<description>&lt;p&gt;Join Lexi Giblin, PhD (Opal Co-Founder) for a heartfelt conversation with mother-daughter duo Kara Bazzi, LMFT (Opal Co-Founder and Director of Opal's Exercise+Sport Program) and Sophia, a soon-to-be collegiate athlete. Together, they walk down memory lane to explore the stand out intersections of parenting and running in Sophia's high school career.  With honesty and vulnerability, Kara and Sophia reflect on the joys and tensions of sharing a passion for the same sport, the challenges of navigating high-performance environments, and the influence of Kara's own eating disorder recovery on her parenting.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Connect with Opal: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "http://www.opalfoodandbody.com/"&gt;www.opalfoodandbody.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/opalfoodandbody/"&gt;@opalfoodandbody&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/opal.movement/"&gt;@Opal.Movement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Thank you to our team...&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Editing by David Bazzi&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Music by Aaron Davidson: &lt;a href= "https://soundcloud.com/diet75/"&gt;https://soundcloud.com/diet75/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Sound engineering by Ayesha Ubayatilaka at &lt;a href="https://www.jackstraw.org/"&gt;Jack Straw Studios&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Appetite

Opal: Food+Body Wisdom

#140: Parenting the Competitive Athlete: A Mother-Daughter Conversation

AUG 11, 202547 MIN
The Appetite

#140: Parenting the Competitive Athlete: A Mother-Daughter Conversation

AUG 11, 202547 MIN

Description

Join Lexi Giblin, PhD (Opal Co-Founder) for a heartfelt conversation with mother-daughter duo Kara Bazzi, LMFT (Opal Co-Founder and Director of Opal's Exercise+Sport Program) and Sophia, a soon-to-be collegiate athlete. Together, they walk down memory lane to explore the stand out intersections of parenting and running in Sophia's high school career. With honesty and vulnerability, Kara and Sophia reflect on the joys and tensions of sharing a passion for the same sport, the challenges of navigating high-performance environments, and the influence of Kara's own eating disorder recovery on her parenting. Connect with Opal: www.opalfoodandbody.com @opalfoodandbody @Opal.Movement Thank you to our team... Editing by David Bazzi Music by Aaron Davidson: https://soundcloud.com/diet75/ Sound engineering by Ayesha Ubayatilaka at Jack Straw Studios