Golda Poretsky, HHC

This weekend, six amazing speakers joined me for the Body Positive Dating Master Class.

We talked about everything from how to find partners who understand body acceptance, to how to improve your sex life, to […]

Guys, I didn’t know it, but I have 4.27 signs of aging hair.

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I didn’t know that aging hair was even a problem until now! I mean, I’ve been going gray since my late twenties, and my hair isn’t as […]

We often get the message that being attractive means making big changes to our appearance. So this week, I want to share 9 deceptively simple things that you can do to feel more attractive TODAY (no diet pills or […]

One of the many things that I dislike about diets is that they’re so all-consuming.

Personally, I think that dieters need to think and talk about their diets all the time because it’s really not a natural thing […]

Those of you who read my posts often know that I’m kind of a comedy nerd. Even though I often find Apatow movies somewhat sexist, I still watch them to see some of my favorite comedic actors doing their thing. And […]

It started even before New Year’s.

The onslaught of ads and messaging telling you that the fun was over. Eating for pleasure, partying, etc. You had done too much. You passed the limit. And now it is time to […]

Virgie Tovar is a fierce fatty to be reckoned with.  And her new book, Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls On Life, Love & Fashion, is truly wonderful.  If you want to read something that will literally make you laugh, […]

A few weeks ago I gave you 5 tips for surviving the holidays as a non-dieting, body positive person.!–more–

So this week I’d like to suggest some body positive and fat positive gifts for the rad fatty in […]

Why should adults have all the fun of enforced starvation, dehydration, and emotional abuse on national TV?

Finally, The Biggest Loser, NBC’s heinous, fat-hate juggernaut, is adding kids into this mix. […]

I’m gonna level with you right off the bat — I haven’t just tried henna, I’ve been using it for over a year! And I love, love, love it. It’s a really fabulous way to dye your hair (and cover gray) without using […]

So, pretty much every week, I’m here, writing a post about why loving your body is TOTES AWESOME (as the kids say).

I may be writing about Health At Every Size® or diet industry lies or handling the holidays as […]

In news that you may have missed, a recent study showed that showing women pictures of fat bodies made them like fat bodies more.

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In other words, those images of very thin women that you […]

It seems that every year around this time, I get gazillions of emails from folks who are nervous about the holidays.

Explaining to your family that you don’t want to know the number of calories in pecan pie, […]

A few weeks ago, I found myself at the Queens Center Mall, killing time before my chiropractor appointment.!–more–*

There isn’t all that much for me in this mall. There are no plus sized stores at all, other […]

I never thought I would make it to the Abundia retreat last weekend.

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I never thought LaGuardia airport would open on Thursday. I never thought my plane would be one of the first ones to leave, […]

I’ve been promising to write this post for a while now.

A few months ago, I wrote a post about dealing with negative comments. You gave me some really positive feedback on it, but a number of you raised the […]

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Every once in a while, I get one of those emails that nearly knocks me over.

“I am afraid to give up the dream of being thin. I have good days, where I can accept myself and think I am […]