In this week's episode, we interview Kara Bazzi (LMFT, CEDS), a licensed marriage and family therapist who has worked in the field of eating disorders for almost 20 years. Her passion for the work was born out of her own experience of struggling in her relationship with food and exercise as a collegiate athlete. Kara, along with two colleagues, opened Opal: Food+Body Wisdom in early 2012, an eating disorder treatment center in Seattle, WA, whose mission is to free people from diet culture. Kara is the head of the Exercise+Sport program at Opal, ensuring that people's relationship to movement, sport and exercise is adequately addressed in treatment.

We chat about eating disorders in collegiate athletics, what inspired her to work in eating disorder treatment, how she is shifting the body narrative in ED treatment, and how to educate athletic coaches on mental health and eating disorders. You can follow her @karabazzi and follow her treatment center, Opal, @opalfoodandbody.

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