A storytelling podcast, largely about overcoming adversity and trauma, and developing mental health resilience.
Here, I chat with folks who have really been through it. They have experienced trauma, adversity, or the plain old societal projection that is telling us who and what we should be in this life. This has led them to ask the existential question, but who do I want to be? It is my hope that you will find these stories inspiring and that they will broaden the lens through which you see what may be possible for your very own life.
Stay tuned for season 2.
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A storytelling podcast, largely about overcoming adversity and trauma, and developing mental health resilience.
Here, I chat with folks who have really been through it. They have experienced trauma, adversity, or the plain old societal projection that is telling us who and what we should be in this life. This has led them to ask the existential question, but who do I want to be? It is my hope that you will find these stories inspiring and that they will broaden the lens through which you see what may be possible for your very own life.
Stay tuned for season 2.
S01 E009 Valentine Darling on Embracing your Whole Self, The Essential Nature of Community and Sobriety
The Journeys We Take Podcast with Jen Craig-Evans
4 years ago
S01 E009 Valentine Darling on Embracing your Whole Self, The Essential Nature of Community and Sobriety
Whether you've experienced trauma, mental health challenges or been actively swept up in substance misuse, it can be said that many of us are recovering from something. This conversation speaks to recovery and sobriety with a set of fresh eyes and perspective. And in this episode, we cover a lot more than that. We talk about Valentine's journey, beginning with a family and religious community of origin that simply did not embrace them for who they were, and unfortunately included abuse. They grew to reject the church they had loved when they realized that their sexuality was something considered shameful and wrong according to the religious rhetoric. We speak about their search for self, including discovering a love for dancing, music and the rave scene as a first glimpse of common community. Valentine speaks to their time swept up in substance use disorder, a time of being homeless, and ultimately how finding the practices of meditation and buddhism spurred the beginning of a journey to recovery. We talk about Valentine's personal take on recovery, what it has looked like for them and the incredible and supportive community they find themselves in now. Valentine shares about their family ultimately finding healing and common ground, including their ability to be expressive and embraced as who they truly are. You can connect with Valentine on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goingsomewheresober/ Trigger/Content Warning: Discussion of childhood (sexual) abuse, substance use, homelessness and recovery
The Journeys We Take Podcast with Jen Craig-Evans
A storytelling podcast, largely about overcoming adversity and trauma, and developing mental health resilience.
Here, I chat with folks who have really been through it. They have experienced trauma, adversity, or the plain old societal projection that is telling us who and what we should be in this life. This has led them to ask the existential question, but who do I want to be? It is my hope that you will find these stories inspiring and that they will broaden the lens through which you see what may be possible for your very own life.
Stay tuned for season 2.
