"I felt embarrassed and sad when I saw myself in the mirror or in photographs."

"All of my life I've struggled with being proud of my body."

"I felt lost, desperate, angry, devastated, ashamed."

These are just a few of the things women said when they were asked how they felt about their bodies. Then, a team of photographers took them through a project that would revolutionize the way they saw their bodies.

Combining a "Body Love Workbook" with a photo-shoot, this project was designed to unlock women's inner confidence in themselves.

"One of the things that's most difficult to overcome about negative body image is the idea that it is nearly impossible to change it without first changing your body," says Jen Hecht, creator of the project. "Body image is often rooted in very old experiences from our youths, and it can be daunting to unravel all those stories if you don't know how. I wanted to find a way to teach women that body image CAN be shifted, and show them how to do it."

The project led women through the process of cathartically reviewing their own personal body image stories, then beginning new relationships with their bodies that were based on love, gratitude, and joy.

Here's what some of the women said afterward:

"It feels like I can finally really breathe."

"I am enough."

"I am beautiful the way I am."

Now, Hecht plans to expand the project and publish the Body Love Workbook. She's running an Indiegogo campaign to fund the publication of the book and is giving away copies as a thank-you to project backers. Her goal is to reach every woman who needs to hear her message of self-love.