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Breaking Free from Emotional Eating by Geneen Roth — WisdomDeck honest review
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Breaking Free from Emotional Eating

by Geneen Roth

Roth's early, practical book on eating for comfort: eating guidelines (eat when hungry, sitting, without distraction), and work on the feelings underneath. Simpler than her later books.

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Read it if…

you eat when you are not hungry and want practical rules plus insight.

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Skip it if…

you want the spiritual depth of Women Food and God.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Eat when hungry, stop when satisfied.
  2. Sit, slow, no distraction.
  3. Feel the feeling instead.

Do this first

Follow the eating guidelines for one week.

Our verdict

Practical and early.

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