Welcome to the Valuable Talks Video Library
Whether you’re supporting a loved one, serving in ministry, or simply wanting to learn more about mental illness, the Valuable Talks Video Library gives you the flexibility to watch recorded presentations whenever it’s convenient for you.
An annual membership provides unlimited access throughout your membership year to a growing collection of presentations featuring practical mental health education, personal stories, and conversations exploring the intersection of faith and mental illness.
If you’re already a member, welcome back. Enjoy the library below. Select the talk you’d like to watch and enter the password from your purchase email.
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Tools To Manage Overwhelm And Preserve Relationships
A compassionate workshop for those who love someone living with mental illness. Learn practical DBT skills from Vanessa Austin, MSW, LCSW, to reduce stress, communicate with care, and protect your own well-being.
Supporting Executive Function
A compassionate workshop for those who love someone living with mental illness. Discover how understanding executive function skills can reduce stress, improve daily rhythms, bring clarity, and renewed confidence to your daily life—while deepening your faith and sense of peace.
How to Communicate in a Way That Reaches Your Loved One (Part 1)
Discover how to connect with your loved one using validation. In this talk, Maree shares faith-filled guidance, real stories, and practical tools for validating emotions, thoughts, and more. building trust. Discover how small changes in communication can bring healing, connection, and peace into your home.
Reach Your Loved One: Targets and Levels of Validation (Part 2)
Take your validation skills to the next level with this second talk in the series. In Part 2, Maree Dee teaches how to identify what to validate and how to validate at different levels—so your communication can truly reach your loved one. Through real-life examples, you will learn how small, intentional shifts can lower emotional intensity, reduce conflict, and improve your relationships.
How to Show Self-Compassion
Supporting someone you love who lives with mental illness can bring complex emotions. In this encouraging and practical talk, Amanda Smith shares how self-compassion can strengthen family members and our loved ones. Drawing from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and evidence-based practices, she offers tools to help you manage intense emotions, release guilt and shame, and build sustainable resilience
One Skill to Help You Avoid Compassion Burnout
When someone you support lives with mental illness, your compassion can be one of your greatest strengths—but it can also leave you vulnerable to burnout. In this practical and encouraging presentation, Maree Dee shares one essential skill that helps prevent compassion burnout: observing personal limits. Participants will also learn to recognize six signs that burnout may be creeping in, understand why personal limits matter, and explore a simple framework for honoring those limits.
How to Respond When a Loved One Is Struggling
When someone you love is living with mental illness, knowing what to say can feel overwhelming. In this practical and encouraging presentation, Dr. Andrew Graham equips caregivers with simple, meaningful ways to respond in moments of emotional distress. Participants will learn how to offer the gift of presence, avoid common communication pitfalls, and respond with empathy and hope—whether their loved one is in crisis or facing ongoing challenges.
Hope Is Our Choice: How to Guard It From Thieves
Discover how to connect with your loved one using validation. In this talk, Maree shares faith-filled guidance, real stories, and practical tools for validating emotions, thoughts, and more. building trust. Discover how small changes in communication can bring healing, connection, and peace into your home.
