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This Messy Magnificent Life

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 Geneen Roth, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Women Food and God, explains how to take the journey to find one’s own best self in this “beautiful, funny, deeply relevant” (Glennon Doyle) collection of personal reflections.

With an introduction by Anne Lamott, This Messy Magnificent Life is a personal and exhilarating read on freeing ourselves from daily anxiety, lack, and discontent. It’s a deep dive into what lies behind our self-criticism, whether it is about the size of our thighs, the expression of our thoughts, or the shape of our ambitions. And it’s about stopping the search to fix ourselves by realizing that on the other side of the “Me Project” is spaciousness, peace, and the capacity to reclaim one’s power and joy.

This Messy Magnificent Life 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. After years of teaching retreats and workshops on weight, money, and other obsessions, Roth realized that there was a connection that held her students captive in their unhappiness. With laugh-out-loud humor, compassion, and dead-on insight she reveals the paradoxes in our beliefs and shows how to move beyond our past to build lives that reflect our singularity and inherent power. This Messy Magnificent Life is a brilliant, bravura meditation on who we take ourselves to be, what enough means in our gotta-get-more culture, and being at home in our minds and bodies. Eating Disorders Mental Health Personal Development Personal Success Psychology & Mental Health Health Witty
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I loved everything about this book. Loved Geneens honesty about the workings of her mind.Learned some life changing lessons!! A must listen!

Mind blowing

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Geneen I have loved all your books, and this one was no exception. Your warmth, honesty and loveliness shines through your words and makes me feel like maybe underneath I’m not broken, even when I feel like I am, your books bring me back home and I remember that there is hope. Please never stop writing! I pre ordered ‘This Messy Magnificent Life’ for my mum too because I want more people to know what you know. Thank you x x Kirsty x x

A book as real and wonderful as it’s author

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Geneen’s wise words bring me back from the mind chatter over & over. A must read/listen for overthinkers x

Another excellent book

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Another great book from Gineen who writes with such authenticity and from the heart. Dont bother with another diet book - read this instead

A wonderful insightful read

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