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" &amp;quot;Lately I have been looking in the mirror a lot at my body, and noticing all the things I hate about it. I&amp;#039;m usually pretty confident, but whenever I look in the mirror, I&amp;#039;m just disgusted. Why do I feel like this?&amp;quot; \u2014 Ashley, 16, Altamonte Springs, FL  Ashley \u2013 what is not making you feel confident these days? It may not be just what you see in the mirror, my hunch is that something else is going on in your life and it&amp;#039;s just easier to focus on all the physical flaws than to talk about something emotional or face a fear. First thing I&amp;#039;d do is STOP looking at yourself so much in the mirror \u2013 it can definitely become a never ending cycle of grief if we just keep focusing on what we don&amp;#039;t like about our bodies. It&amp;#039;s time to start to focus on what is working for you. Do this exercise: for one week (that&amp;#039;s 7 days) I want you to write down 2 things a day about your body that you like. That&amp;#039;s 14 things (and no, you can&amp;#039;t have our eyes count as 2 things!) \u2013 as difficult as this may be I want you to write down things you are grateful for and like about your body like (my legs for allowing me to walk/run). It will be hard to turn those negative thoughts around \u2013 but after you do this exercise for a week \u2013 I want you to spend another whole week writing down 2 things every day that you like about your PERSONALITY. You have to remember that Ashley is more than her body \u2013 she is her spirit, her passion, her kindness. Ash \u2013 I think you need a bit more practice loving your body and not tearing it down and remembering why you are grateful \u2013 this will help shift your perception of being &amp;#039;disgusting&amp;#039; into begin &amp;#039;dynamic&amp;#039;! Jess Weiner is an author, self-esteem expert, and Seventeen&amp;#039;s new Body Peace adviser. To ask Jess your body-image questions, share your thoughts, or vent your frustrations, leave your comments below or send them here. Jess will answer new questions every week! Learn more about Jess at withjess.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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