134: When You’re Transitioning From Exercise Addiction to Intuitive Movement - Jenna Doak

If you’re someone who is currently healing from over-exercising, orthorexia, or using exercise as a means to change your body or lose weight, I feel you. I’ve been there, and it can be lonely, frustrating, and HARD. 

But when you get through the healing to the other side, where you can move your body when and how you want to without judgement or without any aesthetic based goals--it’s truly bliss. Jenna Doak tells us all about her journey from being an exercise-obsessed personal trainer to opening up Body Positive Fitness, a virtual movement studio that celebrates every body and every movement, without the goal of losing weight. If you’re looking for a way to move your body on your own terms and leave all the fitness industry baggage behind, this one’s for you. 

Tune into episode #134:

In this episode, Jenna and I chat about:

  • How Jenna first got into the fitness industry 18 years ago

  • The influence that the fitness world has on how Jenna viewed her body 

  • What Jenna’s relationship with exercise looked like when she was working as a personal trainer - and what it looks like now 

  • The pressure Jenna felt to look a certain way in order to be taken seriously as a personal trainer

  • The transition Jenna took from being obsessed with fitness, to learning how to move her body in ways that felt good, and why this took 3 years

  • What Jenna learned when she stopped working out all together for 2 years

  • Tips for those looking to start exercising for mental health and other reasons besides losing weight

  • How to move into intuitive movement in a positive, healing way

  • Why trackers (i.e., FitBits etc) might not be right for you if you’re trying to move more intuitively 

  • How Jenna started Body Positive Fitness and how it’s grown in the last few years 

  • What you can expect to feel and experience in a Body Positive Movement Class 

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