Dancing With Body Positivity Workshop @ Re/Dress (Brooklyn)
News Immerse yourself in two hours of pure, joyful body positivity! Golda Poretsky and Ragen Chastain are two divas of the Body Positive world who are coming together for one fabulous and rare workshop. In this 2 hour experience we’ll talk about how to live body positive in a body negative world from both a […]
In Honor Of Mother’s Day: Taking A Break From The Guilt/Blame Cycle
News by Golda Poretsky, HHC http://www.bodylovewellness.com Recently, I was interviewed for an article about HAES(SM), and the interviewer asked, “What was your earliest experience with dieting?” I felt a little funny telling her that I did my first diet when I was 4 years old. Even though I include that fact in my bio and I hear […]
TODAY ONLY: Free E-Book Download In Honor Of International No Diet Day!
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com HAPPY INTERNATIONAL NO DIET DAY! All dieting is null and void today, so take a break today from dieting (or a longer one… I’m a big fan of it). In honor of this most important annual holiday, I’m offering you a FREE PDF copy of my book, Stop Dieting Now: […]
Losing Weight To Fit In — Is It Worth It?
News by Golda Poretsky, HHC หน้าเเรก-เทา When you think about the fact that dieting* doesn’t lead to long term weight loss, better health, nor even better self-esteem, what’s really left to recommend dieting?The only thing that dieting really does is allow us to fit in. By dieting, a fat person tells the world “Yes, I […]
Press
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com Golda and Body Love Wellness have appeared in the Psychology Today, The Huffington Post, Time Out New York, Bust Magazine Online, and First For Women! Golda Poretsky in The Huffington Post, January 19, 2010 Body Love Wellness In Time Out NY, August 13 -19, 2009 Golda’s Blog Featured In Bust Magazine […]
Real Women Have Curves, And Don’t Have Curves, And Have A Few Curves, And Whatever
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com Lot’s of very well meaning people, when they find out what I do for a living, say something to the effect of: “Right on! Real women have curves!” I know they mean well. They’re saying that women’s bodies are more curvaceous than the emaciated bodies that are often held […]
Female Empowerment Via The Fat Hatred Paradigm
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com It’s really hard for me to write this post, because I’m writing it about women who, at one time, I saw as figures of female empowerment. I saw them as crusaders for a new kind of female embodiment that combined the goddesshood of 5,000 years ago with the badassness […]
Tell Your Senators To Protect Fat Kids From Bullying Too (Form Letter Included)
News The Safe Schools Improvement Act (SSIA) is a bipartisan bill that was recently introduced to help prevent bullying schools. Though the bill seeks to protect children from bullying due to their actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion, one huge category of children have been excluded– […]
Intuitive Eating And Weight Loss
News by Golda Poretsky, HHC http://www.bodylovewellness.com I want to make something really, really clear. If you’ve been practicing intuitive eating, and it hasn’t resulted in weight loss, it is not your fault and it doesn’t mean that you’re doing it wrong. When I first heard about intuitive eating as an alternative to dieting, I read everything […]
Valentine’s Day Inspiration — Eat Like “Diamond Lil”
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com Lillian “Diamond Lil” Russell is truly a source of inspiration and fatspiration. Back in the 1890′s and early 1900′s, Lillian Russell was uber-famous. She was a celebrated and beloved singer and actress, and a major sex symbol, and the fact that she was known for weighing over 200 pounds did […]