In a tiny apartment in the Bronx, my mother, a ten year old, sat patiently stitching and cross-stitching blue thread through fabric, spelling out the word God. Then Bless, then Home. When I look at that needlepoint, I see the girl who created it, the hope that she would have a loving home. […]
I am sitting at the kitchen table enraptured with a bowl of tomato soup. Not just any tomato soup: mine has crushed tomatoes, coconut milk, sea salt, parsley, a dash of coconut oil, and honey. (If you try it at home, blend to a thick consistency, add some thyme, pepper, and cloves.) I look down at the bowl: a nip, not even a spoonful, is left. Although I’m no longer hungry, I still want more. […]
I was twenty-five, dressed in a tiered hippie skirt and sky-blue Capezio leotard when I snuck backstage to meet Joni Mitchell. It was two hours before her Buffalo concert, and Joni’s dressing room was awash in lilies. When she walked in shimmering and golden, I was speechless. […]
Part 122: Some people are passionate about gardening. Some about painting. I used to be passionate about making line drawings. They were funny and pretty fabulous (says she ever so modestly). See below. It is a drawing of my 8×10 Big Sur cabin. Water, the bathroom (er, outhouse) and the refrigerator were all outside. But […]
A mother of an 8-year-old was desperate. “My daughter is gaining weight by the second,” she told me. “I am so afraid that I have passed on my troubles with food to her, and I don’t know whether to remove all candy from the house, take her to a doctor, or put her on a strict diet. Help!” […]
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I remember the years that I believed that once I “handled” my relationship with food, I’d be done.I wouldn’t have to think about it again. And I remember the years that I believed that once I had a glimpse of what many teachers call my“true nature,” I’d be forever awakened. I also remember that I […]
My mother has a name for the elaborate, wrongheaded tales we tell ourselves. She calls them Jack Stories. Here’s the original: One day, Jack had a flat tire on the side of the road. He saw a farmhouse in the distance and started walking toward it to ask if he could use the phone to […]
Geneen’s webinar yesterday was an exhilarating hour, because the questions you asked were profound and heartfelt. Questions about trying and failing, over and over. “How can I trust myself when I never stick to it long enough to see results?” Questions about bingeing, dieting, making ourselves wrong, night eating, and more. And Geneen’s answers were revealing. […]
Blanche, my cat, was my role model. Not only because he swaggered through life as if he deserved treats every three minutes, but because he was endlessly curious about every little (and big) thing. He never assumed he knew what’s behind the philodendron in the hall just because he’s stalked it a thousand times. He […]
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A few weeks ago, Matt and I went out to lunch at a beach restaurant. We ordered oysters. He got his exactly the way they were listed on the menu. I got mine with quite a few exceptions, and then apologized to the waitress for being difficult. She looked at me and said, “You’re not […]
Ever since I first saw pictures and statues of Kuan-Yin, the Buddhist goddess of infinite compassion, I’ve wanted to be like her. Not only is she gorgeous — the kind of woman my 13-year-old nephew would call “a babe” — but she also manages to appear utterly casual while sporting a tiara. And here’s the […]
It is always life affirming, particularly in these times of upheaval, to let the mind rest on goodness, on love. I do this everyday, at the beginning and end. In the morning when I wake up and before I go to sleep, and as you will read, at various moments during the day. Don’t let […]
For many years, I was convinced that by changing my body, I would change my life. Because I was certain that my suffering was due to my size, I believed that when the weight disappeared, it would take old wounds, hurts, and rejections with it. I thought that changing the shape on the outside would alter the feelings on the inside. Silly me. […]
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One of the biggest challenges with ending the suffering with food is the willingness to trust yourself, to trust what you want and need without channeling all your different hungers through what you eat. Click here to listen to Geneen’s in-depth talk now. CLICK HERE […]
