Kicking Diet Culture to The Curb With Summer Innanen

Image of Summer Innanen standing outside with a scale under one foot and holding a sledge hammer up in the other arm, her mouth open wide

Summer’s life used to be dominated by exercise and dieting. She spent nearly two decades battling her body before she realized that the issue was not her size, but her mindset. Now, Summer Innanen is a podcaster and life coach who dedicates her time helping people overcome their obsession with food and body. Learn how she broke away from her toxic relationship with diet culture and began to reconnect with the things in life that bring her true happiness.

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What You’ll Learn from Summer Innanen

Ways that seemingly healthy activities like Crossfit and the paleo diet can be harmful to someone with a negative body image
The parallels between diet culture and drug addiction
How embracing your emotions can help fill the void that diet culture leaves
Why it’s okay to feel bored in life and how that can actually bring you a sense of peace
How her marriage improved when she stopped being so obsessed with food and body and why it’s so important to find a partner who will accept your body in any form

Favorite Quote

If you retain nothing else always remember the most important rule of beauty which is, who cares? – Tina Fey

Favorite Recovery Resource

When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies by Jane Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter
Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls by Jes Baker

Advice to Former Self

I would explain to her that she is an introvert, what that means, why it’s so special, and how to embrace it.

Definition of Recovery according to Summer Innanen

Living life outside of food and your body. Living life to the fullest where it has meaning for you and you are fully experiencing the moments that are happening in your life.