Jennifer VanOrman and Friends

In 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,...

In 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...

In 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! Pleas...

In 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...

In 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 VanOr...

In 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 hone...

In 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...

In 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 wishin...

In 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 therape...

In 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 therape...

I 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!!