Nov. 17, 2025
7 Signs You’re Mentally Overloaded (and Don’t Even Know It)
If you’ve been feeling scattered, foggy, or just “off” — this episode is for you. Wendi Renay breaks down what mental overload really is, how the brain quietly hits capacity, and seven subtle signs you might be running on empty without realizing it.
Learn what’s actually happening in your nervous system, how to reclaim clarity, and why stillness—not productivity—is the reset your mind has been asking for.
For 1:1 Mentorship Click Here
Learn what’s actually happening in your nervous system, how to reclaim clarity, and why stillness—not productivity—is the reset your mind has been asking for.
For 1:1 Mentorship Click Here
Nov. 7, 2025
The Myth of Constant Healing
If you’ve ever felt like “healing” became your full-time job, this one’s for you. Wendi Renay unpacks the myth of constant healing — why self-work can quietly turn into self-pressure, what the brain actually needs to rest and integrate, and how to build peace without making it another project.
A calm, compassionate reminder that you don’t have to earn your healing — you just have to live it.
A calm, compassionate reminder that you don’t have to earn your healing — you just have to live it.
Oct. 31, 2025
5 Ways to Know You’re Living in Survival Mode
If calm feels foreign, or rest feels wrong, this episode is for you. Wendi Renay unpacks what survival mode really feels like — the hidden ways your mind and body stay stuck in protection, even when the danger’s over.
Through gentle insight and psychology, you’ll learn five signs you’re still surviving instead of living — and how to start teaching your body that peace is allowed.
Through gentle insight and psychology, you’ll learn five signs you’re still surviving instead of living — and how to start teaching your body that peace is allowed.
Oct. 29, 2025
Quiet Your Mind RIGHT NOW!
I'm back with The Still Mind — a podcast for overthinkers, deep feelers, and quiet rebuilders. In this first episode, I reflect on stepping away from social media, rediscovering peace, and what happens when life finally goes quiet.
Through psychology, story, and heart, lets unpack the truth about calm: it’s not found in silence — it’s built there.
Through psychology, story, and heart, lets unpack the truth about calm: it’s not found in silence — it’s built there.
June 4, 2025
Spotify ONLY: The Return — A New Name, Falling In Love With Life Again
After a year-long disappearance from social media and the podcast, I’m back—and not because I’ve figured it all out, but because I finally started living from a place of truth.
In this first episode of Life After Devout, I share where I’ve been, what changed, and how I quietly rebuilt a life I love. From regular therapy to spontaneous walks in borrowed shoes, from falling in love with kickboxing to crossing the finish line of a
Spartan Race—this is the real story of coming home to myself.
Thi...
In this first episode of Life After Devout, I share where I’ve been, what changed, and how I quietly rebuilt a life I love. From regular therapy to spontaneous walks in borrowed shoes, from falling in love with kickboxing to crossing the finish line of a
Spartan Race—this is the real story of coming home to myself.
Thi...
June 4, 2025
Spotify ONLY: Understanding Trauma: Types, Triggers & Holistic Healing with Joel Pieper, LCSW
In this deeply insightful conversation, licensed clinical social worker Joel Pieper breaks down the different types of trauma—beyond the obvious and into the subtle, often overlooked patterns that shape our lives. We explore:
The difference between Big T and little t trauma
How trauma shows up in your body, relationships, and behavior
Why unresolved trauma often appears as anxiety, overthinking, emotional shutdown, or people-pleasing
The critical role of nervous system regulation in...
The difference between Big T and little t trauma
How trauma shows up in your body, relationships, and behavior
Why unresolved trauma often appears as anxiety, overthinking, emotional shutdown, or people-pleasing
The critical role of nervous system regulation in...
June 24, 2024
Where Are They Now? Candice Ficalora
Hello there!
It's good to be back, I am excited about this new series. Are you ready for some stories about growth? Health and wellness? Healthy mindsets? Unraveled indoctrination?
LET'S DO IT!!
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For Candace's first interview:
https://youtu.be/rE_mP0aTEyY
Born and raised in Brooklyn NYC to a former JW mom turned reinstated and non-JW dad, Candice grew up around the organization and was mentally in for most of her life, baptized a...
It's good to be back, I am excited about this new series. Are you ready for some stories about growth? Health and wellness? Healthy mindsets? Unraveled indoctrination?
LET'S DO IT!!
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For Candace's first interview:
https://youtu.be/rE_mP0aTEyY
Born and raised in Brooklyn NYC to a former JW mom turned reinstated and non-JW dad, Candice grew up around the organization and was mentally in for most of her life, baptized a...
Dec. 17, 2023
Social Anxiety, Sadness, Depression, and Other Feelings - with Ryan Lee, PsyD
To contact Dr. Ryan: www.drryanlee.com
"I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness from birth until the age of 18, when I realized that there was more to the world than I had been taught. The following years, while exciting in some respects, were also challenging as I set out to rebuild my identity, world view and community from the ground up.
I found my own time in therapy to be immensely helpful in this endeavor, however therapists I worked with had little familiarity with the depth to which this k...
"I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness from birth until the age of 18, when I realized that there was more to the world than I had been taught. The following years, while exciting in some respects, were also challenging as I set out to rebuild my identity, world view and community from the ground up.
I found my own time in therapy to be immensely helpful in this endeavor, however therapists I worked with had little familiarity with the depth to which this k...
April 2, 2023
Are All Religious Cults the Same? Anthony Forte, Former Deacon, World Mission Society Church of God
Anthony is a former deacon and a 10.5 year member of the World Mission Society Church of God, a cult group that believes Jesus’ second coming already happened (and this Jesus died in 1985) and worships an elderly lady in Korea as “God the Mother.” Through the pandemic, personal research, and family support, Anthony was able to escape the mind control this group had over him as well as the arranged marriage they coerced him into.
MORE INFO ABOUT WORLD MISSION SOCIETY OF GOD:
https://open.spotify...
MORE INFO ABOUT WORLD MISSION SOCIETY OF GOD:
https://open.spotify...
March 12, 2023
David Podos: Tips for reaching out to journalists
Mr. Podos is a life -long resident of Utica New York. In his early professional career, he worked for a number of non-for-profit entities as Executive Director. In 2000 Podos was part of the faculty of a private business college located in Utica and held the position of Adjunct Instructor. He furthered his teaching career in 2005 when he became a
faculty member at Mohawk Valley Community College, (also located in Utica New York), where he taught economics, marketing, and labor law till 2015.
Pod...
faculty member at Mohawk Valley Community College, (also located in Utica New York), where he taught economics, marketing, and labor law till 2015.
Pod...