While we all understand the importance of eating healthy, exercising and dieting, very few realize that changing our self-image is just as important to leading a healthy lifestyle. How you think and feel about yourself goes a long way to bringing happiness and success into your life and in order to change your self-image - just as you give your body a workout - you need to give your mind a work-out too. The first step you need to take is to determine what exactly it is you...

Occasionally I have an identity crisis. I think that's good. From time to time I have to ask myself questions like: Who am I? What am I doing? Do I like doing it? Am I good at it? Will it help the world? and How does the world know I'm doing it?

Have you ever seen a picture of someone who has had anorexia for a long time? The image usually reflects someone who is really just skin and bones, yet continues to starve him or herself. To someone who has never had anorexia, it is hard to look at such an image and comprehend how the person who is in the picture looks in the mirror and sees a fat person who still needs to lose weight. Without understanding the psychological aspects of anorexia, it is impossible for so...

Hi Teens: If we were to do a survey that asked how many of us feel happy with our bodies, what percentage do you think would answer, ?I am happy with how my body looks?? Research done about body image shows that women are much more critical of their appearance than men. They are much less likely to like what they see in the mirror. Eight out of ten women will be dissatisfied with their reflection, and more than half may see a distorted image.* Young women need more self...

Sometimes we feel we?re ?stuck? in life, and maybe even feel a little confused about what we really want to do in life. It isn?t impossible to figure it out, and one way of accomplishing this is by interpreting our dreams.

One of the main reasons we don't ever seem to actually achieve many of our goals is that we may have more than a few false and negative beliefs. About ourselves and the world. A false belief may be the common thoughts of: "I am not good enough", "I don?t deserve it....", "I always fail...." or "There isn't enough prosperity to go around...." Most of the time these beliefs are based not in reality, but on false assumptions and a low self-image. We always feel inside, act and ...

Were you aware that people are likely to make decisions about you more by how you look than what you say? This article talks in depth about body image and how it can influence your business and personal success.

How you see yourself upon the inside, i.e. yourself image, will affect your self-esteem of the degree that this self-image differs from your ideals. The way in which you image yourself involves thinking and believing and is sometimes termed the self concept. Exactly how you communicate to your nervous system how you would look, how you would feel, the kind of self talk that will go on between your ears, doing this with consistent vivid detail, and you'll find that your sel...

It?s surprising how much people ask for what they don?t want rather than what they do want. It?s seems counterintuitive, but it?s the way we are. Most of us don?t even realize that we?re doing it. To explain what I mean, consider the way your mind works. When you see or hear something, your mind deals with images, pictures in your mind. You are able to think about something even if you don?t know the word for it (?You know, the little round things on the bottom of fishing ...

There are many different techniques you can use to tap into the amazing power of your thoughts. I have here for you a simple visualization exercise which becomes extremely powerful when you master it. Visualization basically means to sustain an idea or image in our mind of what we want to create for a few minutes everyday. A good example can be that sports persons today use visualization just before they compete. They envision themselves successful in whatever sport it is ...