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Caring for your body doesn't matter if you don't know why your body matters.

Your Body Matters exists to equip you with a biblical view of the body that impacts how you live.

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Soul & Body

Hi, I’m Lainey Greer. You and I are embodied beings, immaterial and material, men and women who bear God’s image in soul and body. But sometimes, Christians devalue the body to the soul, which comes with consequences. My work provides a biblical view of the body to combat that tendency and help you live like your body matters.

From a theology of the body, to embodiment, body image, and body stewardship, this is the mission behind everything you’ll find on my site.

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YBM is for everyone, no matter where you are in your walk with God or on your journey

to a healthier life. Explore the categories below to find a resource that’s right for you.

YBM Community

Join our community, where we’re learning to honor our bodies together through group forums, live training, and enhanced access to YBM courses and resources.

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Programs

With options for both children and adults, our online programs help individuals, study groups, schools and more learn lasting healthy habits on the foundation of biblical truth.

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Books

Explore Lainey’s published books, which cover a range of culturally relevant and important topics like body image, body stewardship, eating disorders, and biblical body care.

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Free Resources

Enjoy some of our favorite health and habits resources – completely free of charge! You’ll find a range of things to explore here, from articles and podcasts to downloadable lifestyle guides.

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Embodied Care
Workshops

Equip your team with a biblical view of the body in Lainey’s online & in person sessions on a theology of the body, embodiment, body image, & body stewardship.

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Programs

With options for both children and adults, our online programs help individuals, study groups, schools and more learn lasting healthy habits on the foundation of biblical truth.

LEARN MORE

Books

Explore Lainey’s published books, which cover a range of culturally relevant and important topics like body image, body stewardship, eating disorders, and biblical body care.

LEARN MORE

Free Resources

Enjoy some of our favorite health and habits resources – completely free of charge! You’ll find a range of things to explore here, from articles and podcasts to downloadable lifestyle guides.

LEARN MORE
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From gender to body image, ministry burnout to theological concepts, knowing what the bible says about the body is so important. Book Lainey for your next online or in-person workshop or event.

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Try My 8 Week Guided Book Study – FREE

This curriculum thoughtfully combines Lainey’s books, Embodied Holiness: The Biblical Call to Bodily Care and Struggling with Body Image: Seeing What God Sees. In 8 weeks, the study walks through biblical theology, practical application, and reflection points throughout. Encourage both the teens and adults to develop a healthy, God-centered view of their bodies with this curriculum.

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BOOKS

Embodied Holiness

This book considers a variety of arguments to build the case that the body matters to God, a fundamental recognition that drives his children towards embodied holiness as lights in a disembodied, dark world.

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BOOKS

Struggling with Body Image

Body image is an important topic — especially for Christians who believe that God created our bodies. Get Lainey’s book, Struggling with Body Image, to confidently see your body as God does.

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BOOKS

Be Well

Learn how healthy nutrition, sufficient rest, proactive stress management, and proper exercise are all ways to honor God and remain equipped for his service.

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BOOKS

A Teen's Guide to Eating Disorders

If you are currently struggling with an eating disorder, Lainey reassures you that you are not alone. Throughout this minibook, Lainey emphasizes God’s love and care for you. In him, there is hope!

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PROGRAMS

The Bible
& Your Body

Are you prepared to explain a biblical view of the body to your children and grandchildren?

This program is a unique way to teach your loved ones about the body’s value according to God’s Word. It is offered as an online curriculum and a printable workbook, making it applicable in any setting!

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Understand
Healthy

This program will help you understand how to live a healthy lifestyle – no matter your weight, activity level, or limitations. This course can be taken alone or as a member of the YBM Community, where you’ll have access to deeper levels of engagement and discussion.

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Christians believe in a God of created and resurrected bodies, who became embodied to bodily redeem us, and who indwells our bodies to empower us for embodied holy living.

So, we glorify God in our bodies.

1 Corinthians 6:20

Why YBM?

As a follower of Jesus Christ, everything I do on this site revolves around explaining why your body matters. From a theology of the body to embodiment, body image, body stewardship, and ministry burnout, I equip Christians with a biblical and theological understanding of embodiment. My years of education and experience with nutrition, personal training, ministry, and seminary led me towards a clearer understanding of valuing the body through my Christian faith. I hope my work will motivate you to glorify God in your body.

Watch this video for the 10 reasons I started Your Body Matters.

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Reviews

Lainey Greer was a wonderfully encouraging presence in our “Healthy Habits” pastors’ cohort. She combined biblical truth with practical insight, helping us understand why our bodies matter to the Lord and how to steward them well. Her guidance on body image and tangible wellness practices was thoughtful, gracious, and deeply appreciated.

Pastoral Wellness, KBC

Lainey is a gifted teacher whom the Lord has raised up for such a time as this! Her wisdom and insights of theology of the body are a blessing to the church as a whole and have the ability to transform hearts and minds on how we view our bodies, food, and exercise in our daily lives.

Kelly

Christian School Teacher
Thanks for your faithful, prayerful and fruitful work you are doing for Christ and His kingdom by sharing the truth in the word of God and showing the love and compassion of Jesus Christ.

Madhava

Mercy and Grace Ministries in India
I invited Dr. Greer to speak to a group of pastors about a theology of the body. It was clear, compassionate, and immensely helpful not only for knowing how to pastorally help those in our churches who struggle with body image issues, but also for us to be healthy ourselves. I highly recommend her as an expert on this important topic!

Nathan, Executive Director, Chicagoland Baptists

You have so impacted my healing journey from negative body image to seeing an embodied beautiful woman of God! I listened to every podcast!!
My husband and I are absolutely loving Understand Healthy. We can’t thank you enough for all the time and effort you have put into such a great program. We have learned so much already and are enjoying learning more each 3 weeks. I am enjoying the learning side so much and am finding myself wanting to learn even more than I already am.

Robert and Sydney

I had a consultation over a year ago. I just want you to know that God use your work and passion and ministry to help someone approach their forties and the beginnings of aging in a better and healthier way!

Rachel

In our Essentials class at church, we feature your “Be Well” and “Struggling with Body Image” books. I know the folks are blessed by the material and will help them care for others too!

Rick, biblical counselor

Lainey offers an important and biblical understanding of stewarding our bodies in obedience to the Lord. Having come to understand the necessity of body stewardship from both her personal experience and in academica, she gives much needed wisdom not only in being devoted to God in spirit but also in our bodies. Lainey's heart is to help and encourage those who struggle with body image and in caring for our bodies faithfully.

Bryson

I've been so blessed to discover Embodied Holiness. Trying to sort out that intersection has been a huge journey in my life. Thankful for the many resources you have written. Thank you sister!

Jes

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A Woman's Guide to Systematic Theology

Core truths of the faith and why your doctrine matters.

What we believe about God quietly shapes our daily life — our prayer, our worship, our hope. Explore 8 core areas of the Christian faith to answer some of your most foundational questions and live like your doctrine matters. Published with Baker Books and released in 2027.

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