864. Geneen Roth: Why Food, Weight + Self-Worth Are Deeply Connected

About this episode

Geneen Roth discusses the deep connections between food, weight, and self-worth, exploring emotional eating and the beliefs formed in childhood.

What if your relationship with food isn’t about willpower—but about the beliefs you formed before age seven? In this episode, New York Times bestselling author Geneen Roth joins Krista to unpack emotional eating, body image, and the hidden hunger driving so many women’s struggles. Geneen shares how decades of dieting, extreme thinness, and chasing the “perfect body” never fixed the deeper hunger. From the mother wound to diet culture, this conversation reveals why food often becomes a stand-in for love, safety, and validation. If you’ve ever thought “I’ll be happy when I lose the weight,” this episode reframes everything. This is a powerful conversation on emotional eating, self-worth, and how to finally feel full—beyond food, beyond the scale, and beyond the voice telling you you’re not enough. We also talk about: Why intuitive eating doesn’t work without an “inner adult” The psychology behind emotional eating + stress cravings GLP-1s, Ozempic, and what happens when food noise disappears Diet culture, body positivity, and the return of extreme thinness Childhood beliefs that secretly drive adult behaviors around food Why losing weight doesn’t automatically create happiness or…

People in this episode

Hosts: Krista Williams, Lindsey Simcik

Guest: Geneen Roth

Topics covered

• emotional eating
• self-worth
• body image
• diet culture
• intuitive eating
• childhood beliefs
• healing

Keywords

• emotional eating
• self-worth
• body image
• diet culture
• intuitive eating
• childhood beliefs
• healing
• GLP-1s
• Ozempic
• Love, Finally

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, diet culture, body positivity

Products: GLP-1s, Ozempic

Books & works: Love, Finally

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