The Invisible Corset

“For years, I fought my body and struggled with all the things it wasn’t. I had a story in my head that if only I were a certain size or looked a certain way or had certain hair . . . then I would be happy. It wasn’t until I shifted that filter, and realized I could be happy and at peace in my body just as it was, that everything changed. I made peace and made friends with my body, and all the physical shifts happened by default. But they were not the most important change. I felt calm in my skin, and that was priceless. In this book, Lauren beautifully explains the ways that culture gives us a false narrative of beauty with an unattainable standard, and gently guides you to finding peace.” ―Katie Wells, CTNC, MCHC, founder of wellnessmama.com

“Lauren is a provocateur in all the right ways. In The Invisible Corset, she exposes beauty culture and the body positive movement in a whole new light that will surprise, challenge, and ultimately empower women of all walks of life. Finally, she leaves women with tangible ways to delight in their true, enduring beauty within.” ―Genevieve Howland, founder of mamanatural.com and author of The Mama Natural Week-by-Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth

“For every woman who has felt inadequate and that she hasn’t measured up to society’s arbitrary standards of beauty and size, Lauren Geertsen has written a powerful treatise on how to reclaim your just right to love the body you were given. She beautifully explores the powerful reaction to external control that is experienced by those who have developed a healthy ego. Beauty culture, as part of diet culture, attempts to control by telling us how to look and what to eat to attain this look. Rather than submitting to this control, the response is to defy the diet by breaking its rules. Unfortunately, the end result is to feel shame and despair by this ‘failure,’ rather than celebrating the rebellion displayed by your inner strength and autonomy. By looking at beauty culture as an oppressive social system, Geertsen joins the ranks of all those who are striving to change the world by creating social justice. The Invisible Corset will teach you to trust your inner wisdom and help you heal your relationship to your body. It will give you the grace and ease that come with rejecting beauty and diet culture and owning your right to self-love.” ―Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, Fiaedp, FADA, FAND, nutrition therapist, author of The Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens, and coauthor of Intuitive Eating and The Intuitive Eating Workbook

“This is a great book that unpacks important issues, including the toxic beauty industry! Definitely recommend that you read it!” ―Jennifer Rollin, MSW, LCSW-C, clinical psychotherapist and eating disorder specialist