In this episode, hubby Nathan and I riff about his deep dive into the unknown of his own interests…his burn out came in part because he literally didn’t know what he liked…aside from liking to please others and do what he’d been socialized to do–protect and provide. Was he “allowed” to do something for himself? […]

Join me and my hubby Nathan, back on the show to talk about burn out recovery with some depth. He actually interviews me about how this became my passion and how I’m working towards helping as many people as possible through the launch of my worldwide online burn out recovery learning and support community.

Join me and my hubby Nathan, back on the show to talk about burn out recovery with some depth. He actually interviews me about how this became my passion and how I’m working towards helping as many people as possible through the launch of my worldw

Join Valerie and fellow therapist Brannon Patrick as he offers his own story of he and his wife coming to terms with a burning out marriage and how they were able to get real about owning their own parts in their struggles. In this episode Brannon and Valerie show how personal work in rooting out […]

Join Valerie and fellow therapist Brannon Patrick as they talk about the struggle that we all have deconstructing that pesky “false self”…those defensive identities that we all piece together from early in life and need to eventually jettison if we want true connection with the TRUE SELF, with others, and we our own potential.

Join Valerie and fellow therapist Brannon Patrick as they talk about the struggle that we all have deconstructing that pesky “false self”…those defensive identities that we all piece together from early in life and need to eventually jettison if we want true connection with the TRUE SELF, with others, and we our own potential.

In this episode Valerie jumps into the topic of meditation as the ABSOLUTELY mandatory key to finding peace in our journey out of burnout and into a life that is finally peaceful, meaningful, and purposeful. Here is a sad truth: most of us are kept hostage all day every day by our “neurotic roommate” (yes, […]

In this episode Valerie walks you through how “thin culture” has hijacked most of our brains and convinced us all that there is something wrong with us. This is a massive topic of burnout because it is a question of taking authority back–not allowing a nebulous entity outside of ourselves tell us that we are […]

What a lot of responses we got from last week’s episode on burnout and institutional religion! So much so, we decided to respond to a few topics that many listeners addressed! In this episode Valerie addresses why managing struggles with religion,

What a lot of responses we got from last week’s episode on burnout and institutional religion! So much so, we decided to respond to a few topics that many listeners addressed! In this episode Valerie addresses why managing struggles with religion, belief, and belonging are SO overwhelming to our brains and bodies and they both […]