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The Invisible Corset : Break Free from Beauty Culture and Embrace Your Radiant Self - Lauren Geertsen

The Invisible Corset

Break Free from Beauty Culture and Embrace Your Radiant Self

By: Lauren Geertsen

Hardcover | 27 April 2021

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Learn to love your body - for real this time.

Nine years old. That’s the average age when a girl puts on her "invisible corset," knowing that going forward, her value is inextricably tied to her appearance.

According to author Lauren Geertsen, the invisible corset is a set of culturally inherited beliefs that make women feel insecure and anxious in their own bodies. "Women discarded their whalebone corsets in the early twentieth century," she writes, "But there remained in place an invisible corset, just as limiting and uncomfortable, with its strings left in the hands of culture to tighten as it pleases." Geertsen teaches that the purpose of the invisible corset was always to keep women trapped: while society once limited women's freedom by saying their place was in the home, it now restricts women with the message that their place is in a beautiful body.

By unraveling the false narratives that keep these invisible corsets in place, Geertsen helps women shift from controlling their bodies as burdens to trusting their bodies as lifelong partners. Unlike other body positivity books, The Invisible Corset isn’t about celebrating your wrinkles or loving your butt-it’s about freeing yourself from a culture that puts so much emphasis on them in the first place. As the corsets come off, women will reclaim their time, money, and confidence so they can courageously do the work their souls came to do.

About the Author

Lauren Geertsen is a body connection coach who helps women overcome body anxiety and heal their relationship with food. After healing her own severe autoimmune disorder, she realized that women must trust their bodies to achieve health and confidence. Her website, empoweredsustenance.com, has supported over 40 million readers with holistic recipes and resources. She resides in Phoenix, Arizona.

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