Body Image - That's a tough one for a lot of us.  It's not something talked about openly, very often, but a lot of the people I work with seem to be challenged by it, and daily.  I've struggled with my own body image over the years as have most of my friends.  As a teenager, looking through fashion magazines constantly (wanting to be cool, fashionable and popular), I compared myself to the models on those pages, dressed beautifully & styled to the nines.  The comparisons killed me.  You see, I've always been my own worst critic.  Self criticism and loathing get to the heart of the matter.  That internal critic (along with a little external reinforcement - peer pressure, magazines etc.) led me to an eating disorder, hospitalization and a life unmanageable, all by the tender age of 15...