Cultivating confidence in your body can be challenging because of various food and body ideals within dance culture. This ultimately drives dancers to unsustainable habits around food and an overall lack of confidence at mealtimes. A healthy weight supports the physical demands of dance while balancing metabolic growth. But how we define a healthy weight is misguided. In this course, dancers will learn how to redefine ideals to build a more supportive and confident body image.
This Course will help you to:
- Challenge ideals rooted in weight stigma, implicit biases, and fatphobia.
- Redefine personal ideals to boost body image.
- Transform thought patterns around food and body.
- Build body image resilience.
- Diminish negative self-talk and comparisons.
- Move towards body neutrality and ultimately, body acceptance.
- Nourish your body with gentle nutrition.
Bonus topics include:
- Conceptualize a factual framework
- Identify your set point weight
- Abandon the scale
- Formulate practical affirmations
- Detangle triggers of self-doubt
- Navigate comparative thoughts
- Neutralize food and body beliefs
- Utilize nutrition support without obsessing over it
About The Series
A series of supplemental courses designed to sustain the work of The Healthy Dancer®. Each program dives deeper into the various stages of The Healthy Dancer® framework.
- Performance Nutrition (without the obsession)
- Cultivate Confidence (both in the mirror and at mealtimes)
- Reclaim Emotional Eating (without the guilt)
Why The Healthy Dancer®?
A full-service membership where dancers learn how to maximize their training and support sustainable dance careers.
The Healthy Dancer® utilizes a holistic and non-prescriptive approach to help dancers fuel for performance while navigating their relationship with food and body.
is for the dancer who
✓ Wants to build sustainable eating habits
✓ Is ready to respect and nourish their body
✓ Is looking to energize their performance
✓ Wants to enjoy their favorite foods without guilt
✓ Wants to stop the obsessive thinking about food
Is for the dancer who
✓ Is well into their journey of redefining The Healthy Dancer®.
✓ Has already been introduced to intuitive eating and what it means to dismantle the dieting mentality.
✓ Is looking to dive deeper into Stage 2 Make Peace with Food, Stage 3 The Road to Body Confidence, Stage 4 Nutrition Without Obsession, and Stage 5 Implement Performance Nutrition.
About Your Dietitian
Hi! I’m Rachel
I’m a former professional dancer turned Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. I’ve dedicated my career to supporting dancers in healing from dancer diet culture (ya know… those confusing messages telling you what’s “good” and what’s “bad” for performance.)
I’d love for you to join the thousands of dancers who work to implement my unique, 6-step approach. The Healthy Dancer® teaches you how to fuel for performance in a way that builds supportive relationships with both food and body.
Here’s what dancers are saying
Working with Rachel has been life-changing for me in recovery from my eating disorder and in healing my relationship with food!
Rachel is absolutely amazing! Not only has she taught me everything I know about nutrition, but she is THE BEST to work with; patient, compassionate, understanding, and non-judgmental.
Rachel’s expertise in diet and nutrition, coupled with her experience as a dancer, make The Healthy Dancer® the perfect resource for any dancer hoping to improve their relationship with food that will sustain their dancing and prevent injury. I am thrilled to have found Rachel and her resources for my daughter.
