Most of us have been raised against the backdrop of a philosophy of self- and other-measurement. We are always trying to decide if we measure up or if someone else does. Of course, what we are ...

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From the moment we set foot into the world, we are geared to want to be society’s definition of beautiful — long and lean. Our happiness is determined by a scale, one that can’t calculate happiness, ...