20. Wildwood Girls Camp Reflection with Counselors Marci, Emily, and Miranda

Content preparation: we discuss relationships with food, body, and eating disorders throughout this episode.

Thank you to guests and fellow Wildwood Girls Virtual Camp counselors Miranda DiBiasio, Emily Chaston, and Marci Klimek for making this conversation happen. Thank you to Marie Markham and Robyn McGilis for creating Wildwood Running, such a wonderful platform and opportunity for runners to collaborate, learn, and grow the current and future generations of females in the sport. Check them out at wildwoodrunning.com and wildwoodrunningpdx on instagram!!

In this conversation we cover….

Background and introductions
Our “why” for running and the evolution of our “why”
Our “why” for joining camp
What knowledge we left our trail group with, what our trail group taught us
What challenged us in our preconceived beliefs, current practices, and with facilitating a group
How the topics covered at camp have showed up in our experiences
Our transition from high school to college running
The evolution of our relationship to food and our bodies
Where we want to take the work of wildwood from here
Finally, how everyone’s process to success in running and life looks different!

Links to other resources discussed in this conversation:

Strong Runner Chicks: Strong Runner Chicks: http://www.strongrunnerchicks.com/
Maria Dalzot: https://www.mariadalzotrd.com/
Melody Fairchild: https://melodyfairchild.com/
Kara Bazzi of Opal Food and Body: https://www.opalfoodandbody.com/riley-nickols-interview/
Runner’s World article on how to talk to someone about an eating disorder: https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a28380503/amelia-boone-eating-disorders-discussion/