Join Valerie as she shares some pretty amazing stories about how a few people came in with pervasive stressors (generalized anxiety and hypervigilence, intimate relationship issues, and issues of boundaries and self respect at work) and how together we learned how to tackle their chronic burnout with trauma therapy. These first hand accounts can be found in other episodes of this very podcast by the way [22-25, 56, and 97-98]. The bottom line: chronic burnout can improve.
Join Valerie and Nathan as they banter about all things burnout recovery and spiritual development. In this SHADOW series, they talk about 3 of 6 questions we can ask ourselves to learn about our shadow…that part of our identity that we deny or pretend does not exist. These first three questions have to do with our relationship with ourself. The 3 questions addressed in the next episode have to do with our relationship with others.
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 the “false self” is key in personal growth and in healing intimate relationships.
In this episode, Jeffrey shares his story about how a friend bravely nurtured him through a moment when he was on the edge of suicide. If you don’t feel that one friend can make a difference, you need to hear this touching episode.
In this episode, meet therapist Valerie Hamaker and learn more about her background, passion, and the gift that being a therapist has been to herself, her family, and to the growth of her own soul. Want to become a therapist? Have you considered seeing a therapist and haven’t quite had the courage? Listen to this episode and it might inspire you to grow your soul in all new ways in 2021!