Welcome to Breaking Down Patriarchy. I'm Amy McPhee all the best. The other day, I was looking through my YouTube channel, analyzing my videos to see what lighting I liked best. And as I looked at these videos of myself, I'm going to share with you some of the thoughts that went through my head in no particular order.

Oof, what was up with my hair that day? Oh my gosh, do I really have a double chin? I need to remember to hold my head out more. Oh my gosh, I need more makeup in that one. Yikes, I need less makeup in that one. Look at my forehead. Should I do Botox? Oh my gosh, shame on me. I don't believe in Botox. But really, should I get Botox? That scar is more noticeable than I thought. Should I get

plastic surgery to get that fixed? I'm proud of that scar. It tells a story and I'm ashamed that

even thought about plastic surgery. Okay, that's the tip of the iceberg. Those are just a fraction

of all of the things that went through my head as I was just trying to look at the lighting of the

videos. I was scrutinizing every

detail of my image. This is still a really massive struggle for me and I think I might be

living with that probably for my entire life. However, when I catch myself in this swirling

vortex of self-criticism, I do have a few tools that I use to

snap myself out of it. And those incredibly effective tools are from a book that I talked about

on season two of the podcast called More Than a Body. Your Body is an instrument, not an ornament,

by Dr. Lexi and Lindsay Kite. I interviewed Lindsay Kite in season two, and I've always

wanted to revisit the book to discuss some of the other critically important points that we

didn't have time to get to in that episode. So I am super excited to do that today with the other

author of More Than a Body, Dr. Lexi Kite. Hi, Lexi. Hi, Amy. I'm such a big fan and so happy to be here. Oh, I'm such a

big fan of you and so happy that you're here with me too. I'm really excited for this always

relevant conversation. Dr. Lexi and Lindsay Kite are identical twins, co-authors of two books,

more than a body, and the official workbook for More Than a Body,

and they are co-directors of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined. They both received PhDs from the

University of Utah in the study of female body image and have become leading experts in

body image resilience and media literacy. Authors of numerous studies and books have cited their

original research,

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