Eating Disorder blog about eating disorder treatment, food, body, movement, and mental health. By Opal: Food + Body Wisdom.
7 Steps for white people: Preventing shame from getting in the way of your anti-racism work by Tina Alvarado, LMFT TLDR: We as white people need to work on building up our shame resilience as a way to continue to engage in dismantling white supremacy. BIPOC lives depend on it. Read more
Opal’s Co-founder and Exercise and Sport Program Director, Kara Bazzi and fellow Exercise + Sport team speak about Exercise, Sport, Movement and Mental Health A Letter to Coaches, by Opal’s Director of Exercise+Sport — Kara Bazzi, LMFT What I learned by handling eating disorders and RED-S poorly as a coach Read more
Grief + Gratitude: How Opal Has Changed and What Remains the Same Friends, Family and Colleagues of Opal, We thought it was time for an update. Everyday has brought newness and change at Opal; We will try to get you up to speed. Two weeks ago Read more
Reflections on Covid-19 and Spending time in Nature from Richard E. Kreipe, MD, FAAP, FSAHM, FAED “The COVID-19 pandemic is certainly a sobering wake-up call regarding how interdependent we are all-on each other-around the world. It is important for each of us to do whatever we can to reduce the Read more
Dear Friends, Family and Colleagues of Opal, We, at Opal, are in this unprecedented time with you. Being in the “epicenter” of the US coronavirus pandemic, we are feeling the reality of all the disruption and uncertainty as the community responds to stop the spread of the virus. We are Read more
Last week, the New York Times published a brave post by distance runner Mary Cain. She is boldly using her voice (and her justified anger) to advocate for change in sport culture. We are so grateful for this story and others that bring awareness to the harm that is Read more
Opal’s outpatient Athlete Clinic Coming in 2020 Athletes hold a lot of privilege and power in our culture. They can easily be idealized. Fans and spectators are wowed and inspired by what athletes can accomplish with their bodies. The athletes’ physical art, strength, agility, and technique is all on display Read more
Opal is Expanding! Opal recently was given the opportunity to assume the rest of the 6th floor in their U District Building. We enthusiastically said “yes!” We are SO excited for what this means for Opal and for what we can offer to our community. We have lots of exciting Read more
The Appetite Episode #71: Size-Free Clothing for Recovery: A Conversation with the Founder of The Garment Project An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast What would your personal style look like if you weren’t concerned about size or body image? Hear how Erin Drischler has changed lives through changing the closets of Read more
The Appetite Episode #70: Change: Why Ambivalence Happens An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast Are you ready for a change? We’re exploring what the stages of change are and why acknowledging ambivalence is often the linchpin when it comes to transformation. In a roundtable conversation that touches on self-care, creative habits, routines, Read more