The Appetite

What does your fear tell you about the particularity of your values or desires? Dr. Lexi Giblin, PhD, CEDS talks with host, Carter Umhau, LMHCA about the role of fear in personal growth. Lexi and Carter discuss the Facing Fears therapy group at Opal, why risk-taking matters. Connect with us: theappetite@opalfoodandbody.com www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opal https://twitter.com/opalfoodandbody    

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 speaks to how tuning into the specificity of one's appetite translates to a greater appetite for other areas of life.  Links and Resources: www.refinery29.com/minnesota-starvation-experiment https://archive.org/stream/MenAndHunger#page/n1   Connect with us: theappetite@opalfoodandbody.com www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opal https://twitter.com/opalfoodandbody  

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, sharing about her experiences in treatment and the deeper healing that happened after-the-fact. Considering that every recovery story is so different, Sarah gracefully shares the ways that her own struggles with her body eventually lead her into a life postured toward advocacy for all bodies and a deeper spiritual connection with herself. Links and Resources: Eating in the Light of the Moon by Dr. Anita Johnston http://a.co/h16um7Z   Not mentioned in the podcast but a relevant film about the pressure on students today http://www.racetonowhere.com/   Connect with us: theappetite@opalfoodandbody.com www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opal  

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 around food, and asks the crucial and vulnerable question of, “Can I really trust my body?” The Opal team, including Julie Church, RDN, CEDS, Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS, and Carter Umhau, LMHCA, respond with nutrition science, words of wisdom, and questions that beget more questions. Links and Resources: www.ellynsatterinstitute.org Division of Responsibilities in Feeding: www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/how-to-feed/the-division-of-responsibility-in-feeding/ How to Eat in a Food-Obsessed World: www.opalfoodandbody.com/blog/the-appetite-13-how-to-eat-in-a-food-obsessed-world/   Souper Tomatoes: The Story of America's Favorite Food by Andrew Smith: https://amzn.to/2MLpiPf   Below studies are in reference to Julie statement about binge eaters actually being restrictive Risk Factors for Bulimia Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9193191 Ten-year follow-up of anorexia nervosa: clinical course and outcome: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/779234   Connect with us: theappetite@opalfoodandbody.com www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opal  

Would you engage yourself differently if you assumed that all the emotions you experienced had something to teach you? Today, Opal: Food+Body Wisdom’s Lexi Giblin, PhD, CEDS, and Carter Umhau, MA, LMHCA explore the process of “self-inquiry”--a key tool in Radically Open DBT. Self-inquiry is all about seeking growth rather than trying to fix one’s shortcomings. In this episode, Lexi will lean into the strength of her own vulnerability in order to model the process of self-inquiry in action! Links and Resources: The Appetite Episode #02: Introduction to RO DBT https://www.opalfoodandbody.com/blog/appetite-episode-02-introduction-radically-open-dbt/ Radically Open DBT NorthWest Team http://www.rodbtnorthwest.com/ http://www.radicallyopen.net/ Connect with us: theappetite@opalfoodandbody.com www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opalfoodandbodywisdom/ www.twitter.com/opalfoodandbody

It's common to hear messages in the sports world like "More is better!" "No pain, no gain!" or "Keep pushing!" Sports Psychologist Riley Nickols,PhD, Director of The Victory Program at McCallum Place, joins Opal Co-Founder Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS to explore the athletic identity and how widespread ways of thinking about performance as an athlete may also translate into other areas of an athlete's life and self-identity. Bazzi and Nickols explore how these postures are reflected in an athlete's relationship to food, and discuss the importance of expanding the categories of one's identity to promote more holistic well-being that still includes high performance in sport. Links and Resources: Victory Program Website - www.mccallumplace.com/the-victory-program/ The Appetite Episode #08: Sport and Performance: Exploring the Athletic Temperament - www.opalfoodandbody.com/blog/sport-and-temperament/ The Appetite Episode #16: Who Am I? the Role of Identity in Food, Body Image, and Sport - www.opalfoodandbody.com/blog/the-appetite-identity/ Upcoming Webinar on Eating Disorders in Sport featuring Kara Bazzi - https://iaedp.site-ym.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1111326&group=   Connect with us: theappetite@opalfoodandbody.com www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opalfoodandbodywisdom/ www.twitter.com/opalfoodandbody

In this heartfelt and vulnerable conversation, host Carter Umhau, MA, LMHCA, asks Opal Co-Founders Lexi Giblin PhD, CEDS, Julie Church, RDN, CEDRD, CD, and Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS about who they were when they were younger and how the people that came before them influenced the women and leaders they’ve become. This episode is released in honor of Mother’s Day.  ​ Links: Betty Reid Soskin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Reid_Soskin   Connect with us:   theappetite@opalfoodandbody.com www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opalfoodandbodywisdom/ www.twitter.com/opalfoodandbody  

This episode is all about identity. Opal: Food + Body Wisdom Co-Founders, Lexi Giblin PhD, CEDS, and Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS, and Host Carter Umhau, MA, LMHCA discuss topics of identity development and explore how struggles with disordered eating and body image can sometimes point to a crisis of identity. The Appetite crew shares both from their expertise as clinicians and from personal experience, and Kara brings specific attention to the experience of those that identify as athlete’s and what the loss of sport can mean for one’s sense of self. Connect with us:   theappetite@opalfoodandbody.com www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opalfoodandbodywisdom/ www.twitter.com/opalfoodandbody

Opal co-founders Lexi Giblin PhD, CEDS, Julie Church, RDN, CEDRD, CD, and Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS, join together with host Carter Umhau, LMHCA to reflect and debrief after a transformative experience at the MUSE Conference--a yearly gathering of movers and shakers to kick off Women's History Month. The Founders explore their role as leaders within the eating disorder community and beyond and share with vulnerability and strength how MUSE spoke to each of them in this particular season of life.  Links and Resources: Muse Website Janna: https://www.facebook.com/Janna.Jihad/ Nadia: https://www.facebook.com/2SunsShamsaan/ Betty Reid Soskin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Reid_Soskin   Connect with us:   theappetite@opalfoodandbody.com www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opalfoodandbodywisdom/ www.twitter.com/opalfoodandbody  

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 “eating clean,” highlighting the work of Ellyn Satter as a map to a more nuanced relationship with yourself as an attuned eater and emphasizing new, more flexible ways to think about competency with food. TW: In this episode, we do name several diets and talk some specifics (no numbers).   Links and Resources: Hierarchy of Food Needs by Ellyn Satter   This is the published article in the Journal of Nutrition Education that addresses food hierarchy in public health nutrition education, especially shows the application of this across the socioeconomic profiles   Division of responsibility by Ellyn Satter   Eating Competency Model by Ellyn Satter   Her website explanation of the competency model   Published review of the Competency Model     Connect with us: theappetite@opalfoodandbody.com www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opalfoodandbodywisdom/ www.twitter.com/opalfoodandbody  

What is health and how do we get it? Today we challenge the idea that this question can be answered in a one-size-fits-all way. We explore today's obsession with health, challenging how much of a moral issue health has become, and how we might be able to start looking at it not as an absence of disease, but more holistically as an intersection of well-being in body, mind, and spirit. Links and Resources: Ansel Key's Starvation Study Summary: https://www.refinery29.com/minnesota-starvation-experiment Fast Food versus Supplements: http://www.audyn.org.uy/sitio/repo/arch/Cramer_Michael_Thesis.pdf Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift: https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2891-10-9 The Weight-Inclusive versus Weight-Normative Approach to Health: Evaluating the Evidence for Prioritizing Well-Being over Weight Loss: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jobe/2014/983495/ Connect with us: www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opalfoodandbodywisdom/ www.twitter.com/opalfoodandbody

Dr. Anita Johnston joins us to talk about how to learn more about your relationship with food by looking through the lenses of myth, storytelling, and metaphor. Author of Eating in the Light of the Moon and Clinical Director of 'Ai Pono eating disorder treatment center in Hawaii, Dr. Anita Johnston speaks to how the matrilineal society in which she grew up shaped her persceptive on food and body struggles, the neuroscience behind metaphor, and how one's struggle with food communicates the things a person sometimes cannot. Links: You can find her at: www.DrAnitaJohnston.com www.LightoftheMoonCafe.com or contact her at: DrAJ1@aol.com Anita@LightoftheMoonCafe.com Free .pdf for Food & Metaphors Guide: http://lightofthemooncafe.com/opal Connect with us: www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opalfoodandbodywisdom/ www.twitter.com/opalfoodandbody

In this special bonus episode, our very own host, Carter Umhau, LMHCA, shares her work as a poet, reading five works from her collection. Her writing touches on themes of friendship, birth and grief, being around the table with memorable food, the loss of an old version of life, and passionately enjoying one’s self. Opal Co-Founders Lexi Giblin, PhD, CEDS and Kara Bazzi, LMFT, CEDS join the conversation, interviewing Carter about her creative process, why writing is healing, and how the arts fit into therapy. This episode is in honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Resources: www.CarterUmhau.com Carter's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rooneycarter/?hl=en "Free Play" by Stephen Nachmonovitch: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001ROAKG2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Connect with us: www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opalfoodandbodywisdom/ www.twitter.com/opalfoodandbody

Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy has been a big topic on The Appetite...but today RO DBT creator Dr. Thomas Lynch and his wife and colleague Erica Smith Lynch join us for a conversation around its application within eating disorders. Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy--the newest evidence-based treatment targeting disorders of overcontrol (including anorexia, chronic depression, OCD, and autism)--encourages open expression as a way to combat emotional loneliness in those that are typically more emotionally inhibited. In this conversation, Opal Co-Founder Lexi Giblin, PhD, CEDS and Appetite Host Carter Umhau, LMHCA ask about the roots of the modality, how RO DBT thinks about the topic of food in eating disorder treatment, and how understanding your temperament can increase the health of your relationships. Resources: Radically Open DBT's Website: http://www.radicallyopen.net/  Upcoming Introductory Training in Seattle: http://www.opalfoodandbody.com/event/introduction-to-rodbt/ Upcoming Intensive Training in PNW:  http://www.radicallyopen.net/training-events/ro-dbt-intensive-portlandseattle/ The New RO DBT Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XGCP36Z/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Connect with us: www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opalfoodandbodywisdom/ www.twitter.com/opalfoodandbody

In this conversation about the influential position a coach has on an athlete's life and performance, Opal Co-Founder Kara Bazzi LMFT, CEDS and Carter Umhau, LMHCA interview Sally Revere, head Cross Country and Track & Field coach at Lakeside High School in Seattle. Sally offers practical advice on how she addresses food and body concerns on her team, as well as addressing the power of coaching from a whole athlete perspective. Kara and Carter bring in questions about temperament as it relates to sport performance, and how a coach can facilitate a sense of community and joy on their team. If you are a coach or an athlete, you don't want to miss this episode! Sally offers incredible wisdom and inspiration from her 30 year coaching experience. Resources: Letter to Coaches From a Mental Health Therapist, by Kara Bazzi: http://www.opalfoodandbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Letter-To-Coaches.pdf Compulsive Exercise and Eating Disorders, by Caroline Meyer et al: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/erv.1122/abstract Perfectionism versus excellence: https://wp.me/a5Br2M-7To Connect with us: www.OpalFoodandBody.com www.facebook.com/Opalfoodandbodywisdom/ www.twitter.com/opalfoodandbody