Valerie is an award-winning author of multiple books, workbooks, and journals to guide people worldwide through the path to Courage. She is a sought-after speaker and coach. Valerie is known as a woman of unwavering strength who has stood through the trauma and lessons of her daughter's addiction, her shooting at the age of eighteen, and Jamie's senseless murder twelve years later.
Valerie uses these experiences, along with her decades of leadership, to empower others to stand up and fight. Her book, “Still Standing After All the Tears,” has helped thousands to battle the beasts in their lives, and her most recent book, “Still Standing,” provides hope and healing for life’s many challenges.
"Together, we can stand through anything!"
~ Valerie