Valerie Bertinelli On Overcoming Trauma, Letting Go Of Shame, & How To Practice Self-Love
The Bossticks
Dear Media
4.4 • 15K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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#953: Join us as we sit down with Valerie Bertinelli – Golden Globe–winning actress, Emmy-nominated host, New York Times bestselling author, and entrepreneur whose decades-long career spans television, publishing, food, and lifestyle. From her early days as a teen sitcom star to becoming a beloved Food Network host and bestselling author, Valerie has continually reinvented herself while staying true to who she is. In this episode, Valerie opens about her deeply personal journey toward self-acceptance, healing from past trauma, and doing the emotional work that comes with it. She shares the vulnerability behind writing her latest book, the lessons she's learned throughout her career and personal life, and how her son, Wolfgang Van Halen, continues to inspire her every day.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Bostics, starring Lauren Bostic and Michael Bostick. |
| 0:07.8 | Together, they are the Bostics. |
| 0:10.5 | Hello, everybody. |
| 0:11.1 | Welcome back to another episode of The Bostics. |
| 0:13.3 | Today we have an icon Valerie Bertinelli in the studio. |
| 0:16.6 | She is a Golden Globe winning actress, Emmy-nominated host, New York Times bestselling author author and entrepreneur whose decades-long career spans television, publishing, food, and lifestyle. Valerie, you're making me feel like an underachiever. She was also married to Eddie Van Halen, which is probably not relevant to this introduction, but as a Van Halen fan, I just have to say it because it's just super cool for me. Some of the themes that we discuss in this podcast are the |
| 0:37.8 | career arc and what it looks like building a career that lasts, how to pivot, self-acceptance, |
| 0:42.9 | reinvention and finding your true calling, also finding power with age and experience and making |
| 0:48.4 | sure you feel empowered instead of disempowered. Valerie does an incredible job making you feel that |
| 0:52.8 | way when you sit across for her. And we had an incredible time with her. With that, Valerie Bertnelli, welcome to the Bostics. One thing that I respect |
| 0:59.6 | so much about you is that I feel like you have brought the audience along your journey and with your |
| 1:07.0 | books. Every time I read a book, I feel like I know more about you. And then you write |
| 1:12.2 | another one and I get to know you even more. And now we're at the new book that you just wrote. |
| 1:16.8 | And I feel like this is like you said, it's your most vulnerable, your most open. Is that something |
| 1:23.9 | that you have done thoughtfully or is it just how it's transpired i didn't plan on |
| 1:28.0 | talking about any of this in my book and as i was going through some of the hardest times in my |
| 1:33.8 | entire life what's just saying a lot because i've had a big life i realized that i was really |
| 1:38.7 | stumbling over some emotional traumas that i hadn't yet healed and I was letting people take advantage of me |
| 1:46.3 | that and you and and and tolerating behavior that I never ever thought I would |
| 1:52.2 | and I really thought that I'd healed from and wouldn't allow that behavior again |
| 1:56.4 | so I thought I've just got so much more work to do. Oh shit, I got more work to do. But yet, |
| 2:01.5 | it's really exciting to do the work. And I think doing the work on ourselves and listening to |
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