Field Guide
- By: Geneen Roth
- Narrated by: Geneen Roth
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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From the beginning, Geneen Roth was told she was too sensitive, too emotional, too curious, too demanding, too intense, and too big. Yet gaining and losing weight for decades did not improve her self-worth or reduce other people's criticisms. Like most women who struggle with their weight, she believed that if she could resolve what seemed to be the source of her self-hatred - how and what she ate - she would be thin, happy, and free. That belief, she discovered, was false.
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Impactful for the some
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When Food is Food & Love is Love
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- Narrated by: Geneen Roth
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall
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Performance
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Like being a part of one of her lectures
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By: Geneen Roth
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Lost and Found
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- By: Geneen Roth
- Narrated by: Geneen Roth
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- Unabridged
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This is not the book! This is a speech
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Missed the Mark
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When Food Is Comfort
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Reach enlightenment, and you'll stop overeating.
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- Sheryl
- 04-21-15
Tells it like it is! Great Meditation also!
This is a wonderful, frank and from the heart talk on how to get your life back. The inquiry instructions and meditation were very helpful!
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- MindfulCreator
- 05-20-20
Another amazing book by Geneen Roth
Thank you, Geneen Roth! What you are teaching is life-changing!
For those of you who are considering whether to purchase the book or not, I have two questions for you to ask yourself that will make your decision easy. “Am I committed to practice what this book teaches me?” and “Am I committed to practicing it not once or twice, but as long as I become really good at it?” The book will not fix your issues. Your openmindness and your willingness to practice what it teaches will. Keep in mind though that it is not about how to achieve a certain destination. It is about enjoying your journey all the way. Even Geneen admits that she still has those times when she notices that she has put on weight. But the way she deals with it is now different. Instead of beating herself up for gaining weight, she faces the problem with compassion and curiosity by asking, “Ok. What’s going on here?” and leans into her feelings instead of running away from them. That’s is the only way I know to truly heal.
And guess what? When you look at the feeling and allow it to happen, don’t resist, run away, or stuff it with food, you will find out that it is not as scary as you thought. It is actually there to protect you. It’s your ally. It’s like a frightened animal. It gets defensive and tries to look scary in order you to scare you, in order for you to leave it alone and go away. But the truth is, that animal is even more scared as you are and is just trying to protect itself. With your feelings, they want to protect you. Allow them to occur and they will calm down.
I know we are all different, but I sincerely hope that this book will help you gain lots of insights just like it helped me. If I were you, I would give it a try. Even if it doesn’t work for you, at least you will be able to put a check mark next to its name and feel better knowing that you gave it a chance, you are trying different approaches and will keep looking for and - I know - will find what works for you. I wish you well.
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