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Self-acceptance.
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Roth, Geneen.
Self-realization in women.
Self-acceptance.
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This messy magnificent life : a field guide / Geneen Roth ; with an introduction by Anne Lamott.
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Roth, Geneen.
Scribner, 2018.
Call #:
158
.1082
R845t
Subjects
Self-realization in women.
Self-acceptance.
ISBN:
9781501182464 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Messy magnificent life : a field guide
Description:
xv, 202 pages ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Introduction / by Anne Lamott -- Prologue: Dropping the Me Project -- Part one: Around the table -- Manna -- The last bite -- Lasting weight loss -- Heavenly bodies -- If I were Gloria Steinem -- The Red String Project -- In the end -- Part two: Through the mind -- Zen mind, puppy mind -- Be kind to the ghost children -- Hoodwinked by suffering -- The four-month virus -- Hummingbirds on my fingers -- Crushed starts -- What remains -- Part three: Into the sublime -- A big quiet -- The breaths I have left -- Waiting for the apocalypse -- What isn't wrong -- The blue vest -- Not minding what happens -- Snorkeling in the night sky -- Epilogue: Stop waiting to be ready -- Last words: Touchstones for breaking the trance.
Summary:
"How women can find peace, make wise choices, practice everyday joy, and step into their power, from the author of Women Food and God. From the beginning, Geneen Roth was told she was too sensitive, too emotional, too curious, too demanding, too intense, and too big. 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. When her struggle with food ended - and didn't change anything except the size of her thighs - she kept trying to fix other broken parts of herself with therapy, intensive meditation retreats, and rigorous spiritual practices. Yet it was only when Geneen stopped trying to change or fix herself, that she was at last able to feel at home in her mind, body, and life. She shares the wisdom of giving up what she calls "the Me Project," and finding the freedom, peace and power that await us just beyond it. She explores the personal beliefs, hidden traumas, and social pressures that shape not just women's feelings about their bodies, but also their confidence, choices, and relationships. A provocative look at the imperfect path women take to step into their own power, presence, and ownership, based on the author's personal journey and her decades of work with thousands of women around the country. Roth embraces everyone's unique and often unsung potential and shows us how to be open, curious, and kind with ourselves; how to say no to people and ideas that hold us back; how to let go of grudges and anxieties; how to pick ourselves up after setbacks; how to say a resounding yes to the world; how to move from fixing ourselves to finding ourselves; how to find joy in the ordinary; and how to experience the extraordinary right here and now in our bodies. Geneen Roth is the author of When Food Is Love and The Craggy Hole in My Heart and the Cat Who Fixed It. She lives in California. Visit her website at GeneenRoth.com"--Provided by publisher.
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