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Jennifer VanOrman and FriendsTherapy 101In today’s episode, I recorded at Hope Church in Memphis, Tennessee, with my friends Virginia and Steve Tilleros. Virginia is a past client, friend, and Life Coach in Memphis and her husband Steve is on staff at Hope Church. As 3 professionals in the “helping” business, we wanted to have a conversation about the basics of therapy—Therapy 101. We deal with questions such as how to find a therapist, what to look for in a therapist, what the process of therapy is like, etc. The three of us hope this episode continues to move the needle on taking away the stigm...2024-06-0457 minJennifer VanOrman and FriendsCalm DownIn today's episode, I give practical tools and skills to bring calm and reset to our nervous systems once we become triggered and move into hypervigilance mode.
The list of tools and skills will be made available in PDF form on my website at jennifervanormantherapy.com.
I hope after listening to today's episode you will be better able to honor the feelings that we carry in our bodies and better able to care for this one amazing body that we have.
Please check out...2024-05-2148 minJennifer VanOrman and FriendsA Client’s Story: My Marriage to a NarcissistIn today’s episode, I anonymously interview a client I’ve worked with for 15 years about her marriage, divorce, and recovery from a narcissist. This incredibly hopeful, personal story will encourage everyone that healing, growth, finding yourself, and changing decade-old relational patterns ARE POSSIBLE—if we will do the work. This client has worked so hard and her story will inspire us all!
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Let’s all begin or continue to do the work together!!2024-05-0743 minJennifer VanOrman and FriendsTo Mississippi with LoveIn this episode, I tell the story of a recent trip back to a place I lived as a child. I lived in Walnut, MS, and went to school in Chalybeate, MS, for 4 years in middle school. I had not been back or been in contact with my friends there in over 40 years. Hear how this trip changed my life, brought healing, reconnected me with people I love, and taught me more of who I was meant to be.
Please check out all of my resources on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn under Jennifer VanOrman Therapy. And fee...2024-04-2330 minJennifer VanOrman and FriendsAddiction and the Pain of Living with David HamptonIn today’s episode I had the honor of interviewing my friend David Hampton, a certified recovery coach. We talk about addiction: what it looks like, what to do if you OR someone you love is struggling with substance overuse, and how dealing with the pain in life requires truth and coping skills.
Please check out all of my resources on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn under Jennifer VanOrman Therapy. And feel free to look at my website at Jennifervanormantherapy.com.
Let’s all begin or continue to do the work together!!2024-04-0940 minJennifer VanOrman and FriendsParenting Job DescriptionIn this episode, I share what I believe to be the most important question we need to ask ourselves prior to having children.
I also discuss 8 key points that make up a parenting “Job Description.” These points have been derived from my experience with clients, my traumatic childhood, and my gained wisdom from parenting my two boys, ages 15 and 27. I hope the thoughts shared today will lead to honest self-evaluation and provocative thought around our own parenting journeys!
Please check out all of my resources on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn under Jennifer VanOrman Therapy. And...2024-03-2639 minJennifer VanOrman and FriendsI Dare You to Raise Your BarIn this week’s episode, I interview Julie Harper on the art of valuing yourself. Julie is a life coach, writer, musician and founder of an online community called I Am Her. We talk about how our life and the company we keep changes as we add value and vibrate at a higher frequency. We also discuss some tools to begin to see yourself with higher value if you aren’t quite there yet. Enjoy listening to 2 women who have done a lot of their own personal work to be at the high frequency they individually are…and who share a...2024-03-1239 minJennifer VanOrman and FriendsYou Have the Power to Build a Lovely Life for YourselfIn the episode, I talk about when I first heard a voice tell me I had the power to build a lovely life for myself and how that principle has carried me through the last 25 years and many seasons of life. I discuss what you need to think about to identify what to do to start building your own lovely life. I talk about the tool of recognizing positives in each season of life so we don’t risk wishing life away waiting for the “next best thing”. Lastly, I address the importance of actually believing you have the lovely l...2024-02-2737 minJennifer VanOrman and FriendsJen Shares Her Story - Part 2In this pilot episode of the Jennifer VanOrman + Friends podcast, I share my life story. I am a licensed therapist working in Private Practice in Nashville, Tennessee. Despite my 15 years of experience working with thousands of clients, I feel my most important credentials are my own journey as a childhood trauma survivor, a widowed single mom, a divorced single mom, and 30 years of my own therapeutic, healing work. I want to be vulnerable on this podcast and very open about my own personal journey from brokenness and darkness to healing and light. I hope you hear that in this...2024-02-1335 minJennifer VanOrman and FriendsJen Shares Her Story - Part 1In this pilot episode of the Jennifer VanOrman + Friends podcast, I share my life story. I am a licensed therapist working in Private Practice in Nashville, Tennessee. Despite my 15 years of experience working with thousands of clients, I feel my most important credentials are my own journey as a childhood trauma survivor, a widowed single mom, a divorced single mom, and 30 years of my own therapeutic, healing work. I want to be vulnerable on this podcast and very open about my own personal journey from brokenness and darkness to healing and light. I hope you hear that in this...2024-02-1328 minJennifer VanOrman and FriendsIntroducing the Jennifer VanOrman and Friends PodcastI am Jennifer VanOrman, a licensed therapist practicing in Nashville for over 15 years. I, myself, have a personal story filled with trauma, addiction and loss. I have developed this podcast to encourage anyone who wants to begin or is already on their healing journey. Let’s do this work together!!2024-01-2501 min
Her Story of SuccessMental Health and the Holidays with Jennifer VanOrman Jennifer VanOrman recognizes that the holidays can be a difficult time for many women when it comes to mental health and family relationships. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, Jennifer helps people find ways to appreciate the beautiful parts of life even in the midst of hardship. In her own life, Jennifer has dealt with many challenges, including abuse, the death of a spouse, and divorce, and she’s worked hard to build a beautiful life for herself in the midst of all of those things. In This Special Holiday Episode: Jennifer shares some pra...2020-11-2656 min