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We all have insecurities. Usually, it’s easier to hide behind them and pretend they don’t exist. But what if we decided to face them head on? For years, this week’s guest struggled with unrealistic body standards. As a dancer in New York, Jenny Gaither felt extreme cultural pressure to look a certain way and fit a certain dress size. Over time, she found herself falling out of love with dance and movement, and into a battle with anorexia and bulimia. It wasn’t until she found SoulCycle that her world began to shift. It was there in a dark room, with music pumping in the background, where she could move her body freely and sweat like no tomorrow. Inspired, she quickly found herself leaving the dance world behind to pursue a career as a SoulCycle instructor. Yet, secretly, she still battled her deep insecurities around her body—mainly around what she now lovingly calls her “belly jelly.” How did she face her insecurities, build a national movement celebrating our bodies, start a nonprofit, and launch a body-pos