More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament
- ISBN-10
- 0358229243
- ISBN-13
- 9780358229247
- Category
- Beauty, Personal
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-12-29
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Authors
- Lexie Kite, Lindsay Kite
Description
Drs. Lindsay and Lexie Kite know firsthand how hard filtering out media influence is when it comes to self-image. Both struggled as young women to overcome the expectations of body size and shape, but were able to learn to love, appreciate, and reclaim their own bodies, eventually earning their PhDs in body image resilience. The twin sisters founded the nonprofit Beauty Redefined and have made it their mission to help other women see themselves without societal expectations distorting their self-perception. More than a Body is a self-help book focused on going beyond body positivity, showing how a mindset focused on appearance sets women up for insecurities and self-judgement. In this book, they offer an action plan for readers to combat that mindset, and instead learn how the body can be "an instrument, not an ornament," with practical, actionable steps to take when consuming media, exercising, practicing self-reflection and self-compassion, and finding a purpose in life.
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