This Messy Magnificent Life

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 realising 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 realised that there was a connection that held her students captive in their unhappiness. With laugh-out-loud humour, compassion and deadly accurate insights, 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.