Val's Voice Is Traveling
Every conversation is a chance to reach someone who needs it — a caregiver running on empty, a patient who doesn't know their rights, or a family who's about to walk into a hospital completely unprepared.
Here's where Val has been sharing her message. Find the one that speaks to where you are right now.
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🎙️ Harmonic Alignment
Episode: A 35-Year Journey Through the Healthcare System
Val's story didn't start with a plan to become a patient advocate. It started with a coworker — now her husband — named Bill, who was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition. What followed was a 35+-year journey through the highs, lows, and hard lessons of the American healthcare system. In this conversation, Val shares how that journey shaped her mission and why she now channels every bit of that experience into empowering others to navigate the hospital with confidence.
🎙️ Disruptive Dialog
Episode: Stop Being a Passive Patient
The message Val brings to this show is simple — but it'll change how you think about your next doctor's appointment. Patients have been conditioned to sit back, nod along, and trust the process. Val says that stops now. In this episode, she makes the case for why becoming an active partner in your own care isn't just smart — it's survival.
🎙️ So God Told You to Write a Book, Now What?
Episode: From Divine Call to Published Book
Val knew she had a story to tell. She also knew she had been called — specifically — to tell it. In this episode, Val takes us inside the moment she felt God's direction to write Surviving the Hospital, and then walks through every step that followed: the process, the publishing journey, and the mission of getting this book into the hands of the people who need it most.
🎙️ Gift of Life
Episode: The Unsung Heroes of Every Transplant Story
Caregivers don't always make it into the headline — but they're always part of the story. This conversation is a tribute to that truth. Val and her host explore the vital, often invisible role caregivers play in the transplant journey, and what it really means to show up for someone through the hardest chapter of their life. Meaningful, moving, and eye-opening.
🎙️ At This Table
Episode: When the Hospital Becomes Your Battlefield
Faith. Preparation. Advocacy. Val brings all three to this conversation — and makes the case that when you walk into a hospital without them, you're leaving your outcome to chance. This episode goes deep on what it looks like to fight for your life (or the life of someone you love) with knowledge, intention, and the kind of conviction that doesn't waver under pressure.
Want Val on Your Podcast?
Val is available for podcast interviews on patient advocacy, caregiving, hospital preparedness, faith in the healthcare journey, and her book Surviving the Hospital: 6 Secrets Every Patient Should Know.
She brings warmth, real stories, and a message your audience won't forget.
