This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide to Mind, Body, and Soul

Geneen Roth, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller women food and God, explains how to take the journey to find ones 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. Its 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 its 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 ones power and joy. This messy magnificent life explores the personal beliefs, hidden traumas, and social pressures that shape not just womens 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.