06: Geneen Roth – Food, Feelings and Beliefs

“Our relationship to food, money, love is a reflection about the deepest held beliefs about ourselves.”

Episode Summary:

Suicidal, at the bottom of her suffering after 17 years of perpetual dieting, Geneen Roth found the key to overcome compulsive eating. She shares with us the steps she took to establish a healthy relationship with food after gaining and losing over 1000 pounds. Her experience over many years has led her to become a national best-selling author, linking body image and perpetual dieting with deeply spiritual issues.

Some Questions I Ask:

• Is there a first step towards breaking a dieting pattern?
• How can you distance yourself from the voice in your head?
• Why does someone binge?
• How does someone shift a binging pattern within themselves?
• What are the eating guidelines?

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• How your beliefs affect your relationship with food.
• Why your relationship with food is a reflection of your life.
• 4 steps to shift your binging pattern.
• How awareness in your body can help you prevent binging.
• The importance of acknowledging feelings in life and the relationship with food.