Join Val and Hannah (founder of the very popular instagram account @thehappyslothclub) as they talk all things mental health and especially the power that we each can have in talking about our own journeys through struggle.

Join Val and co-host Todd as they unpack the struggle that many men have in pushing up against our culture’s mandate for men to be “tough” and how they in many ways have been socialized to manage in ways that ultimately bring anxiety, emptiness, and relational struggle. This epidode highlights how Val’s client Garrick is […]

Join Val and co-host Todd as they unpack the struggle that many men have in pushing up against our culture’s mandate for men to be “tough” and how they in many ways have been socialized to manage in ways that ultimately bring anxiety, emptiness, and relational struggle. This epidode highlights how Val’s client Garrick is […]

In this episode, Garrick and Valerie dig into how his therapy journey impacted his marriage. Garrick shares his realization that there was no ‘fixing’ the marriage until he better understood himself and further realizes that being accountable and compassionate with his own struggles positioned him to love his wife more deeply and better understand her […]

In this episode, Garrick and Valerie dig into how his therapy journey impacted his marriage. Garrick shares his realization that there was no ‘fixing’ the marriage until he better understood himself and further realizes that being accountable and compassionate with his own struggles positioned him to love his wife more deeply and better understand her […]

In this episode Garrick and Valerie go more deeply into his story. Garrick discovers that his strategy to “hate himself” into better performance was a losing battle and one that continued to leave him emotionally empty. Learning to see himself as worthy, good, and ‘enouogh’ independent of his accomplishments has been a hard sale but […]

In this episode Garrick and Valerie go more deeply into his story. Garrick discovers that his strategy to “hate himself” into better performance was a losing battle and one that continued to leave him emotionally empty. Learning to see himself as worthy, good, and ‘enouogh’ independent of his accomplishments has been a hard sale but […]

Join Valerie and Garrick in this powerful series. Garrick is a young husband and father, former US Marine, and a medical student. He knows a whole lot about pushing himself ever harder to prove his worth. Then one day he realized that he his strategies to work harder in an effort to prove his worthiness […]

Join Valerie and Garrick in this powerful series. Garrick is a young husband and father, former US Marine, and a medical student. He knows a whole lot about pushing himself ever harder to prove his worth. Then one day he realized that he his strategies to work harder in an effort to prove his worthiness […]

In this touching episode, meet Jeffrey, a small business owner whose printing business went from the faster growing franchise in the world of its type to the need to nearly shut their doors, all within days. His story is one of tenacity, resilience, and a desire to never give up. It is also a story […]