Rd Real Talk - Registered Dietitians Keeping It Real

Traditional eating disorder (ED) treatment models have fallen short on including relationships to sport and nmovement into the therapeutic process. Opal Food and Body Wisdom treatment center in Seattle WA opened in 2012 to change that. To acknowledge that we, as humans, are embodied beings and that sport has potential to be so beneficial to us. Kara Bazzi, Opal co-founder, joins ths Lane 9 podcast to talk about her experience as an accompllished D1 Collegiate runner who struggled with an eating disorder, and how she went on to build Opal with her cofunders, Julie Church RDN and Lexi Giblin PhD.  The links:  Lane9Project.org @lane9project on Instagram lane9project.substack.com for essays and newsletters! Opal: opalfoodandbody.com