31. Career Congregation feat. Valerie Tate, Intuitive Psychotherapist & Trauma Specialist: Soul Paths, Intuition & Staying Open-Hearted

Career Congregation is your weekly gathering for all things career, a space to explore the highs, the lows, and the incredible stories of people who have navigated career challenges, stepped through fear, and found success and growth on the other side. Hosted by Therapist and Coach Meghan Fitzpatrick, each episode offers real-life inspiration for reclaiming confidence and direction in your work.In this week’s episode, Meghan is joined by Valerie Tate, an Intuitive Psychotherapist and Trauma Specialist who has spent the last 25 years helping people clear the way for the purest expression of their soul’s path in this lifetime. Based in San Francisco, Val’s work is grounded, insightful and deeply attuned, shaped by a lifetime of intuitive experiences and a profound commitment to the inner unfolding of consciousness.Val shares how her intuitive abilities first emerged in childhood, how those early experiences were gradually tucked away, and how a near-death experience at nineteen shifted her sense of reality entirely. She also speaks about her early career in advertising, the moment she realised she was craving deeper emotional truth, and the pull that eventually took her from Minnesota to California, where she finally found a community and training environment that genuinely nourished her and reflected who she was becoming.The conversation explores Val’s intuitive development, including her studies at the Arthur Findlay College in the UK, her commitment to staying grounded while working with non-physical information, and her belief that intuition is not strange or mystical but a natural human capacity that deserves to be normalised rather than feared. She and Meghan unpack the tension between essence and relational reality in dating, why many of us fall in love with potential, and how to separate the soul level of connection from the practical day to day dynamics that actually determine whether something works.Val also reflects on 25 years in practice, the clients who arrive as mirrors, the cyclical themes she sees across time, and the moments that have expanded her both personally and professionally. She shares how she navigates energy, why she keeps her own system as clean as possible, and the commitment that guides her life and work: to keep her heart open, no matter what.This is a powerful, thoughtful and spiritually grounded conversation about intuition, awakening, boundaries, purpose and the lifelong unfolding of who we are.You can connect with Val via her website: valtate.comOr on Instagram: @valtate_therapyIf you think you know someone who would make a great guest, feel free to email me at [email protected] you’d like to support the show and the work I do, you can buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/meghanfitzpatrickKey episode themes: Intuition • Therapy • Mental health • Purpose • Personal development • Authentic career paths • Career change • Rock bottoms • Spirituality • Self trust • Relationships© Copyright Meghan Fitzpatrick 2025