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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Geneen Roth, an exploration of the link between dieting, compulsive eating, and emotion, complete with life-changing advice on how to break the binge-diet cycle forever.

There is an end to the anguish of emotional eating-and Geneen Roth has made it her life's…

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1 author picked Breaking Free from Emotional Eating as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book changed my life. Discovering Roth’s wisdom was nothing short of a life raft when I was drowning.

After the birth of my third child, I struggled with very disordered eating. Trapped in an obese body and perpetual cycle of failed dieting attempts, I read and reread this book and slowly began breaking free of my own.

Roth’s common-sense wisdom and understanding of the root causes of emotional eating helped me, for the first time, to begin to understand my own disordered eating patterns. She was integral in helping understand the why behind the behaviours.

And spoiler alert—I wasn’t…

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