Boost Your Self-Esteem - An Interview with Nancy Etcoff, PhD

How to Love That Woman in the Mirror

By Thea Singer
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the January 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Can you really appreciate that image in the mirror? O interviews Nancy Etcoff, PhD, author of Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty.

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