Sign up for our newsletters! This may be hard to believe, but as
a doctor I've seen many patients with beautiful, young, so-
called perfect bodies who never listen to them. They are too
worried to know what their bodies are actually saying. They are
too wrapped up in body image and the whole scam about being
perfect. Ironically, their bodies are all in their heads.   Last
week, we applied this to eating. Problems with diet, weight and
body image begin in the mind, but as the body carries out the
bad messages coming from the mind, it begins to mirror those
messages and the beliefs that lie behind them. That's why
supermodels often get no happiness from their physical
"perfection." Indeed, the better their bodies look, the more
obvious it is to them that they don't deserve to have such a
body or that it will betray them.  Let's broaden the topic this
week. What can you do to start listening to your body? The most
basic elements are as follows:  Feel what you feel. Don't talk
yourself into denial.  Accept what yo