Dangerous Beauty?
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com I often ask myself if I’m wrong to talk about beauty as much as I do. I know that the question of beauty is a contentious one. If beauty is used to make women feel like they don’t measure up, then maybe the whole idea of beauty should be […]
Why You Should Stop Comparing Yourself To Others (And How To Do It)
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com Back somewhere in the mid-2000’s, I was a bridesmaid in a friend’s wedding. The dress that we collectively chose was rather nice– it was midnight blue and sleeveless and came with a rather lovely wrap. (This was long before I had embraced the beauty of sleevelessness, but I digress.) The bride […]
Chatting With Anna Guest-Jelley Of Curvy Yoga!
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com If you haven’t heard of Anna Guest-Jelley, founder of Curvy Yoga, then you are missing out. She’s a wonderful teacher and now author of Permission To Curve: Inspiring Poses For Curvy Yogis & Their Teachers. Check out my chat with this inspiring woman below! Golda: Tell me a little about your […]
Chatting With Lisa of TLC’s Big Brooklyn Style & Lee Lee’s Valise!
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com I’ll never forget the first day I walked into Lee Lee’s Valise. The store was just beautiful – I loved everything from the gorgeous jewel-toned clothes to the big dressing rooms with velvet damask curtains. And, of course, there was Lisa Dolan, the store owner, who made me feel […]
Speaking
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com GOLDA PORETSKY, H.H.C. 44 E. 32nd Street, 11th Floor New York City, New York 10016 telephone: (347) 559-4259 e-mail: [email protected] web: www.bodylovewellness.com BODY LOVE WELLNESS, President (2007-present), dedicated to empowering women and men to create optimum health and well-being regardless of size. Through simple lifestyle changes, we support our clients in […]
Why Mayor Bloomberg’s Ban On Big Soda Is Stupid
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com Last Thursday, I appeared on Jane Velez-Mitchell’s show on HLN to talk about the public policy hullabaloo of the moment. My sleepy little hometown of NYC made the news when our Mayor for life, Michael Bloomberg, had another brilliant idea for the public shaming of fat people public health — outlawing […]
Fat Or Just “Temporarily Embarrassed” Thin People?
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com This quote makes an interesting point about how the way people perceive themselves affects everything from their political views, to their choices about what is best for them. Those of us in the fat acceptance community often confront the difficulty of getting fellow fat folks to accept a fat […]
Fat Pride Is For Everyone, Even You (Yes, You!)
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com If you haven’t been privy to the awesome images coming from Marilyn Wann and the STANDards campaign, you need to check it out now. It’s okay, go ahead. I’ll wait! Glad you’re back! As you scrolled through the images, maybe you noticed that the people taking a stand for kids […]
And The Winners Are . . .
News Dudes, you really did amazing jobs creating boards for the Beautiful Body Love Pinterest Contest. I’m so impressed with all of the entries and it was really fun going through them and checking out what you pinned from here and other awesome sites. As you can imagine, it was really, really hard to pick […]
Eating Like A Goddess
News by Golda Poretsky, H.H.C. www.bodylovewellness.com (Note from Golda: This post first appeared on the lovely blog, Roots of She, and may be familiar to many of you. I hope you dig it!) Nearly every woman I know has a screwed up relationship with food. I think the way to heal this is not more of […]