Listen here! Part 3 of a 3 part series: Changemakers in Sport Ten years ago, at just 17 years old, Valerie Gruest, PhD, OLY made history as the first Guatemalan swimmer to compete in the Olympic Games. Fast-forward to today, and Valerie is using her lived experience in sport to Read more
Listen here! Part 2 of a 3 part series: Changemakers in Sport What makes a great sports coach? Someone you’d want in your corner—and someone you’d be thrilled to have coaching your child? We think we’ve found one worth learning from. In the latest episode of our three-part “Changemakers in Read more
Listen here! Part 3 of a 3 part series: “The Menopause Series” Episode 3: Menopause + Mental Health — Opal’s Nutrition Director and Co-Founder, Julie Church, RDN, speaks with therapist Katie McKenna, LMHC, about the connection between perimenopause, menopause, and mental health. Katie explores how hormonal changes can affect mood, Read more
Listen here! Part 2 of a 3 part series: “The Menopause Series” Episode 2: Menopause + Work — Opal’s Nutrition Director and Co-Founder, Julie Church, RDN speaks with Janie Stuart, PhD, about the intersection of menopause and workplace experiences. Drawing from her research in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Janie describes how menopause Read more
Listen here! Part 1 of 3 part series: “The Menopause Series” — Episode 1: Menopause + Eating Disorders — In this episode, Opal’s Nutrition Director, Julie Church, RDN, speaks with Naomi Busch, MD, about menopause through the lens of an eating disorder physician. Together they explore the biological changes of Read more
Listen here! When injury sidelines an athlete—or performance outcomes fall short—it has a way of revealing growth edges within us. Tune in to The Appetite as Opal Co-Founder and Director of the Exercise + Sport Program, Kara Bazzi, LMFT, sits down with high school distance runner and podcaster Nicholas Macha. Read more
Listen here! Does better education around period health, proper fueling, and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport actually lead to healthier behaviors in female athletes? In this episode, Opal’s Director of Exercise + Sport, Kara Bazzi, LMFT, sits down with seasoned provider Heather Caplan, RDN to share what they’re seeing firsthand Read more
Listen here! In this episode, Johanna Kandel, founder of the National Alliance for Eating Disorders, joins Julie Church, RDN, Co-Founder of Opal: Food+Body Wisdom, for an honest and inspiring conversation. Johanna shares how her own eating disorder recovery led her to create a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to care, Read more
Listen here! GLP-1 medications are everywhere in the conversation about weight—but how much do we really understand? In this episode, Dr. Lexi Giblin, Executive Director of Opal, sits down with Meredith Blumenthal, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist in private practice, to unpack the most common misconceptions surrounding GLP-1s and body weight. Together, they explore Read more
Listen here! Listen in to this one-of-a-kind episode of The Appetite as Opal’s co-founders, Lexi Giblin, PhD, and Kara Bazzi, LMFT, sit down with Opal client Koa to explore her experience receiving in-person care at Opal. With honesty and vulnerability, Koa shares how her relationships with fellow clients and Opal staff became a pivotal part Read more