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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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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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Zoie Harrison

"I still think about what I learned and experienced when I participated in the Body Project years ago. It helped me to honor my body rather than compare it to a socially constructed ideal. I am passionate about helping women experience freedom and peace in their bodies through acceptance and connection with others as a Body Project facilitator and therapist in training."
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Brittany Matus

"The body project is a great way to talk about what we all go through in a safe space. While there were some things I felt I didn’t relate to, I felt comfortable talking about the things that spoke to me. The body project is a great way to find that you are not alone, that your feelings are valid, and that there are other women who are willing to support you and help you feel good about who you are."
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