The Appetite Episode #23: Tween Wisdom: Body Image + Freedom with Food An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast What does it look like for two middle-school-aged girls to have been parented by eating disorder specialists? Opal Co-Founders Kara and Lexi talk a bit about parenting around food and body image concerns, Read more
The Appetite Episode #21: Hunger, Desire, and an Appetite for Life An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast In this mini episode, host Carter Umhau, LMHCA–therapist, artist, and writer– explains the story behind naming The Appetite. Citing a revelation from The Minnesota Starvation Experiment around the differences between hunger and appetite, Carter Read more
The Appetite Episode #20: Inner Wisdom: An Eating Disorder Recovery Story with Sarah Taylor An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast Today’s episode features the story of Sarah Taylor–The Appetite’s behind-the-scenes magic-maker! Sarah talks with host Carter Umhau, MA, LMHCA, and explores the story of her own recovery from an eating disorder, Read more
The Appetite Episode #19: Can I Trust My Body With Food? An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast Regular listener Tam O’Donnell joins us to respond to a previous episode, “How to Eat in a Food-Obsessed World.” Tam brings questions and wonderings around how to provide both structure and freedom for kids Read more
The Appetite Episode #13: How to Eat in a Food-Obsessed World An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast Today we’re talking about the ever-conflicting messages American culture gives us about what and how to eat. We explore the potentially detrimental nuances of fad diets like Whole 30, detoxing, and the idea of Read more
[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] The Appetite Episode #11: Dr. Anita Johnston: Myth, Storytelling, and Seeking Metaphor in Your Relationship to Food An Opal: Food+Body Wisdom Podcast Dr. Anita Johnston joins us to talk about how to learn more about your relationship with food by looking through the Read more
Opal’s First Ever Body Image Workshop for Kids “I’m excited to share some reflections after Lexi and I led our first girl’s body image workshop at Opal! We started this for our kids and their besties– It was hilarious and powerful! It gave us even more appreciation for the importance of equipping Read more
Body Trust is Your Birthright By Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD & Hilary Kinavey, MS, LPC of Be Nourished Ten years ago, Be Nourished was born from a desire to have a safe and welcoming space for people to have conversations rich in meaning about our relationship with our bodies. We Read more
How to Talk to Kids about Body Image What does it look like to raise children with a healthy relationship to food + body? If you are a person who has had an eating disorder, works with eating disorders, or knows someone with an eating disorder, chances are you’ve wondered Read more
Our Bodies: A Source of Wonder “A mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually vaccinates her daughter against low self-esteem.” – Naomi Wolf I have read this quote before, thinking it was a lovely notion, but I didn’t really understand the truth of the message until I experienced The Body Read more