In a world of plastic surgery, photoshop and high-tech visual enhancements it's difficult to be happy with our own imperfections. Body image is easily beaten down by external forces, yet it is created by our internal dialogue. How can we get to that internal dialogue to clean it up so that the competition in the world around us has no power to affect how we feel about ourselves?

When circumstances beyond our control threaten our sense of empowerment it's easy to become stressed and go into limbic functioning. The key to navigating things beyond our control with grace and ease is a function of our prefrontal cortex. So how do we move into that space in the midst of stress?

We easily put credibility into our ability to report what we see. But seeing anything is a subjective experience. It's easier miss pieces of our experience simply because we have not given ourselves permission to see them. What happens when we give ourselves permission?