Beauty Redefined

My daughter Logan (10) was 5 years old when our book debuted. (Swipe to see my sweet baby back then). As you see in the last pic, I now have THREE (!!!) daughters raised on the messages of this book. Logan memorized our mantra at age 3: “My body is an instrument, not an ornament.” My middle daughter, Lane, also memorized it but prefers to invert it for a laugh — “No, I’m an ornament, not an instrument!!” They call out sexism in media and our culture the second they see it: “Mom, why are there no girls talking in this?” “Look! Baby shark gets to be plain but his sister has to be decorated with makeup, lashes, and a necklace!” “Our bodies are good just the way they are!” And on and on. They will inevitably eventually face body image struggles, but they won’t be able to build their resilience to this objectifying world without it. Growth comes through discomfort. I don’t welcome those struggles, and I’m sure you don’t either, but we can help equip them with the tools they need to thrive and feel empowered in their bodies as they grow and change. They’re watching us lead the way. In many ways, you can heal your own body image and your inner child by raising your kids to unapologetically inhabit their bodies and see themselves as more than a body to be looked at, fixed, and judged. Raising my girls, who have very similar bodies to me and Lindsay, to be “more than a body” has absolutely healed my little self who needed to see she was perfect as she was. Our book is on sale for $9 dollars on Amazon right now, or you can support a local bookseller. Our companion workbook, “Official Workbook for More Than a Body,” is also an excellent tool to help guide you and others through the daily process of building body image resilience.