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EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 22 MIN

Did She "Let Herself Go?" Or Did She Let Herself HEAL?? Coming Back To Dance As A Grown Woman Who Eats Carbs and Lifts Weights

from Tough Cookie Talks · host Jenna Jozefowski

Today I'm back and I'm talking about something that doesn't usually get a lot of air time on my podcast: dance! I hope you'll stick around even if you think it doesn't apply to you (it's all just different flavors of the same shit sandwich, really). On this episode we talk about: Why I'm excited to talk about dance right now and how it might apply to you even if you're not a dancer. Why I think I (and many other dancers I know) retired from performing too early.What I wish I had known about strength and mobility training and sports nutrition when I was dancing professionally. Ageism and sizeism in the dance world and how the body standards are different when you're an athlete/performer.Why we're not going back to the destructive shit we used to do to our bodies in the 90's and 2000's.How we, as the adults in the room can change the narrative around bodies for the future generation (in spite of skinnytok bullshit).How much joy dance is bringing me as I come back to it at this stage of life and how I want that for you too (in whatever you do). So many other good things!⁠⁠⁠Work with me⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Register for my Adult Tap & Jazz classes in Arlington HeightsRegister for my Adult Tap class in Lake Forest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Download Resistance Training⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow & tag me on Instagram⁠

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