Six workshops, titled "How Do I Look? A Mother-Daughter Workshop on Body Image and the Pressure to be Thin, 'Hot,' and Perfect," have been scheduled for this month and next month at local library branches.
The workshops, sponsored by the Horizon Foundation and the Women's Giving Circle of Howard County, will be 90 minutes long, plus a half-hour for a meal provided before the workshop begins.
Lisa Morrel, who worked for the county Health Department and now runs a holistic health business in Baltimore, called Health Integration, will lead the workshops.
The workshop schedule:
Thursday:
Miller branch, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 410-313-1950
Saturday:
Savage branch, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., 410-880-5980
Jan. 30:
East Columbia branch, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 410-313-7700
Feb. 4 :
Elkridge branch, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 410-313-5088
Feb. 6 :
Glenwood branch, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 410-313-5577
Feb. 12 :
central library, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 410-313-7800.
Registration begins two weeks before the event. Call your library branch to register.