In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Sarah Jane Garcia, a certified intuitive eating counselor and specialty pharmacist, to talk about her journey from bingeing and restriction into obsessive âclean eating,â and ultimately toward a more peaceful relationship with food. Sarah Jane shares how her pursuit of health gradually pulled her deeper into wellness culture, even leading her to become an integrative health practitioner herself.
She opens up about how pregnancy and motherhood intensified the pressure she felt to optimize her health, from restrictive protocols and supplements to fears about feeding her children the ârightâ foods. She shares the experiences that helped her recognize her orthorexia, discover intuitive eating, and begin dismantling the beliefs sheâd absorbed about food, health, and personal responsibility.
Leah and Sarah Jane also explore the tension between wellness culture and conventional medicine, Sarah Janeâs evolving relationship with her work as a pharmacist, and the importance of making room for nuance rather than trading one rigid framework for another.
You'll hear about:
How Sarah Janeâs relationship with food evolved from bingeing and restriction into orthorexia
The ways wellness culture can prey on anxiety, perfectionism, and the pressure to optimize our health
How pregnancy and motherhood intensified Sarah Janeâs food fears
Sarah Janeâs experience navigating wellness culture and conventional medicine as a pharmacist
Finding nuance around medication, mental health, food, and wellness
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