Learn to love your body--for real this time
Women in touch with the wisdom of their bodies are the single greatest
threat to societal systems of domination, oppression, and control. We
are also the greatest possibility to bring healing, peace, and
restoration to our world. --Lauren Geertsen
No matter how much we try to tell ourselves to love our bodies and
accept our flaws, most women can't quite get there. Even though we know
the beauty standard is unrealistic, we secretly feel like it would be so
much easier if our stomach were just a little flatter, or our skin a
little smoother, or a million other little things. As a result, we
sacrifice our health, heritage, sanity, and lives on the altar of
beauty culture. Why is it so hard to feel confident about our bodies, or
even just accept them?
Because willpower alone isn't enough to undo generations of brainwashing
intended to repress women's confidence and power. In The Invisible
Corset, Geertsen carefully illustrates the psychological gaslighting
that leads women to internalize the belief that their appearance makes
them not only unworthy of love, but incapable of fulfilling their actual
destiny. By highlighting each restricting string of the invisible corset
all women wear, Geertsen helps us reclaim our bodies for ourselves,
discovering newfound confidence, power, joy, and pleasure as we do.
You'll explore:
- How the invisible corset cuts you off from your body's wisdom and
nature's intelligence--the true sources of your intuition, pleasure, and
power
- How beauty culture is the most recent form of patriarchal oppression
-- and why women are both responsible and able to free ourselves
- Why the body positivity movement often makes self-criticism even
worse
- The racist history of beauty culture, and how it still perpetuates
racism today
- Journaling prompts, rituals, meditations, and other exercises to help
unravel the toxic beliefs that keep the invisible corset in place
- A variety of practices to help you reconnect with your body--to tune
into your intuition, set healthy boundaries, align with your True Self,
and more
For any woman who is ready to go from struggle, discomfort, control, and
shame to pleasure, confidence, freedom, and soul-fulfilling purpose,
The Invisible Corset is an essential guide.
