#88: Why "the Perfect Body" & Winning Fitness Competitions Won't Make You Happy with Sarah Vance, Body Image Coach

Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS

Health, Food, Bodypositive, Antidiet, Recovery, Fat, Dietculture, Weight, Eating, Positivity, Intuitive, Diet, Nutrition, Psychology, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Body

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🗓️ 23 January 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Body image coach and registered nurse Sarah Vance shares how competitive bodybuilding triggered a disordered relationship with food and fitness, why getting praise for her looks and "healthy lifestyle" only led to unhappiness and pain, how she finally made peace with food and her body, why she now takes a Health at Every Size approach in her nursing practice, why body positivity is really a social justice movement, and lots more!

Sarah is a body image coach, host of the Reclaiming You Podcast, and founder of the Breaking Boundaries program. Through her writing, speaking, or personalized one on one coaching - she helps women all over the world ditch the diet mentality, body-hate, perfection, and self doubt while helping them cultivate a positive body image, self-love, and confidence to show up in the world as their most authentic self while knowing that who they are is enough. Find her online at SarahVance.com, and grab your free taste of freedom HERE.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Food Psych, a podcast about intuitive eating, body positivity, and health at every
0:06.2	size.
0:07.2	I'm your host, Kristi Harrison, and I'm a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified
0:11.2	intuitive eating counselor, specializing in weight-inclusive wellness.
0:15.3	Join me as I talk with interesting people from all walks of life about their relationships
0:19.3	with food.
0:21.3	Hey there, welcome to episode 88.
0:38.3	I'm Kristi Harrison, your host, and I am so excited to share today's episode with you.
0:43.2	It's with Sarah Vance, a body image coach, and a health at every size registered nurse.
0:48.4	She also has a blog where she shares a lot of ideas and thoughts about body positivity
0:52.4	and social justice.
0:54.5	On today's episode, she shares her history with food and her body, including an upbringing
0:59.6	with bodybuilder parents and how she got into competitive bodybuilding and ultimately went
1:05.4	down the path of disordered eating and body hatred and how she came out of that, healed
1:09.6	her relationship with food and her body.
1:11.8	We also get into a lot around social justice in the body positive movement and some of
1:16.8	the important conversations that really need to be had in this movement as it becomes
1:21.1	more and more mainstream.
1:22.9	So I can't wait to share all of that with you in just a moment.
1:26.0	First, I want to let you know about a couple of resources for improving your relationship
1:30.0	with food.
1:31.0	The first is my new Facebook group for the podcast.
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