LEAVING LARGE! Workshop by former Food Addict Michelle Petties
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED to a date TBD!
Join us for this unique Talk and Writing Workshop about food, eating, and hunger!
About the Workshop:-
In this 80-minute interactive talk and writing workshop, author Michelle Petties will teach you her process for unpacking, uncovering, and processing limiting beliefs around food, eating, and hunger. Register for this free workshop and learn how to access your Food Stories to change what you believe about food, yourself, and others. You will learn how to create new, empowering associations and make mental shifts that lead to lasting weight loss success.
About the Author, Michelle Petties:-
After four decades of gaining and losing 700 plus pounds, Michelle Petties finally discovered the “secret” to ending the battle between her mind, body, and hunger -- her Food Stories. An author, speaker, Food Story Finder, experiential eating expert, and recovering food addict. Michelle’s first book, Leaving Large – The Stories of a Food Addict, chronicles a lifetime of eating for all the wrong reasons. By unlocking her own unique Food Stories, Michelle debunked long-held misconceptions and misconnections about the purpose of eating. Armed with these insights, Michelle now teaches others how to find their own food truths.
- Date:
- Saturday, March 11, 2023
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Hull Street Meeting Room
- Categories:
- Author Visit Book Discussion Lectures & Talks Life & Job Skills
Meldon Jenkins-Jones is the Richmond Public Library / Community Services Manager at Hull Street Branch Library.
Meldon also chairs the Get Lit Advisory Committee which supports the Richmond Public Library Get Lit Reading Initiatives including the Black Male Emergent Readers (BMER) program and the Lit Chicks Read book clubs.
Meldon is a graduate of the Leadership Metro Richmond Class of 2022. She was the first recipient of the Virginia Library Association (VLA) Librarians of Color Forum Award in 2021 and is an active member of VLA. She presented “Libraries Bringing Community Together” at the 2023 VLA Annual Conference.
In 2011, Meldon received her Master of Library and Information Studies from Florida State University. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law—Newark and practiced law in New Jersey until her retirement in 2003. Meldon received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she studied African American Studies and Russian Civilization.
A Metro Richmond resident, Meldon is the mother of two adult children and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.
