The Appetite

By Opal: Food+Body Wisdom

What's The Appetite about?

The Appetite is a podcast by the founders of Opal: Food+Body Wisdom, an eating disorder treatment center in the University District of Seattle, WA. Psychologist Dr. Lexi Giblin, Family Therapist Kara Bazzi, and Registered Dietitian Julie Church will meet weekly to discuss all things food, body, movement, and mental health. Conversations are facilitated by Opal therapist Carter Umhau.

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#112: Christy Harrison: Pat...

05.06.2021

We're excited to bring you our conversation with Christy Harrison MPH, RD, CEDRD author of Anti-Diet and host of the Food Psych podcast. Many of you might know of Christy's work, but might not know what led her to shift ...

The Appetite episodes:

05.06.2021 #112: Christy Harrison: Path to Writing and Being Anti-Diet We're excited to bring you our conversation with Christy Harrison MPH, RD, CEDRD author of Anti-Diet and host of the Food Psych podcast. Many of you might know of Christy's work, but might not know what led her to shift ...
04.29.2021 #111: Talking to Athletes From an Intuitive Eating Lens: A Conversation with Maria Dalzot, RD "Food is fuel". " You are a machine". "You look fit". "You are what you eat". These are all messages about food and our bodies that are commonplace, yet born out of diet culture. Opal Co-Founder and Clinical Director Kara ...
02.26.2021 #110: Dr. Erin Harrop, PhD on Weight Stigma and Eating Disorders You will be happy to bend your ear (maybe again) for this one! Julie Church, RDN and Carter Umhau, LMHC talk with Erin Harrop (now doctor Erin Harrop, PhD, Assistant Professor at the University of Denver) about healthism, the use ...
02.02.2021 #109: Eating Disorder Recovery and the Biden-Harris Inauguration What does eating disorder recovery have to do with the Biden-Harris inauguration ceremony? Take a listen to Opal Co-Founders Lexi Giblin, PhD, Kara Bazzi, LMFT, and Julie Church, RDN consider this question on the heels of the historic inauguration ceremony. ...
12.30.2020 #108: Reflections on Netflix's MOVE: Dance, Identity, Liberation and Transformation If you haven't heard about or tuned into the Netflix docuseries, MOVE, now's the time! MOVE takes you through the lived experiences of dancers around the globe, and offers a visceral experience of movement that brings transformation and healing- both ...
12.15.2020 #107 What to Look for in a Coach- An inspiring Interview with Sally Revere Originally released in 2018, we felt this interview was worth repeating! At a time where sports and athletics are turned upside down due to the pandemic, a silver lining is that it's creating new time and space for both athletes ...
11.24.2020 #106 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 is a Southern Cheyenne-Arapaho and ...
11.12.2020 #105: Dr. Lindo Bacon: Radical Belonging and the Politics of Health 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: ...
11.05.2020 #01: Introducing The Appetite Welcome to the first ever episode of The Appetite. Clinicians from Opal: Food+Body Wisdom, an eating disorder treatment center in Seattle, Washington, will meet every week to discuss all things body, food, movement, and mental health. Today you will meet ...
10.27.2020 #104: Racial Identity and Healing at Work: An Interview with Aiko Bethea What does it look like to center narrative in racial identity work? Aiko Bethea is the principal and founder of Rare Coaching and Consulting, which offers executive coaching to leaders on their diversity, equity, and inclusion journey. She joins host ...
10.09.2020 #103: Carter’s Goodbye: A Reflection on Change, Loss, and Grief How do you know when it’s time to let go? On this more reflective and personal episode of The Appetite, Opal Co-Founder’s Lexi Giblin, Kara Bazzi, and Julie Church join host Carter Umhau to explore themes around loss, grief, accepting ...
09.18.2020 #102: Race and Mental Health in Running: Alison Désir Talks with Opal How has whiteness in the running world contributed to the toxicity around sport culture? Runner Alison Désir joins host and therapist Carter Umhau and Opal Co-Founder and Head of the Exercise + Sport Program, Kara Bazzi, to talk about the ...
08.27.2020 #101: Opal’s Commitment to Anti-Racism in Eating Disorder Treatment How does Opal think about anti-racism work within eating disorder treatment? After a bit of a hiatus following the murder of George Floyd and the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, this episode breaks the silence on what we’ve ...
05.29.2020 #100: Shifts in Eating During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Why You Should Give Yourself Grace Has your relationship to food changed since the pandemic began? Whether you’re snacking more, eating a different variety of food, or finding yourself restricting or bingeing due to high emotions, we imagine a lot could have shifted. While a mainstream ...
05.22.2020 #99: Work Life Reflections: What Opal's Co-Founders Learned About Identity Outside of Work Who are you outside of the identity of your job? Over the last year, Opal: Food + Body Wisdom’s Co-Founders (Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS, Julie Church, RDN, CEDRD-S, CD, and Lexi Giblin, PhD, CEDS) each took a month away from ...
05.15.2020 #98: Delight: The Mental Health Boost We All Need Why does delight matter? We believe that, during the coronavirus pandemic, delight offers an opportunity for mindfulness, connectedness, and a boost to your mental health. Inspired by a This American Life episode called, “The Show of Delights,” Opal Co-Founders Kara ...
05.08.2020 #97: Reflections on Netflix’s Cheer: Thoughts from the Eating Disorder Treatment World on Team Culture Did you tune into Netflix’s docuseries, Cheer? What did you think of the Navarro team culture portrayed? In light of all the tv-watching that’s been happening while sheltering in place, we decided to keep it casual for this episode and ...
05.01.2020 #96: Loving Kindness Meditation: An Offering from Opal How have you been doing lately? Mental health is of utmost importance during the coronavirus pandemic. In this mini episode, we’re offering you a Loving Kindness meditation, led by Opal Co-Founder, Executive Director and Radically Open DBT expert Dr. Lexi ...
04.23.2020 #95: Exercise in the Time of Coronavirus: How to Move Through Your Grief How have social distancing and sheltering-in-place impacted your relationship to exercise? There is loss of all kinds during this time—there are relational and fiscal losses, losses of routine and identity, and of course, loss of life. However, as an embodied ...
04.16.2020 #94: Getting Emotional: Using Self-Inquiry During the Coronavirus How have you experienced unwanted energy and emotion during the coronavirus pandemic? The Appetite crew is getting vulnerable and answering this question, using the Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) skill of self-inquiry. Opal Co-Founder and RO DBT expert ...
04.10.2020 #93: Guided Meal Support: How to Eat While Sheltering-in-Place How has the global pandemic impacted your relationship to food? As restaurants close, grocery shelves are emptied, and anxiety levels go up, you deserve compassion when it comes to the way your body is responding to this global pandemic. For ...
04.03.2020 #92: Why an Elite Runner Stopped Running to Recover True Health: An Interview with Tina Muir What might it be like to be a professional athlete—the symbol of health and strength in our culture—and to have a gut instinct that something is not well in your body? This was the case for elite runner and marathoner ...
03.27.2020 #91: Reflections from Self-Quarantine: Mental Health During the Coronavirus How can we best prepare for the psychological impacts of social distancing during the age of Coronavirus? In this episode, host and therapist Carter Umhau, LMHC shares her experience with self-isolating a couple weeks ahead of the curve in Seattle, ...
03.21.2020 #90: Mental Health During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis: Opal Leadership Offers A Call to Self-Care As the pandemic is rapidly removing what we’ve come to rely on in our day-to-day lives, it is becoming clear that we are not only in a health and economic crisis, but also a crisis of mental health. Opal’s Co-Founders ...
03.12.2020 #89: Sport Performance: Should Weight Ever be Manipulated? “Leaning out” and manipulating body weight have been widely accepted modes of performance preparation for elite athletes. But as the sports world wakes up to the harm that the emphasis on weight manipulation can have on athletes’ mental and physical ...
03.06.2020 #88: The Psychology of Interior Design: Why Space Matters in Recovery Does design impact mental health? Inspired by Opal’s recent remodel, Opal Co-Founder, Executive Director, and design-enthusiast Dr. Lexi Giblin PhD, CEDS sits down with host Carter Umhau, LMHC to talk about the psychology behind Opal’s interior design. Lexi will describe ...
02.21.2020 #87: BMI: Answering Your Questions About the Body Mass Index (Part 2) What should you do if a medical provider is offering a treatment recommendation based on your BMI? In the second of a two-part series, Opal Co-Founder and Nutrition Director Julie Church RDN, CEDRD-S, CD is answering this listener question (and ...
02.14.2020 #86: BMI: How One Unscientific Calculation Became Our Main Measurement for Health (Part 1) Can you actually measure health? BMI— or Body Mass Index—has become a widely embraced measurement of health, but is actually based on an entirely unscientific and racist 19th century research project. In this first episode of two parts, Opal Co-Founder ...
02.07.2020 #85: Body Image: Reflections on Infertility, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Body Image can be a struggle at any time, but what about when you’ve had a baby? For the birthing person, one’s relationship to food and body can be vastly impacted by the perinatal experience. In a roundtable conversation, Opal: ...
01.28.2020 #84: Pregnancy and Postpartum: Support in Becoming a Good Enough Parent What assumptions do you think are made about pregnancy and the postpartum experience? Doula Davinah Simmons and postpartum-focused therapist Julie Davidson, LMHC join Carter Umhau, LMHC to explore the ways in which our society under-prepares the birthing person or mother ...
01.16.2020 #83: Metabolism: How a Diet Can Harm the Body Can we truly control our bodies in order to change the way we look? As talk of New Year’s “lifestyle changes,” diets, and new exercise regimens fill our feeds, we’re here to talk about a major function of the body ...
01.09.2020 #82 Good Coaching Matters: A Conversation with University of Washington's Center for Leadership in Athletics What makes a good coach? With no agreed upon definition of a "qualified coach," this is a question often ignored! Julie McCleery, PhD, of the Center for Leadership in Athletics at the University of Washington, joins us to talk about ...
01.02.2020 #81 Rethinking Resolutions: Self-Inquiry as Self-Improvement Are you sick of making New Year’s resolutions you don’t keep? Instead of goal setting, try commuting to self-exploration! As an alternative to resolutions, Lexi Giblin, PhD, CEDS leads The Appetite crew in the journaling process of “self-inquiry,” a Radically ...
12.18.2019 #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 friends, to office parties, to busy schedules, and ...
12.12.2019 #79 Shifting Toxic Sports Culture: Reflections on Runner Mary Cain’s Story Does sport culture need to change? We say, absolutely—and especially around weight! Mary Cain was the fastest high school distance runner in the world until she joined the best distance running program in the country, the Nike Oregon Project, coached ...
12.05.2019 #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 wisdom of ...
11.27.2019 #77 How to Be in Your Body: Attachment and Emotion in Somatic Psychotherapy How does your body carry emotion? Did you know that the answer to this question can serve as a window into understanding not only your relationship to food but your attachment style and personality as well? Opal’s Milieu Therapist Lead, ...
11.21.2019 #76 Understanding Anger: From Socialization to Beyoncé Why is anger an important emotion? The Appetite crew talks about why anger is useful, and how our perception and expression of it is impacted by gender and race. Opal: Food + Body Wisdom Co-Founders Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS and ...
11.15.2019 #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 “real world.” ...
11.08.2019 # 74 Diet, Exercise, and Your Period: What You Need to Know Is it normal to lose your period when changing up your diet or exercise routine? Nicola Rinaldi, PhD joins the podcast today to discuss her journey to recover her period once it was lost, and offers her wealth of knowledge ...
11.01.2019 #73 Exercise and Emotion: Why Your Workout Won’t Fix Everything Do you work out to deal with your emotions? There are so many messages out there that exercise will make you happier, healthier, and thinner…but none of these assumptions are a given, especially when movement is your only way to ...
10.25.2019 #72 Full Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Is it Possible? What’s the difference between being “in recovery” versus being “recovered” from an eating disorder? And is full recovery possible? At Opal, we believe that YES—it definitely is! Today Opal Co-Founders Dr. Lexi Giblin, PhD, CEDS, Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS, and ...
10.17.2019 #71 Size-Free Clothing for Recovery: A Conversation with the Founder of The Garment Project 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 women in recovery from eating disorders. Through The Garment Project—the non-profit she ...
10.11.2019 #70 Change: Why Ambivalence Happens 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, and recovery, ...
10.03.2019 #69 Diet Culture, Male Body Image, and Fat Phobia with Aaron Flores, RDN 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 share his feminist perspective on the politics of being ...
09.25.2019 #68 Call to Courage: Conviction and Doubt What does it take to heal? Obviously there’s a lot to it, but we’d dare to say that COURAGE (in all its forms) is at the heart of it all. Opal Co-Founder and Executive Director Dr. Lexi Giblin PhD, CEDS ...
09.20.2019 #67 Internal Regulation Skills: Learning How to Eat (Part 4) 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 Co-Founder and Nutrition Director Julie Church, RDN, CEDRD-S, ...
09.10.2019 #66 Food Responsibility + Context: Learning How to Eat (Part 3) 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 to support your food choices. Opal Co-Founder and ...
09.06.2019 #65 Eating Attitudes: Learning How to Eat (Part 2) 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 healthy eating through the question of how to eat, rather than what to eat. Opal ...
08.22.2019 #64 Food Acceptance: Learning How to Eat (Part 1) 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 HOW; Ellyn Satter digs into this, offering ...

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The Appetite episodes:

#112: Christy Harrison: Path to Writing and Being Anti-Diet

#111: Talking to Athletes From an Intuitive Eating Lens: A Conversation with Maria Dalzot, RD

#110: Dr. Erin Harrop, PhD on Weight Stigma and Eating Disorders

#109: Eating Disorder Recovery and the Biden-Harris Inauguration

#108: Reflections on Netflix's MOVE: Dance, Identity, Liberation and Transformation

#107 What to Look for in a Coach- An inspiring Interview with Sally Revere

#106 An Update from Shilo George: Navigating the Pandemic and Thanks-taking from an Indigenous Women's Perspective

#105: Dr. Lindo Bacon: Radical Belonging and the Politics of Health

#01: Introducing The Appetite

#104: Racial Identity and Healing at Work: An Interview with Aiko Bethea

#103: Carter’s Goodbye: A Reflection on Change, Loss, and Grief

#102: Race and Mental Health in Running: Alison Désir Talks with Opal

#101: Opal’s Commitment to Anti-Racism in Eating Disorder Treatment

#100: Shifts in Eating During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Why You Should Give Yourself Grace

#99: Work Life Reflections: What Opal's Co-Founders Learned About Identity Outside of Work

#98: Delight: The Mental Health Boost We All Need

#97: Reflections on Netflix’s Cheer: Thoughts from the Eating Disorder Treatment World on Team Culture

#96: Loving Kindness Meditation: An Offering from Opal

#95: Exercise in the Time of Coronavirus: How to Move Through Your Grief

#94: Getting Emotional: Using Self-Inquiry During the Coronavirus

#93: Guided Meal Support: How to Eat While Sheltering-in-Place

#92: Why an Elite Runner Stopped Running to Recover True Health: An Interview with Tina Muir

#91: Reflections from Self-Quarantine: Mental Health During the Coronavirus

#90: Mental Health During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis: Opal Leadership Offers A Call to Self-Care

#89: Sport Performance: Should Weight Ever be Manipulated?

#88: The Psychology of Interior Design: Why Space Matters in Recovery

#87: BMI: Answering Your Questions About the Body Mass Index (Part 2)

#86: BMI: How One Unscientific Calculation Became Our Main Measurement for Health (Part 1)

#85: Body Image: Reflections on Infertility, Pregnancy, and Postpartum

#84: Pregnancy and Postpartum: Support in Becoming a Good Enough Parent

#83: Metabolism: How a Diet Can Harm the Body

#82 Good Coaching Matters: A Conversation with University of Washington's Center for Leadership in Athletics

#81 Rethinking Resolutions: Self-Inquiry as Self-Improvement

#80 How to Eat During the Holiday Season: Why There’s No Right or Wrong Way

#79 Shifting Toxic Sports Culture: Reflections on Runner Mary Cain’s Story

#78 What is Body Wisdom? The Opal Staff Answers

#77 How to Be in Your Body: Attachment and Emotion in Somatic Psychotherapy

#76 Understanding Anger: From Socialization to Beyoncé

#75 Quick Comebacks: How to Deal with Diet Talk

# 74 Diet, Exercise, and Your Period: What You Need to Know

#73 Exercise and Emotion: Why Your Workout Won’t Fix Everything

#72 Full Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Is it Possible?

#71 Size-Free Clothing for Recovery: A Conversation with the Founder of The Garment Project

#70 Change: Why Ambivalence Happens

#69 Diet Culture, Male Body Image, and Fat Phobia with Aaron Flores, RDN

#68 Call to Courage: Conviction and Doubt

#67 Internal Regulation Skills: Learning How to Eat (Part 4)

#66 Food Responsibility + Context: Learning How to Eat (Part 3)

#65 Eating Attitudes: Learning How to Eat (Part 2)

#64 Food Acceptance: Learning How to Eat (Part 1)

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