Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything

by Geneen Roth, Geneen Roth (Read by)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781508257325
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication date:	03/06/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Geneen Roth is the author of ten books, including the New York Times bestsellers When Food Is Love, Lost and Found, and Women Food and God, as well as The Craggy Hole in My Heart and the Cat Who Fixed It. She has been speaking, teaching groundbreaking workshops, and offering retreats for over thirty years and has appeared on numerous national shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, 20/20, the Today show, Good Morning America, and The View. For more information about her work, please visit GeneenRoth.com



Geneen Roth is the author of ten books, including the New York Times bestsellers When Food Is Love, Lost and Found, and Women Food and God, as well as The Craggy Hole in My Heart and the Cat Who Fixed It. She has been speaking, teaching groundbreaking workshops, and offering retreats for over thirty years and has appeared on numerous national shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, 20/20, the Today show, Good Morning America, and The View. For more information about her work, please visit GeneenRoth.com

Table of Contents

Prologue: The World on Our Plates 1

Part 1 Principles

Chapter 1 About God21

Chapter 2 Ending the War 27

Chapter 3 Never Underestimate the Inclination to Bolt 35

Chapter 4 It's Not About the Weight but It's Not Not About the Weight 49

Chapter 5 Beyond What's Broken 63

Chapter 6 Reteaching Loveliness 77

Part 2 Practices

Chapter 7 Tigers in the Mind 89

Chapter 8 Married to Amazement 107

Chapter 9 Breath by Breath 119

Chapter 10 The GPS from the Twilight Zone 127

Part 3 Eating

Chapter 11 Those Who Have Fun and Those Who Don't 145

Chapter 12 If Love Could Speak 161

Chapter 13 Being Hot Fudge Sundaes 171

Chapter 14 The "Oh Shit" Mantra 183

Epilogue: Last Words 195

Acknowledgments 203

Addendum

Beginning Inquiry 207

The Eating Guidelines 211

Editorial Reviews

While "God" is in the title of this latest work by best-selling author Roth (When Food Is Love), she touches only lightly on religion, focusing instead on why some people use food to mask their emotions. Overeating numbs feelings and erases unpleasant life experiences, Roth says; eating ends up being about bloating and indigestion, not about enjoying food. Through a series of inquiries, Roth helps overeaters find the underlying reasons for using food as an emotional buffer. Roth also provides seven basic guidelines for eating (which do not include counting calories) and other therapeutic self-help tools. Whether the trap is eating brownies or shopping in excess, Roth's advice could be applied to any addiction. VERDICT This is an excellent book for anyone tired of quick-fix diets. Having experienced the ups and downs of emotional eating herself, Roth offers readers genuine and heartfelt advice. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 11/1/09.]—Phyllis Goodman, West Chester P.L., OH

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