Eating Disorder blog about eating disorder treatment, food, body, movement, and mental health. By Opal: Food + Body Wisdom.
An Update from Shilo George: Navigating the Pandemic and Thanks-taking from an Indigenous Women’s Perspective Let us re-introduce you to Shilo George— our guest from episode 57 (which is a worthwhile listen too!!) where she shared honestly about mental health and food concerns as a “super-fat, indigenous, queer woman”. Shilo Read more…
If a friend or loved one is struggling with an eating disorder, it can be very hard to know how to help. Maybe you want to offer support but are not sure how. Sometimes, we really need to know what not to say to someone with an eating disorder so Read more…
How does being marginalized impact a person’s health and physiology? Dr. Lindo Bacon, who has spent their career advocating for social justice at the intersection of weight and health, joins this episode to share about their newest book, Radical Belonging: How to Survive and Thrive in an Unjust World (While Transforming Read more…
Whether you’re a fitness instructor or looking for a student looking for class, studio, clothing brand, or teacher that offers an inclusive movement approach, this directory is full of information! Online Inclusive movement classes: Non- Normative Body Club Joyn Body Positive Yoga and Clubhouse Seed Yoga Therapy Befriending Your Body Read more…
July 28, 2020 Some of you may be wondering where we’ve been on social media the last 6 weeks?!? While our social media voice has been silent as of late, our actions have taken Opal’s anti-oppression work to new levels. As white business leaders, Julie, Lexi and Kara have been Read more…
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 What I learned by handling eating disorders and RED-S poorly as a coach in Fast Women Running in Harmony: How to Tackle Food and Body Issues 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 Read more…