Rivka Simmons

Rivka Simmons is an experienced educator, psychotherapist, and public speaker. In 1999 she founded Have Your Cake and Eat It Too! A Gentle Approach to Food, Your Body, and Yourself, a program that has helped hundreds of people develop a peaceful relationship to food, a positive relationship with their bodies, and a compassionate relationship with themselves. She has served on the faculty of the Cambridge Center for Adult Education since 2000 and offers lectures and workshops at universities, hospitals, high schools, and adult education centers including the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard University.

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