The Appetite Episode 80: How to Eat During the Holiday Season: Why There’s No Right or Wrong Way How do the holiday festivities impact your diet? For many—especially those already struggling with a disordered relationship to food and body—the holiday season can be chock-full of challenges. From holiday drinks with Read more
The Appetite Episode #78: What is Body Wisdom? The Opal Staff Answers What does food and body wisdom look like? With the concept front and center in Opal’s name, we decided to poll the staff (dietitians, therapists, and beyond!) to hear what body wisdom means to them. From pursuing the Read more
The Appetite Episode #75: Quick Comebacks: How to Deal with Diet Talk How does talk about diets and weight impact you? One of the hardest things about recovery from an eating disorder is holding onto a new awareness of your needs, desires, and thoughts around food while out in the Read more
The Appetite Episode #69: Diet Culture, Male Body Image, and Fat Phobia with Aaron Flores, RDN An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast How are bodies political? The vibrant dietitian and podcast host Aaron Flores, RDN (of Dietitians Unplugged) joins Opal’s Nutrition Director Julie Church, RDN, CEDRD-S, CD and host Carter Umhau, LMHC to Read more
The Appetite Episode #67: Internal Regulation Skills: Learning How to Eat (Part 4) An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast Do you trust your body’s appetite cues? It’s all about internal regulation on the last of this four-part series inspired by Ellyn Satter’s “Eating Competency Skills” and we’re talking body wisdom. Opal Read more
The Appetite Episode #66: Food Responsibility + Context: Learning How to Eat (Part 3) An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast What habits and routines can support healthy eating? This third of our four-part series on Ellyn Satter’s eating competency skills, offers a look into how to build a healthy context and environment Read more
The Appetite Episode #65: Eating Attitudes: Learning How to Eat (Part 2) An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast Have you ever thought about learning how to eat? What is a healthy attitude around food and eating habits? This second of a four-part series on Ellyn Satter’s eating competency skills, continues to define Read more
The Appetite Episode #64: Food Acceptance: Learning How to Eat (Part 1) An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast Do you know how to eat in a healthy way? Most answers to the question of healthy eating actually have more to do with what foods you should be eating, rather than the Read more
The Appetite Episode #62: Do No Harm Yoga: Creating Space for Body Positivity and Activism An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast How can yoga help in eating disorder recovery? Opal therapists and yogis Kendra Appe, LMHC, RYT and Lauren Donelson, RYT join the Appetite to answer this question. Creators of the “Do Read more
The Appetite Episode #61: Beyond a Diet: The Power of Food Memories An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast What does it mean to have a healthy diet? At Opal: Food + Body Wisdom, that means attunement, adequacy, and freedom with food. It also means letting memory play a part in our Read more