More Than A Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament

I think every person in the world should read this book it’s so good and important. I love it.

I can't even begin to express in words how mind-blowingly powerful, eloquent and truthful this books is. What an incredibly important work Lindsay and Lexi are doing. As a mother of teenage girls, no words can express how pivotal and desperately needed their message is! But not just for women only, MEN NEED TO READ THIS BOOK TOO! EVERYONE needs to read this book! I can imagine a society where all women embodied the principles in this book and our society embraced this ideal and we as women KNEW it was truth. It would just be INCREDIBLE. It's a world where women are powerful, strong, never the victim, confident, sure, healthy and beautiful, NO MATTER HOW WE LOOK. It would be a society without pornography and abuse. It would be a world with compassion for all. This book gives self-esteem back to women. It gives us our bodies back. It allows us to feel worthy and happy no matter how we look. THIS BOOK IS EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING EVERYTHING! Please please keep pushing your message, Lindsay and Lexi and I am about to share it with everyone I know.

This book should be under every Christmas tree if you have a daughter or a granddaughter, a must read!

I am a man, and read this because I know one of the authors, and I am very glad I did. This book is incredibly academic in content yet presents all material so anyone can understand what they are saying. Dr. Kite and Dr. Kite helped me to better understand the influence of others on how I view and respect myself. This work has helped me find greater respect for my wife while helping me better empathize with some many of her problems.Thank you Lindsay and Lexi for helping me be a better man.

Amazing! Recommend for everyone.

this book is actually really good at explaining everything about body disorders and how you see your body! for the price it’s also very sturdy!

Really gratified to read the justified take down of the body-positive movement, which has been another way for us to look at yet more bodies and pass judgement on ourselves. Being defined by our appearances has caused all women to live in a prison with invisible bars. You can’t see it til you’ve seen it, and these sisters will show it to you. The first step in healing your body, food and exercises issues is discovering that you are not a “thing”. Not a thing to be stared at, adored, repulsed by or obsessed over. The sisters will help you dismantle your internal objectification. The next step is to learn how to feel from the inside, and to value your body’s feedback system when making decisions about movement and nourishment. Get off the scale. Get rid of the showy clothes. Go inside yourself and feel from the inside out just how good your incredible body is. Grateful this book was written and hope it gets the traction it deserves. Each of my daughters will get a copy.PS. Our obsession over our appearances is a tool of the patriarchy. It keeps us broke, miserable and impotent in the world. Always chasing the “better version” of ourselves which is somewhere out there in the future. It keeps us eternally dissatisfied with THIS moment, this body, this experience of life as and through a body. Take back your body from the hungry eyes of culture, sisters!

I stumbled upon Lexie’s and Lindsay’s work on Instagram shortly after having to get my gall bladder out, which followed only 4 short months after having my first baby. I had to have an emergency C section so pair that with having another surgery, I felt that my body was a failure. It had failed me giving birth, and it had failed me during the recovery process. I felt defeated. Thankfully Lexie and Lindsays work helped me realize that my body, what it looks like and sometimes how it works (or doesn’t) doesn’t define my worth as a woman and mother.When I knew they were coming out with a book I knew I had to get; it became the first thing on my Christmas wishlist.I am loving the book! They have journal prompts and have created very thought provoking work that has started to help me get out of the slump of being harsh on my body image. I have recommended this book to so many dear friends who have confided in me with similar issues. I highly recommend this!

I highly recommend this book! I highlighted and wrote in my copy and will go back and review sections. For those who are fed up with the diet culture, and question the message society and the media sends us on our appearance and how we should present ourselves, I would recommend this book.

Super

This book has opened my eyes to alot of things objectification, social media influences we have been brainwashed into thinking appearances are the key to happiness. That we must stay on this journey of constantly making our bodies fit into a social acceptable box. New diets new beauty products. So if you are fed up of blaming your self for it being able to live up to today beauty standards read this book it will give you a new perspective then hopefully we can teach the next generation of girls that they are not just ornaments to be looked at they are so much more than that

Bon livre.

This was recommended to me by my therapist who is helping me overcome an eating disorder. This book explains many of the reasons why women feel their worth is linked to their body image.