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set yourself, situate, like a fool try again.: Learn the Difference Between Self-Indulgence and Self-Kindness

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:16:22 -0400

set yourself, situate, like a fool try again.: Learn the Difference Between Self-Indulgence and Self-Kindness:

Self-indulgence is

continuing to do what is harmful to you after you realize it is harmful

loathing yourself

getting lost in fantasies about how great your life is going to be while you continue doing the same old self-destructive things

not asking for help when you need it

breaking the…

"…compulsive eating is basically a refusal to be fully alive. No matter what we weigh, those of us..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:15:25 -0400

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…compulsive eating is basically a refusal to be fully alive. No matter what we weigh, those of us who are compulsive eaters have anorexia of the soul. We refuse to take in what sustains us. We live lives of deprivation. And when we can’t stand it any longer, we binge. The way we are able to accomplish all of this is by the simple act of bolting — of leaving ourselves — hundreds of times a day…..

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 (via fitterandfitter)

avril-vivante: “If you wait to respect yourself until you are at the weight you imagine you need to...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:15:03 -0400

avril-vivante:

“If you wait to respect yourself until you are at the weight you imagine you need to be to respect yourself, you will never respect yourself. To be given wings, you’ve got to be willing to believe that you were put on this Earth for more than your endless attempts to lose the same 30 pounds 300 times for 80 years…And that goodness and loveliness are possible, even in something as mundane as what you put in your mouth for breakfast.”

"Wanting to binge means: Stop, slow down, be curious about why food seems to be the answer to..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:14:47 -0400

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Wanting to binge means: Stop, slow down, be curious about why food
seems to be the answer to everything. Wanting to binge is a way to get
your own attention. When you want to binge, it’s as if you were
jumping up and down with a banner that says, “I need you to notice me
now!”

So go ahead. Notice yourself. Be kind. Be tender. Be curious. You’ll
be surprised at what happens.

Trust me—it’ll be good.)

Three-Minute Warning
The next time you want to succumb to binge eating, tell yourself that
you’re going to take 3 minutes—only 3—to be with yourself before you
eat. Then, sit down, breathe a few times, and with as much kindness as
you can muster, ask yourself gently what is going on. What do you
need? Whom do you need it from? What would be the kindest thing you
could do for yourself now?

If you still want to eat after you’ve done this, notice how the food
tastes in your mouth. Notice how you feel after you’ve eaten. Ask
yourself if eating felt kind.

”

- “Why am I eating this?” by Geneen Roth (via fitterandfitter)

"For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:13:51 -0400

““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 (via itscreative)

"You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won’t discover this until you are..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:12:48 -0400

““You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won’t discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall of shaming and caging and fearing yourself. (p. 84)””

- ― Geneen Roth, Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything (via vouslalala)

"I ask her to do this not so that she can comfort her “inner child.” I don’t believe in inner..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:12:36 -0400

“I ask her to do this not so that she can comfort her “inner child.” I don’t believe in inner children. I do believe that there are frozen places in ourselves- undiscovered pockets of pain- that need to be recognized and welcomed, so that we can contact that which has never been hurt or wounded or hungry.”

- Geneen Roth,Women, Food and God (via words-that-heal)

"Staying where you are with what you are feeling or seeing or sensing is the first step in ending the..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:12:13 -0400

“Staying where you are with what you are feeling or seeing or sensing is the first step in ending the obsession with food. And although it seems as if ending the obsession is what we all want to do, we actually want to keep it more. And for very good reasons. Obsession gives you something to do besides having your heart shattered by heart-shattering events.”

- Geneen Roth, Women, Food and God (via words-that-heal)

"You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won’t discover this until you are..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:11:52 -0400

“You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won’t discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall of shaming and caging and fearing yourself.”

- Geneen Roth (via spaceherosuit)

timshel: Food

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:11:16 -0400

timshel: Food:

I recently read Geneen Roth’s Women Food and God. It was amazing & I suggest it to anyone who struggles with compulsive eating, emotional eating, or any other obsession that they find themselves going to in difficult times. These were my favorite parts:

“The great thing about being Sisyphus is…

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