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May 2006 Issue
by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
It’s inescapable—in line at the grocery store, on every internet page, and in most TV commercials. It is found in every form of media: Women’s self-image is constantly linked to body-image.
Offering an opposing view, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Susan W. Tanner, LDS Young Women general president, together offer a powerful message on gaining a correct self-image in the new book Modesty, Makeovers, and the Pursuit of Physical Beauty: What Mothers and Daughters Need to Know (Deseret Book, Hardcover, $9.95).
This small gift book, based on General Conference talks, explores the intimate link between body, mind and spirit. It addresses society’s preoccupation with self and the fixation on the physical, and how that becomes “spiritually destructive.” Covering more than just modesty in dress and actions, the book also speaks to the attitudes in a woman or young woman’s heart. It teaches that acceptance and appreciation of our bodies is key, and not the remaking of imperfect parts.
The timely and inspired messages in Modesty, Makeovers, and the Pursuit of Physical Beauty will help women understand that happiness comes from accepting and enhancing their natural attributes, not from enhancing or remaking their bodies after the image of the world.
Modesty, Makeovers, and the Pursuit of Physical Beauty is available at Deseret Book, deseretbook.com, or wherever LDS books are sold.
