I thought that since I just finished this today, I would make a quick post about some highlights from this book.
This book was simple and straightforward. It’s an easy thing to listen to while doing other things. It contains some good reminders (nothing really “rocket- sciencey” or mind blowing here.)
It also asks a bunch of questions at the end and throughout that could be used as journal prompts.
I have to say it would serve as a good introduction to the concept of self love as it is quite surface level but covers a good amount of factors that play into body image.
Highlights that stuck out to me were:
-Be more aware of when you use body hate and self shaming to connect with other women in the form of putting your body down. For example, clothes shopping and you and your friend picking apart aspects of your appearance: my thighs are too big, etc.
-You can love and accept your body but still work to improve and change it
-Body hate is a mindset that won’t change once you lose weight or get more toned, etc. She argues you must learn to love your body right now.
-She talks about not punishing and listening to your body.
-She challenges you to list all the ways insecurity around your body are holding you back... and that it’s not your actual body- it’s your mindset.
-Comparison is futile and superficial. That we need to remind ourselves that us comparing our looks to that of others is not taking the whole person into account. Others beauty doesn’t diminish our own. To look at it as unique beauty instead.
-She talks about the beauty industry and all the ways images in magazines are not a true reflection of the model even let alone a feasible standard to measure yourself against.
Final thoughts: It’s a bit of a shame she gendered this book because it seemed quite unnecessary. She did not include any studies or data from women, so I feel that these simple concepts could have been gender neutral as it could have applied to any human being that struggles with body hate. I wish that if she was going to delve into specifically body hate issues females or those who identify as female face, then that could have been done. It could have gone into depth and included studies, etc.
Overall I’d say it’s a good overview and reminder of basics of self love in regards to your body for women or anyone!
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