Valerie Bertinelli Finds Silver Lining After Experiencing Eight ‘Emotionally Excruciating’ Months

TV cutie Valerie Bertinelli says the past few months have been “some of the most excruciating” of her life — but she’s optimistic a happy future is in sight.

The 65-year-old One Day at a Time alum suffered through a breakup with her boyfriend of nearly a year, writer Mike Goodnough, and was miserable.

But then again, she also joined The Drew Barrymore Show as a lifestyle expert and began hosting Bingo Blitz — which is helping to pull her out of her funk.

“I started two jobs in different states and started writing my book, all while going through some of the most emotionally excruciating eight months of my life. And I still got my exhausted, sleepless ass up in the morning, put on a good face, and showed up, when all I wanted to do was stay in bed and sob,” Valerie wrote in a post shared on Instagram.

The actress and celeb chef goes on to reveal how much she grew through the sad experience, which toughened her up.

“I’ve learned so much about my strength, weakness, my patience, my resilience and my worth,” the star continued in the post. “If I could give you anything of value from my experience it would be this: Don’t let the challenging days make you forget how far you’ve actually come.”

“And if/when we fall or get pushed down again, we can either wallow, navel-gaze and be a victim, or we can get our asses back up and live our big, beautiful life,” she added. “Do that.”