Lindsay Valley LCSW

While on some level, all eating is emotional eating because humans are emotional creatures (the body communicates through “cr@vings,” physical & emotional sensations) here are 4 mental & emotional signs you’ve reached a point where your emotional eating bothers you ❤️‍🩹

1. you feel frustration, h@te, or disgust having to think about food.

2. you feel fatigued by having to think & plan for your next meal.

3. so overcome by food, you reach a point where nothing sounds appetizing, nothing sounds “good” … if you could, you’d be “done” with food. You’re burnt out.

4. negative emotional states follow afterwards like shame, regret, or vowing never again.

✨ So what’s needed in food relationship healing?

Historical, Political, & Pagan/Indigenous educations needed. Resources, mutual aid, reconnecting to Voice, Power & Agency, & Chosen family. Harm reduction in nutrition & self care. Storytelling & using voice & agency for causes & communities valued is needed for wellness….

WORLD BUILDING ✨❤️🌎🌍🌏🦌🌿

Arizona Therapist with Lived Experience in Binge Eating Disorder: Binge eating is an intergenerational broken heart. What's needed? World Building.

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From Arizona Therapist: Binge Eating is a Broken Heart Arizona Therapist with Lived Experience in Binge Eating Disorder: binge eating is an intergenerational broken heart. What's needed? World Building

Context for Food Relationship Healing: ED’s, Emotional eating, Food relationships, Consumption vs Conservation...
are inextricably tied to the scales of scarcity vs abundance.

Your body, your patterns, will fluctuate in correspondence to how secure you feel in any given moment for your survival.

take a breath & take care of each other < 3


As a Phoenician, my heart is with LA & Southern California right now 🖤

All eating is emotional, because humans are emotional creatures. So what is binge eating? In binge eating, it feels like all my eggs are in this one basket. Food as my primary & all encompassing channel for meeting my needs. At the same time, “binge eating,” “emotional eating,” “stress eating,” and/ or overindulgence happens & is natural 🌿

💚 Accepting appointments for clients, therapists, & birth chart readings

Ironically, life is too delicious to restrict yourself to just one channel of deliciousness, to just one channel for nourishment… A big part of binge eating recovery/ healing is practicing flexibility. The flexibility to get out of your comfort zones, the walls you’ve built, & the boxes you’ve been conditioned to fit your needs into.

Accepting clients in AZ & consultations with coaches & therapists ✨💚

For cycle breakers & any witchy therapists out there- how Tarot can benefit your mental health ⬆️✨✨

All of my clients have a tarot practice or they’re curious about starting a tarot practice. I’m always up front that I’m not a tarot practitioner, but I am a trauma therapist who practices tarot & can help you navigate that journey if you wish to pursue it and/ or incorporate it into your therapy sessions, as it’s a value/ practice/ belief that’s important to you, therefore integral to your healing & understanding your own story ❤️✨

Stages of Recovery PDF available for free download 🔗