Lauren Geertsen is back on the show to celebrate the release of her new book, The Invisible Corset: Break Free from Beauty Culture and Embrace Your Radiant Self. Holly and Lauren discuss how to wade through cultural noise to reconnect to your own intuition.

What’s Covered in Episode 44

  • Lauren’s new book, and her goal to end the cycle of female body hate
  • How cultural expectations make us just as uncomfortable as traditional corsets
  • How Lauren’s healing journey opened her eyes to mass manipulation, including mass manipulation in the beauty industry
  • How marketing and sales tactics in the beauty industry mirror common dynamics of psychological abuse
  • A historical glimpse into ever-shifting beauty trends
  • How to differentiate between your true self and your false self
  • Identifying what beauty routines honor (rather than suffocate!) your true self
  • Why we must look beyond the body positivity movement
  • Healing diets vs. intuitive eating: finding your happy place
  • A powerful tool to make important decisions through the lens of freedom

Relevant Links and Credits

About Lauren Geertsen: LaurenGeertsen is the author of The Invisible Corset: Break Free of Beauty Culture and Embrace Your Radiant Self (https://invisiblecorset.com). As a Body Connection Coach, she helps women heal their relationship with food and body image in her Food without Fear Program (https://foodwithoutfearprogram.com). Her holistic health website, Empowered Sustenance (https://empoweredsustenance.com), has reached over 40 million readers.