Modern Eve - Healing Relationships with Food and Body

Modern Eve - Healing Relationships with Food and Body A refreshingly modern approach to eating and body image. This ain’t your mamas counseling.

Damn I love that Frank Anderson. For those of you who don’t know him, he is a highly intelligent and super attuned IFS t...
07/08/2025

Damn I love that Frank Anderson. For those of you who don’t know him, he is a highly intelligent and super attuned IFS therapist specializing in complex PTSD…. So ya know, right up our alley. He’s my favorite IFS trainer to learn from.

Damn I love that Frank Anderson. For those of you who don’t know him, he is a highly intelligent and super attuned IFS t...
07/08/2025

Damn I love that Frank Anderson. For those of you who don’t know him, he is a highly intelligent and super attuned IFS therapist specializing in complex PTSD…. So ya know, right up our alley. He’s my favorite IFS trainer to learn from.​​​​​​​​
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Validation isn't about agreeing.  It's saying, "I see why that would feel true for you."  Big difference.It means acknow...
05/23/2025

Validation isn't about agreeing. It's saying, "I see why that would feel true for you."

Big difference.
It means acknowledging someone's emotional reality without trying to fix, debate, or dismiss it.

This is such an important skill to develop for healthy relationships.

Therapists aren’t mind readers (promise), but we do wish our clients knew these 7 things. Consider this your behind-the-...
05/18/2025

Therapists aren’t mind readers (promise), but we do wish our clients knew these 7 things. Consider this your behind-the-scenes pass to what we’re really thinking—minus the couch and copay.”

✨ Redefining Your Compass After a Faith Shift ✨One of the most powerful things you can do during a faith transition is p...
04/24/2025

✨ Redefining Your Compass After a Faith Shift ✨

One of the most powerful things you can do during a faith transition is pause and ask: What actually matters to ME?

For so long, your values may have been handed to you—packaged in tradition, community norms, or religious teachings. But when those structures shift, it can feel like free-falling.

The truth? This is where the real grounding begins.
➡️ Taking time to identify your own values gives you a new internal compass—one built on authenticity, not obligation.

Ask yourself: 🔹 What do I believe about people and the world? 🔹 What kind of relationships do I want to nurture? 🔹 What brings me peace, meaning, or purpose?

These aren’t easy questions—but they’re incredibly worth asking.
You’re not losing your values… you’re choosing them for the first time.

🖤 You’re allowed to keep what still resonates and lovingly release what no longer fits.

Have you gone through a season of re-evaluating your values? What surprised you the most?

04/17/2025

Disordered Eating vs. Eating Disorders—What’s the Difference?

The line between disordered eating and an eating disorder can feel blurry, but understanding the difference is important.

⚖️ Disordered Eating refers to unhealthy food behaviors—like skipping meals, obsessing over calories, or yo-yo dieting—that may be harmful but don’t meet the clinical criteria for an eating disorder. These behaviors are often normalized in our culture (hello, diet culture!), but that doesn’t mean they’re harmless.

⚠️ An Eating Disorder is a diagnosable mental health condition that significantly impacts a person’s physical and emotional well-being. Conditions like Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating Disorder come with intense preoccupation with food, body image, and control—often leading to severe distress and health complications.

✨ Both deserve care and attention. You don’t have to wait until things get bad enough to seek support. Your relationship with food and your body matters—always.

💛 If this resonates with you, know that healing is possible. You’re not alone.

✨ What’s Restrictive Becomes Addictive ✨Ever notice how the more you try to control something, the more power it seems t...
04/15/2025

✨ What’s Restrictive Becomes Addictive ✨

Ever notice how the more you try to control something, the more power it seems to hold over you? Whether it’s food rules, emotions, or even relationships, restriction can create an obsession—turning something neutral into something all-consuming.

🚫 When we tell ourselves we can’t have it, it becomes all we think about.
⚖️ When we micromanage our feelings, they fight harder to be felt.
🔄 When we try to fit into someone else’s expectations, we lose sight of our own.

Healing begins when we release the grip. When we trade restriction for trust, control for curiosity, and punishment for compassion. Freedom doesn’t come from less—it comes from learning to hold space for more.

💛 What’s one way you can give yourself more permission today? Drop it in the comments!

04/10/2025

What is Modern Eve? 🌿

Modern Eve is more than a counseling practice—it’s a space for healing, growth, and self-discovery.

It’s a place where:
💛 Your story is heard and honored.
🏳️‍🌈 Your identity is affirmed.
🌀 Your healing isn’t rushed or forced.
🌱 You can untangle the past and step into your future with clarity and compassion.

We specialize in supporting those navigating eating disorders, body image struggles, complex trauma, LGBTQIA+ experiences, faith transitions, and couples counseling. Wherever you are on your journey, you don’t have to walk it alone.

✨ Healing starts here. You are welcome here. ✨

📍 Office is Murray, Utah and Tuscon, Arizona | 💻 Virtual & In-Person Sessions Available
🔗 Learn more at moderneve.org

04/08/2025

Eating Disorders Don’t Discriminate. Period.

Eating disorders don’t have a “look.” They don’t only affect thin, white, young women. They don’t care about gender, race, age, body size, or background.

🌀 They show up in the athlete who seems disciplined but is struggling in silence.
🌀 In the mom who feels pressure to get her body back after pregnancy.
🌀 In the person healing from trauma, using food as the only thing they can control.
🌀 In the individual whose cultural expectations make them feel like they’ll never be enough.

Eating disorders are complex. They are not a choice, and they are not just about food. But healing is possible—with support, compassion, and care that honors your unique experience.

💛 If you or someone you love is struggling, you are not alone. Help is available.

Healing, Redefined: 6 Specialties at Modern Eve 💛At Modern Eve, women’s mental health is not one-size-fits-all—that’s wh...
03/27/2025

Healing, Redefined: 6 Specialties at Modern Eve 💛

At Modern Eve, women’s mental health is not one-size-fits-all—that’s why they offer specialized care in six key areas, creating a space where you can truly heal and grow. 🌿✨

1️⃣ Eating Disorders – Compassionate, expert support to help you heal your relationship with food and your body.

2️⃣ Body Image – Because how you see yourself matters. Therapy that fosters self-acceptance and confidence.

3️⃣ LGBTQIA+ Support – A safe and affirming space to explore identity, relationships, and mental well-being.

4️⃣ Faith Transitions – Whether you’re questioning, evolving, or redefining your beliefs, you don’t have to navigate it alone.

5️⃣ Complex Trauma – Helping you process and heal from deep, layered experiences that impact daily life.

6️⃣ Relationship Counseling – Guiding you through communication, connection, and healing in every kind of relationship.

No matter your journey, you deserve support that truly understands you. 💛

Which of these specialties speaks to you the most? Let’s talk in the comments. ⬇️

01/15/2025

I’m so excited to share my expertise with y’all! It was such a pleasure discussing some of my favorite topics with the insightful and articulate, Hayley Rawle on her wonderful podcast

Such an honor. 🙏🏼

If your podcast, retreat, conference, could benefit from a licensed therapists expertise on

✅ Disordered Eating
✅ Body Image
✅ Internal Family Systems (IFS)
✅ Feminism and Faith Transition
✅ Psychedelic healing for Complex PTSD
then I am your girl!

📧 Email me at shannon@moderneve.org to inquire.

You guys!  I can't even tell you how fuc*n' true this is!  This is the root of the therapy work.  Using compassion and c...
05/29/2024

You guys! I can't even tell you how fuc*n' true this is! This is the root of the therapy work. Using compassion and curiosity to understand the needs being met. Instead of just doubling down or shaming yourself for now changing. There is ALWAYS a good reason you are doing what you..

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