In this episode, Valerie is guest of therapist Geoff Steurer, host of the podcast “From Crisis to Connection” and they talk about how Val’s view of burnout is extremely timely and very unique. From Val’s perspective, burnout comes from a lost relationship with ones one inner divine, a part of each of us that is […]
Join Valerie and Nathan this week as they break down the phenomena of “The Magical Other”…the desire each of us has to find the right person [or job, church, community…choose your favorite quick fix solution]. which will make all of our troubles go away. And how this NEVER works and actually poisons the potential of […]
Join Val and Nathan as they riff about Nathan’s favorite book that saved him from crisis when none of the supposedly air tight solutions worked. The book taught him that when we have learned about how to find happiness is dead wrong.
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 […]
Join me and my husband, Nathan as we break down professional burnout, or maybe better understood as a full-blown crisis in his profession as an eye surgeon and together walk through not only the events that brought up the crisis, but the realizations, learning, growth, and huge blessings of self-discovery that have grown out of […]