I will be writing mostly about keys to a healthy and balanced life.
The first key is self acceptance. This key seems obvious and simple yet for some it’s one of the hardest to implement .
We are constantly bombarded with images that state how we should look, talk, dress and even smell. Magazines, movies and commercials determine whats fashionable and therefor accepted. If you don’t look like the guy from the commercial, if you aren’t thin and muscular then you aren’t “normal”. The problem begins when we believe them.
The good news is that you can change your believes, you just need to decide that you no longer want to live your life this way. Start by writing all the good qualities you possess including the physical, you can add items daily. Decide that you are going to accept yourself the way you are, not the way you could or should be.Stop comparing yourself with others, whenever you start comparing just change your thoughts to something else. Finally start acting to change what it’s you want(slimming etc), not from a place of needer’s but from a place of wealth.
After a while you will begin to notice a change in the people around you they will seem nicer and more accepting, it’s because you have changed. Remember if god wanted you to be perfect he would created you perfect, you are already perfect the way you are. Here is another great technique to accept yourself

Author's Bio: 

shimon farber is the creator of the superenlightme blog . he read dozens of self help books and he shares his insights and thoughts on his blog.