Join Valerie and colleague Dr. Todd Frye in a continuation of their conversation about parenting, love, shame resilience, and how Valerie’s family grew enormously from their experience working with their daughter through her eating disorder. Want to feel like being a messy, imperfect familyis normal and even the best path to learning all that we are here on earth to learn? Then listen to this story!
In this special episode, Valerie shares her own experience as a mom and health care professional with an adolescent daughter who struggled with an eating disorder. In this interview Valerie opens up about her struggle with shame, insecurity, and some of the lessons she learned about parenthood, the nature of growth, and the unique gifts that suffering can bring.