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Jess Spinner

Jul 6, 2026

27:40
... and all of those things, they're easy access comparison, right?
27:46
Yes.
27:47
It's al- it's always there.
27:48
It's so easy to just pick up on, on comparing yourself all the time.
27:53
That's part of what's really hard for finding healthy environments, is that sometimes the people at the top really do have a very healthy approach, and they're aware, and they have good intentions.
28:06
But like you said, the, the students are not only comparing to one another in the room, but they're on Instagram and looking at other dancers and comparing other bodies to their own.
28:18
And, uh, sometimes they feed into the unhealthy narrative around food.
31:12
So for dancers that are trying to find balance with food and their body, what tends to get in the way of that practice?

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