Off Script with Valerie Cantella

Valerie Cantella is an award-winning, multipassionate communications and public affairs professional living a life beyond her wildest dreams. She is the author of Off-Script: a mom’s journey through adoption, a husband’s alcoholism, and special needs parenting. She shares her journey as a mother of teens with mental health issues, the struggles of special needs parenting, the effect of alcoholism on a marriage, and how she learned to embrace the unimaginable to create an extraordinary life. Valerie calls herself a recovering perfectionist and is passionate about using her experiences to help others. She volunteers with organizations supporting those with mental health and substance abuse issues and serves on the County’s Behavioral Wellness Commission. Her love of writing began when her stubby little fingers learned to form letters, and those letters made words that crafted sentences. From those sentences, she wrote short stories, articles, poems, and even two books for her grade school author showcase. Valerie later turned to journalism and a career in communications. She is the mom of three adult children–a biological son, an adopted daughter, and a bonus son by marriage. Valerie and her husband Tom live in Santa Barbara with their exuberant yellow lab, Charlie. When she isn’t writing or speaking, you will find her walking at one of their beautiful beaches. Her mantra: I will look forward. I will trust God. Today is a new day. Valerie's publishing company is Recovering Perfectionist Press. Please share anything that will help prepare for our meeting. In my book, I share about my journey as a mother of teens with mental health issues, the struggles of special needs parenting, the effect of alcoholism on a marriage, and how I found my authentic self through the challenges. I use my experiences to inspire those whose life has gone off-script. You can read the first chapter (www.valeriecantella.com/first-chapter). buy her book Off Script here: https://amzn.to/3NLfWVu Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Find out more about Zarlequan here: https://zarlequan.com/ Add yourself to the Indie Author Directory here: https://zarlequan.com/add-listing/ Send us your up to 1 minute video mentioning Zarlequan here: https://zarlequan.com/1-minute-video-submission/ Submit an article to be published on our blog here: https://zarlequan.com/article-submission/ Shop our advertising plans here: https://zarlequan.com/product-category/business-advertising/ Socials: FB: https://www.facebook.com/zarlequan?mibextid=2JQ9oc YT: https://youtube.com/@zarlequanPodcast?si=QZMGhI7YNieiFcxX Insta: https://instagram.com/zarlequan?igshid=NzZlODBkYWE4Ng== TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zarlequanofficial?_t=8fxoVi0b4GY&_r=1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittani-s-09ba86a5