Valerie Bertinelli ‘Learning to Trust Again’ with New Boyfriend [Video]

Valerie Bertinelli is settling down in her new relationship. The lifestyle expert is currently dating writer, Mike Goodnough, and says she is “learning to trust again.” In a June 25 Instagram post, the cookbook author opened up about how the relationship has helped her heal from a toxic relationship. She says her “healing journey” began in late 2022 before she began dating Goodnough. She finalized her divorce from ex-husband Tom Vitale the same year. “I wanted my life to be different than it was and I wanted to be a whole and emotionally healthy human being,” she said. “Being vulnerable and authentic are two things I thought I had really worked on and accomplished,” she added, “and I really thought I had conquered most of my demons.”

Luckily, she says her new man has been different. “This man is worth fighting the rest of my demons for. He is the most thoughtful, kind, gentle, intelligent, funny, and grateful man I’ve ever …