Healing Your Relationship with Food and Your Body with Geneen Roth

Published: July 18, 2018, 8 a.m.

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Geneen Roth is a bestselling author, international speaker, and one of JJ\'s long-time personal sheroes! She joins JJ today to talk about how to heal your relationship with food and live your life to the fullest. Listen as Geneen explains the steps you need to take to break free from emotional eating and achieve permanent weight loss, including why it\'s important to listen to your body and create personal boundaries for yourself. Don\'t wait until your life is "in order" to make a change \\u2013 life is messy, and Geneen shares how that messiness can be used as a doorway to magnificence!

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Freebies From Today\\u2019s Episode

Get Geneen Roth\\u2019s free guide, The Breaths I Have Left, by going to JJVirgin.com/Geneen

(plus a free Women, Weight, and Power class with the purchase of Geneen\\u2019s book, This Messy, Magnificent Life)

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Main Points From Today\\u2019s Episode

  1. Don\'t wait until your life is "in order" to live fully. Messiness is a part of life, and it can be used as a doorway to the magnificence.
  2. It\'s important to understand how your weight is serving you on an emotional level. Knowing that helps you make the shift toward healthy eating patterns.
  3. The Red String Project is a powerful exercise that Geneen uses at her retreats. It helps women overcome shame that has been internalized and create their own personal boundaries.

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Episode Play-By-Play

[2:18] Geneen Roth\\u2019s career briefing

[3:18] JJ first discovered Geneen\\u2019s work with the release of her book, When Food Is Love.

[4:03] The premise of Geneen\\u2019s new book, This Messy Magnificent Life

[6:31] Geneen\\u2019s method to helping you change your life starts with listening to your body.

[7:50] What to do about the \\u201ccrazy aunt in the attic\\u201d (the self-critical voice in your head)

[10:56] Geneen\\u2019s open secret to permanent weight loss

[11:40] It\\u2019s important to understand how your weight is serving you on an emotional level.

[13:32] How do you shift from eating to feed your emotions to eating to fuel your body?

[15:48] It\\u2019s helpful to ask yourself what you\\u2019re eating for.

[16:44] Retreats with Geneen

[17:28] The Red String Project: a powerful exercise in creating boundaries

[20:04] Geneen\\u2019s free gift for the audience: how to live fully with no regrets

[23:26] The true cause of weight gain is not calories, it\\u2019s food intolerance! Check out The Virgin Diet to discover the sneaky 7 foods that are holding your weight and your health hostage.

[24:21] Listener\\u2019s question: I\\u2019m great during the day, but my evil twin comes out at night, and I want to eat everything in sight. What should I do?

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Mentioned in this episode:

JJVirgin.com/Geneen

The Virgin Diet

JJVirgin.com

JJ Virgin Challenge

JJ Virgin on Facebook

JJ Virgin on Instagram

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