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Sarah Vance (@sarevance) began focusing on the body when she began walking in her parents' footsteps by competitively body-building. After spiraling with restriction, disordered eating and body dysmorphia, she decided she needed to realign her relationship with her body. She created #effyourfitspo and challenges ideas of "health" and "strength" that are simply diet culture with a new name. Now, as a health care professional, she keeps a vigilant eye out for fat-phobia in the health care industry. We covered a lot of ground, but there's always room to share more and ask more. Take a listen and join the conversation with us on instagram! 

"[Body positivity is] becoming more problematic because now fitspo culture and diet companies and diet culture are now co-opting body positivity... then you have a system in a culture that has now utilized something that was in the first place-- body positivity-- that was actually trying to dismantle the system that is now using it."

- Sarah Vance

This Week on the Every Body Podcast:

• Sarah's first exposure to body consciousness with her body-building family. 
• The internalization of body dysmorphia as our bodies naturally change with age and experience.
• How ideas of health are tainted with fat-phobia.
• Sarah's experience with restriction and dieting beginning with her decision to hire a "fitness coach" for competitive  body building. 
• A look at diet culture in "healthism" and fitspo culture.
• The ways increased exposure to social media amplifies fitspo culture.
• How "fitspo" started as a reaction to "thinspo," but still propels diet culture.
• Sarah's #effyourfitspo passion and realigning our priorities toward respecting our bodies.
• How Sarah began identifying as a "health nut" and the challenges with letting that go and rediscovering her relationship with her body.
• The sneaky layers behind diet culture that Sarah had to work through to overcome her disordered eating.
• How Sarah became and advocate for body positivity. 
• The steps Sarah took to step away from her superficial body obsession.
• What it's like being in the health care industry as an advocate for HAES.
• The merits of asking "why" to challenge peoples' biases and stigmas. 
• Our westernized relationship with death and how that feeds into the flawed health and wellness industry.

Additional Resources:

• Sarah's website: www.sarahvance.com
• Sarah's podcast "Reclaiming You": www.sarahvance.com/category/reclaiming-you-podcast-sarah-vance
• Sarah's instagram: @SareVance 
• Facebook
• Patreon

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