Communications and public affairs professional Valerie Cantella joins Blake to talk about her journey as a mother of teens with mental health issues, the struggles of special needs parenting, the effect of alcoholism on a marriage, and how she learned to embrace the unimaginable to create an extraordinary life. Listen in as they talk about what it looks like to be a recovering perfectionist and using your experiences to help others.

Valerie is the author of Off-Script - available everywhere now!

To connect with Valerie:

Website: valeriecantella.com

Instagram: @valeriejcantella

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/valerie-cantella

Blake's book, Confessions of a Crappy Christian: Real-Life Talk about All the Things Christians Aren't Sure We're Supposed to Say–and Why They Matter to God, is available everywhere now! thegirlnamedblake.com/book

JOIN THE BOOK CLUB! For the next semester of the Collective monthly membership, we're going to book club our way through Blake's new book Confessions of a Crappy Christian. The Collective is a community membership empowering you to navigate real life from a Biblical perspective. Head to https://thegirlnamedblake.com/collective to learn more and join the waitlist!

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