Growing Up Ugly: How Do You Heal Emotional Scars From Childhood?

How do you learn to feel about yourself when as a child your family and friends told you you were ugly? Whether too tall, too short, too fat, too skinny, too dark, too light, or just plain ugly, whatever your perceived physical defect, the emotional scars become deeply ingrained in your psyche. As adults the childhood negative self images often persist, making healthy personal relationships difficult. Women are often give the early message that if one is not attractive, one is unworthy of love. This leads to insecurity and fears that another, more attractive woman can "take away" a woman's loved one - boyfriend or even husband. This belief about personal attractiveness is at the root of most poor relations between women, the cattiness, gossip, resentment and suspiciousness that prevent women from effectively working together. How do we repair the damage to our sense of self worth? How do we learn to love ourselves no matter what our bodies look like? Energy healer Myeka Bevel guides us through a healing exercise. Later, therapist Howard Williams explains how parents can strengthen a child's self esteem despite the ridicule and teasing from others.