Jess Spinner, former pro dancer turned health, wellness and lifestyle coach for dancers, is in the studio this month! She’s the founder of The Whole Dancer - a platform where she seeks to transform the way dancers approach health, body image, and self-worth both inside and outside of the studio.

Jess is a lifelong dancer, but she says her professional career ended partly because of an injury and partly because she never worked through a disordered relationship with food and her body.

In 2009 while she was still dancing, she became one of Whole Foods Market’s first Healthy Eating Specialists trained in Nutritarian Plant Based Nutrition. In 2013, she became a Holistic Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and eventually founded The Whole Dancer.

Through this platform, she’s worked with aspiring and professional dancers around the world as well as retired dancers, adult ballet students, and dance teachers. And she realized something in the process: True success in dance doesn't come from perfection, but from balance, well-being, and self-compassion.

Now, through The Whole Dancer, Jess is empowering dancers to build healthy habits, heal their relationship with food, and finally feel confident in their bodies — without sacrificing their dreams. Check out what she had to say! 

*As a heads up, this episode addresses body image, weight and diet culture, and disordered eating.

• Follow Jess on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewholedancer/
• Learn more about The Whole Dancer: https://www.thewholedancer.com/
• Check out The Whole Dancer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-whole-dancer-helping-you-achieve-a-more/id1523504985
• Follow The Adult Ballet Studio on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@eblosfield91

Music in this episode:

Waltz of the Flowers - Tchaikovsky

Barroom Ballet - Silent Film Light - Kevin MacLeod

Barroom Ballet - Silent Film Light by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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