Elizabeth Scott, LCSW, is an educator, psychotherapist, and dharma practitioner. She lives near the ocean in the Bay Area with her daughter and a crow named Onyx. As Co-Founder and Director of Training for The Body Positive for 25 years, Elizabeth trained educators and students to resist disordered eating by interrogating oppressive social messages that disrupt positive embodiment, cultivating self-compassion, and building supportive community. She developed the Big-Hearted Embodiment model to train clinicians to address the social conditions that disrupt positive embodiment in clients. Elizabeth is a member of three international mental health organizations committed to the liberation of Palestine and engages in direct action and fundraising work for people in Gaza. She completed Sacred Mountain Sangha's two-year Dharmapala leadership training in 2024 and chairs the fundraising committee on the Sacred Mountain Sangha board.