More Than A Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament – A Research-Backed Health and Wellness Guide for Empowerment and Confidence

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.

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!

As someone who has always struggled with self image this book was inspiring and eye opening

I needed this at age 12. Finished reading age 52. I screwed my whole life due to my over concern with beauty. Women need to realize being constantly preoccupied with their appearance diminishes or hurts who they can become. I purchased a copy of this gem for both my adult nieces who are raising daughters. Thank you for this.

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!

Came in great condition, and a wonderful read.

Lexie and Lindsay get it. If we are not able to change the objectifying culture in our lifetimes, then we have to do the internal work-back to what we knew to be true when we were born: that our worth is not our appearance. This book helps me understand how to do that. I will probably re-read sections of this book throughout my life to continue doing the work. Or maybe attempt a PhD like Lindsay and Lexie. x-D I would love to know more about how to help our kids who are coming to terms with the culture and what it says about their worth. The book touches on this in a few sections but I would love more on this. For example, my daughter's preschool teachers frequently compliment the girls in their class on how beautiful/cute/pretty they or their dress, hair, bows, etc. are, while the boys witness this. Sending the message to the boys and girls alike that the most important thing about the girls is their appearance. I would love research-based resources to communicate with the teachers on why this is harmful, and realistic ways they can work to adjust their communication. Not everyone is going to read an entire book, though that won't stop me from pitching this one. :)

This is the best book on the subject that I have found so far. Other books on the subject have an angry tone to them, with a lot of blame and shame on society. The authors in this book refreshingly and respectfully recognize society’s tendency towards objectification and explain how to gracefully handle it. They also provide reflection exercises to help women begin to think differently about their body and make choices in clothing and makeup, eating and exercise, that makes sense for them. Every woman will benefit from reading this book. It’s not just for plus-size women or women who struggle with disordered eating. It’s for women who have ever felt ugly, judged, not enough. This book covers it all. 💕

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

This book has been life changing! It has made me realize I had an eating disorder for 5+ years of my life. I am now in therapy and doing so much better. I can't thank this book enough! A must read for everyone!

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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.

I honestly did not realise how much I needed this book. I expected it to just give the same advice that I see in the body positive community like ‘you are beautiful no matter what’, but instead it has provided me with invaluable advice and the truth about my body- that my body is capable of amazing things and that there is so much more to me than the way I look. I loved this book because it provided practical advice for improving your body image that you can use in your daily life and the advice honestly does make a difference. I’d recommend this book to anyone like myself who has always struggled with fixating and obsessing over their appearance. I’m so pleased I read it.