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Women's Services and Resources

The Body Project

Mission

Empower BYU women with the tools to combat society’s unrealistic appearance ideal and embrace all the wonderful aspects of themselves and others and focus on reaching their full potential while at BYU and throughout their lives.

Vision

BYU women will resist cultural pressures to adhere to the appearance ideal in their daily lives and increase their confidence and body satisfaction.

Come participate in The Body Project — a group of students working together to decrease adherence to the appearance ideal and increase body acceptance!

THE BODY PROJECT is a fun and interactive program designed to empower women to challenge unrealistic cultural messages about the ideal appearance and develop healthy body acceptance. Participants will have the opportunity to critique the appearance ideal through verbal, written, and behavioral exercises.

Through these exercises, women learn the costs of pursuing appearance ideals, ways to combat them, and the basics of body activism. Participants will leave this training with skills to promote body acceptance of diverse body shapes and sizes, counter negative appearance talk in their daily lives, and embrace all of the wonderful non-appearance-related aspects of themselves and others.

Participation requires a commitment to attend two, two-hour sessions led by peer leaders in a comfortable environment. Sign up for The Body Project Here:

Sign Up for the Body Project
Meet Our Peer Leaders!
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Lindsey Clark

"The Body Project was an experience that helped me cultivate gratitude for my body. Most women struggle to some degree with body image concerns, and I've had countless conversations with others about how to be more confident in my appearance. This experience, however, was special because it shifted my focus from what my body looks like to what it does for me and others. My body allows me to speak kind words, show love to others, lend a helping hand, learn new skills, and become better. Pursuing an ideal body type does nothing for my character and, in the long run, won't result in real, lasting confidence. On the other hand, pursuing physical, spiritual, and emotional wellness strengthens me and gives me tools to help others see their potential as children of God capable of amazing things."
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Hannah Whiting

“It is so empowering to be able to discuss ways to overcome the appearance ideal with peers and to discover most people think the same way you do. The Body Project allowed me to feel like I wasn’t alone.”
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Talise Hirschi 

The Body Project was a wonderful experience that helped identify the unrealistic standards we hold ourselves and our bodies to and gave me steps to change the way I think and talk about my body and societal expectations for beauty.
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