S01E67 The Hidden Emotional Needs Behind Addiction and Disordered Eating with Whitney Walker

Disorders & Self-Worth In this episode of Empowered Women Life Leaders, Karen Bashford speaks with Whitney Walker, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, about her 15-year journey through substance abuse and eating disorders. Whitney shares how growing up with a mother with anorexia, bullying, and low self-worth shaped her relationship with food, alcohol, and her body and how addiction often begins when we use these things to meet emotional needs like safety and comfort. This conversation offers compassionate insight for anyone affected by addiction, body image struggles, or disordered eating.   Women Waken Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/7BHbXG9uSqxaBz5XrWNJ8z