Mind Bully
Mind Bully is a personal podcast about the internal battles we all face. Host Norense Odiase shares his struggles and triumphs with mental wellness, anxiety, self-help, and personal growth. He invites friends to discuss their experiences, offering lessons on overcoming mental obstacles. The show emphasizes building meaningful relationships, staying positive, and not taking life too seriously. New episodes are released every Monday.
Episodes
255. God Isn't Finished With You Yet | Trusting Him When the Vision Isn't Clear
It's August. The rain is hitting the iron railing outside his Brooklyn window. And after 11 hotels, a sublet that ends in a few weeks, and a July where he was gone every single weekend — Norense sits down to be honest about the questions he doesn't have answers to yet.Where's he going to live? Is he doing enough? Is he spending too much time in the Word, or not enough? This episode is
254. How to Move Forward in Faith When Your Mind Feels Everywhere
A wedding in Houston. A brand event in Silicon Valley. His sister's memorial. Editing her tribute video. Four straight weekends gone — and Norense sits down in his Brooklyn apartment to be honest about what happens when your mind won't slow down and the enemy starts whispering that you're wasting your time.This episode is a raw, unfiltered look inside his thought process as a creator w
253. How to Stop Settling and Move on What God Told You to Do
Fresh off a flight from San Francisco — and a canceled JetBlue flight that nearly ruined his whole trip — Norense records this episode straight from the road, still fired up from two days in a house with 38 creators building faith-driven solutions in Silicon Valley.This one is a charge. A get-after-it, stop-settling, what-are-you-going-to-do-with-it kind of episode. Norense unpacks why the environ
252. How to Face Grief and Loss Through Faith | Engaging the Hardest Season of Life
Norense just returned from Dallas, where he held a memorial marking one year since his sister passed. This episode is the raw, unfiltered download of what that weekend taught him — about grief, about faith, and about what it actually takes to do the hardest thing you've ever done.He built the memorial video himself. Two hours of sleep. A pounding headache. Weeks of avoiding the footage because
251. How to Survive Grief Without Losing Yourself | Faith, Loss & Surrender
This is the hardest week of Norense's year.One year ago, he lost his sister. And in a few days, he'll stand at her memorial and deliver a video he's been carrying the weight of building — a tribute to a woman who beat stage three breast cancer, stood at a family reunion with tears streaming down her face, and pointed every ounce of her healing back to God.Recorded audio-only from a rai
250. How to Trust God With Your Desire for a Relationship
Fresh off a flight from his college teammate's wedding, voice half gone from cheering — Norense sat down to talk about a topic he doesn't cover often: love, dating, and the negative voice that convinces people they're not worthy of a relationship.This episode is part reflection, part real talk. From watching his old teammate marry his college sweetheart, to processing his own season of
249. Overcoming Discouragement and Burnout | Faith, Finances & Trusting God's Process
Broken camera. Stacking bills. A friendship that imploded over a sublet. And the quiet, heavy question underneath it all: am I giving more than I'm getting back?This episode is one of the most honest things Norense has ever recorded. No script, no polish — just a real-time account of what discouragement actually feels like when you've bet everything on a vision that hasn't paid off yet
248. Overcoming Isolation, Church Hurt & Self-Doubt | Faith, Community & Mental Strength
The New York Knicks just ended a 53-year championship drought. And Norense was in a Brooklyn bar watching strangers from every culture, background, and walk of life — hugging, crying, screaming, and celebrating together.And God used an orange basketball to teach him something about isolation, community, and why the enemy's greatest weapon isn't your past. It's getting you alone.This ep
GOD BRINGS CLARITY - TT147
Digital diary entries to explore my racing thoughts, to challenge my own assumptions, to examine and name my emotions, to express my feelings, while applying God's truth over my everyday situations..
247. Overcoming Negative Thoughts, Anxiety & Suicidal Ideation | Faith & Mental Strength
In one single Sunday, Norense encountered four different people — at church, after service, and late that night — all wrestling with the same thing: negative thoughts, anxiety, suicidal ideation, betrayal, and the feeling that the enemy had the upper hand.And then he hit record.This is an emergency episode. Raw, unscripted, and delivered straight from a living room in Brooklyn — because the mind b
FAITH OVER FEELINGS - TT146
Digital diary entries to explore my racing thoughts, to challenge my own assumptions, to examine and name my emotions, to express my feelings, while applying God's truth over my everyday situations..
246. How to See God's Hand in Every Season of Your Life
Three-story house. Professional basketball career. Six-figure income. Everything he chased from the time he was a kid getting picked on in Fort Worth, Texas.And Norense still felt empty.This episode is a full-circle testimony — recorded live from his first apartment in Brooklyn, New York, on the first Monday he's ever missed posting since launching the Mind Bully Podcast in 2021. Not because h
You're People Pleasing Again - TT145
Digital diary entries to explore my racing thoughts, to challenge my own assumptions, to examine and name my emotions, to express my feelings, while applying God's truth over my everyday situations..
245. Faith After Heartbreak: How to Trust God When He Doesn't Answer the Way You Expected
Recorded live from a co-working space in New Jersey — couch surfing, sublet starting June 1st, figuring it out day by day — Norense opens this episode with a question that most people are too afraid to ask out loud:What do you do when God doesn't come through the way you thought He would?It started with an Instagram Live. A viewer kept asking the same question over and over: "How do I hav
God Brings Calm in Chaos - TT144
Digital diary entries to explore my racing thoughts, to challenge my own assumptions, to examine and name my emotions, to express my feelings, while applying God's truth over my everyday situations..
244. Overcoming Fear and Low Self-Esteem | How to Step Into God's Promise for Your Life
God already said it's yours. But you still have to go take it.That's the tension at the heart of Episode 244 — and it's one of the most convicting episodes Norense has recorded. Live from a 12th floor apartment overlooking the Hudson River in New York City, he unpacks the story of the 12 spies in Numbers 13 and delivers a message that will hit anyone who has ever talked themselves out
Gods Job Vs Your Job - TT143
Digital diary entries to explore my racing thoughts, to challenge my own assumptions, to examine and name my emotions, to express my feelings, while applying God's truth over my everyday situations..
243. How to Stay Confident in God During Life Transitions | Faith, Gratitude & Mental Strength
Eight hotels. Twenty-one days in New York. Sick throat. Camera cutting out. No sublet locked in.And Norense is still recording — because that's what confidence in God looks like when it stops being a concept and starts being a lifestyle.This episode is a raw, unfiltered thought dump from a hotel room in Manhattan — a real-time reminder that confidence isn't built in the comfortable moments. It's f
GOD SEES YOU - TT142
Digital diary entries to explore my racing thoughts, to challenge my own assumptions, to examine and name my emotions, to express my feelings, while applying God's truth over my everyday situations..
242. Overcoming Doubt and Fear | How to Keep Going When God's Plan Feels Unclear
FIFTH hotel in two weeks. No sublet. No guaranteed next step.And Norense is still recording.This episode is one of the most honest things he's put out — a real-time documentary of what it looks like to trust God when the plan collapses, the friend falls through, and the enemy starts whispering that it's time to fold. Recorded live from Brooklyn, New York, this isn't a highlight reel. I
You're Worth the Investment - TT141
Digital diary entries to explore my racing thoughts, to challenge my own assumptions, to examine and name my emotions, to express my feelings, while applying God's truth over my everyday situations..
241. Walking by Faith When You Have No Plan | Trusting God in Life Transitions
What does it actually look like to trust God when you have no roadmap, no guaranteed outcome, and no idea how it's all going to come together?In this episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense records live from a hotel room in New York City — one-way ticket, no lease, no plan — and breaks down what real faith costs and what it produces when you stop waiting for certainty before you move.This isn't
You Don't Need Anyone's Approval - TT140
Digital diary entries to explore my racing thoughts, to challenge my own assumptions, to examine and name my emotions, to express my feelings, while applying God's truth over my everyday situations..
240. How to Hear God's Voice and Move in Faith When You Don't Have All the Answers
It's 5:46am in Dallas. The lens is broken. The Uber is coming. And Norense is hitting record anyway.Because that's what faith looks like in real life — not perfectly packaged, not polished, not waiting until everything is in order. It's moving when God says move, even when the details aren't clear, even when the doubt is loud, and even when you're running on three hours of slee
I am nothing without God - TT139
Digital diary entries to explore my racing thoughts, to challenge my own assumptions, to examine and name my emotions, to express my feelings, while applying God's truth over my everyday situations..
239. How to Stop letting your Emotions control your Life
In this raw, unscripted episode, Norense unpacks what overwhelm is really trying to do to you — and why the small moments of frustration, the micro-triggers, the "what's the point" feelings are not random. They are targeted. The enemy knows that if he can render you emotionally powerless, your gift never reaches the marketplace.Using the story of Joshua possessing the Promised Land,
OVERWHELMED & OVERTHINKING - TT138
Digital diary entries to explore my racing thoughts, to challenge my own assumptions, to examine and name my emotions, to express my feelings, while applying God's truth over my everyday situations..
238. WHY YOU FEEL TRAPPED & HOW TO GET YOUR AUTHORITY BACK
You think it's over. You think you're done. You're not.In this raw, unfiltered episode, Norense breaks down why so many people feel trapped — in the wrong relationships, the wrong cycles, the wrong version of themselves — and why the answer isn't more willpower. It's authority.From the Fall of Man to the resurrection of Christ, Norense walks through the full rescue mission of t
TRY A DIFFERENT WAY - TT137
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237. When You Feel Lost, Return to Your Values
If you've been feeling stuck, behind, or like life just isn't moving — this episode is for you.This week Norense gets real about what it looks like to be in a season of transition. Stepping away from basketball. Leaving corporate. Losing loved ones. Building something from nothing. And through all of it, one thing kept coming back — values.Not as a motivational concept. As a lifeline.Becau
TAKE CHANCES ON YOURSELF - TT136
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236. How to Build Confidence Through Commitment
Confidence is not something you wait to feel. It is something you build through commitment. In this episode of Mind Bully, Norense Odiase shares why confidence grows when you commit to something, stay with it, and build a routine strong enough to carry you when your feelings are inconsistent.Norense talks about the danger of outside noise—family, friends, opinions, and distractions—that can pull y
TIME FLIES - TT135
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235. You're Not Called to Do EVERYTHING
In a world that constantly pressures you to be everything for everyone, this episode is a reminder that you were never called to do everything.On this episode of Mind Bully, Norense Odiase reflects on the danger of people-pleasing, the pressure creators feel to perform, and the freedom that comes when you accept the gifts God uniquely gave you. Instead of trying to fix every problem or copy what e
WHEN YOU’RE FRUSTRATED- TT134
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234. When Life Doesn’t Make Sense: Trusting God Through Grief, Waiting, and Self-Discovery
Life doesn’t always go according to plan.Sometimes you feel behind.Sometimes grief hits.Sometimes your prayers don’t seem to be answered the way you hoped.In this episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense Odiase shares a raw reflection on slowing down, trusting God in difficult seasons, and finding hope even when life doesn’t make sense.After weeks of travel and constant movement, Norense spent s
TAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF - TT133
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233. How to Stay Disciplined and Faithful When No One Is Watching
What do you do when life doesn’t move on your timeline?When grief hits.When comparison creeps in.When the applause stops.When the results aren’t immediate.In this episode, I recorded live from Texas Tech and unpacked a message about endurance, identity, faith, and trusting God in hidden seasons.This is about:• Betting on yourself even when no one is watching• Trusting God’s timing instead of cultu
My Perfect Morning Routine - TT132
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232. You Are Not Worthless
In this episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense addresses suicidal thoughts, suicidal ideation, performance-based identity, burnout, and spiritual warfare in the mind. Sparked by the tragic loss of NFL athlete Rondale Moore, this conversation confronts what happens when high performers feel empty, isolated, or defined by achievement.If you’ve ever tied your worth to your job, numbers, title, re
Why does Suffering Exist? - TT131
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231. Grieving is Still Believing
Grief doesn’t mean your faith is failing.
And believing doesn’t mean you stop hurting.In this vulnerable episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense opens up about processing loss, emotional triggers, and trusting God during seasons of deep grief. Recorded during a weekend filled with memories tied to tragedy, this conversation explores how faith and sorrow can exist at the same time.If you’ve ever
WHEN YOU’RE OVERSTIMULATED - TT130
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230. Comfort Is Killing Your Calling
Comfortable Christianity isn’t the same as following Jesus.In this episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense challenges the version of faith that avoids discomfort, confrontation, and cost — and asks a hard question many believers never slow down to answer:Are we actually living out the gospel, or just protecting our comfort?This conversation unpacks why real discipleship is disruptive, why truth
Embrace Change - TT129
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229. The Negative Voice Attacks You Where You’re Called
What if the frustration you feel isn’t burnout — but disobedience?In this episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense breaks down what happens when you ignore the call God placed on your life and allow fear, people-pleasing, or insecurity to lead instead.Using 1 Samuel 15 (Saul & Samuel), this conversation dives deep into the difference between being gifted and being obedient, why shrinking fee
The Power of Self Reflection - TT128
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228. Tell the TRUTH: Why Hiding Is Keeping You Stuck
What if the thing keeping you stuck isn’t your circumstances but what you’re hiding?In this raw and deeply personal episode of Mind Bully, Norense challenges you to do one simple but terrifying thing: tell the truth.Not the polished version. Not the “I’m good” version.The real one.This episode explores the battle in the mind, the tension between faith and fear, and why hiding behind titles, perfor
STAY CURIOUS - TT127
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227. Why Overthinking is Killing your Calling
What happens when the motivation you started the year with begins to fade?In this episode of Mind Bully Podcast, Norense delivers a raw, urgent message about application — the difference between dreaming and actually becoming. If you’ve been overthinking, stalling, or slowly drifting away from what God placed inside of you, this episode is a wake-up call.Motivation comes and goes. Application is w
Stop Putting Pressure on Yourself - TT126
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226. Faith Over Feelings: Stop Letting Your Senses Run Your Life
What do you do when life feels uncertain…when your senses are loud…and your feelings are telling you to fold?In this powerful episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense breaks down the one ingredient every season of growth requires: faith.Coming off a challenging fast, personal loss, and seasons of uncertainty, Norense speaks candidly about the tension between what we see and what we’re called to
Walk in Wisdom - TT125
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225. What If Everything You Believe About Yourself Is Wrong?
What if the biggest thing holding you back isn’t discipline, motivation, or opportunity — but the belief system you’ve been living on since childhood? In this episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense breaks down how our earliest experiences — family dynamics, school labels, trauma, comparison, and survival — quietly shape the script we live our lives by. And if that script is wrong, everything b
Good Friends Last Forever - TT124
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224. You’re Not Done: How to Reflect on a Hard Year Without Losing Yourself
This episode is a pause.Before you rush into the next year…Before you label this season a failure…Before you disqualify yourself because things didn’t go as planned…I need you to hear this clearly:You’re not done.In this deeply personal episode of Mind Bully, I reflect on the past year — a year marked by grief, loss, unanswered prayers, unmet goals, and quiet growth no one else could see. I talk o
JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU - TT123
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223. Why Strong People Feel So Alone (And What God Is Doing in the Silence)
In this deeply vulnerable episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense Odiase speaks to the person who is always strong for others — but quietly struggling inside.After a year marked by unimaginable loss, grief, and isolation, Norense opens up about what it feels like to keep showing up when the people you poured into don’t show up for you. He unpacks the hidden weight carried by leaders, creators,
YOUR INCOME IS NOT YOUR IDENTITY - TT122
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222. Is Marriage the Goal… or Is Love the Standard?
You are not a failure.Not because you’re still single.Not because your timeline doesn’t match everyone else’s.Not because life hasn’t unfolded the way you imagined.In this vulnerable, unfiltered episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense Odiase dismantles one of the quietest but most damaging lies many people carry:that love, marriage, or relationship status determines your worth.Fresh off attendi
FOCUS ON YOU - TT121
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221. YOU'RE NOT A FAILURE (YOU'RE FIGHTING A LIE)
In one of the most honest, practical, and spirit-filled episodes of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense Odiase dismantles the lie that you’re failing in life.You’re not failing — you’re hiding. You’re comparing. You’re doubting the very tools God already placed in your hands.Through real stories, raw confession, scripture, humor, grief, and spiritual clarity, Norense breaks down how shame, negative se
BE A PROBLEM SOLVER - TT120
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220. Why You Don't Feel Like Yourself Anymore
In a world where opinions shift by the hour and culture normalizes anything and everything, how do you stay rooted in who you are and what you believe?In this powerful episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense Odiase delivers a prophetic reminder for anyone stepping into a new season: your life will only grow as deep as your convictions.Drawing from Scripture, personal pain, spiritual growth, and
THANK YOU JESUS - TT119
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219. Stop Asking Why and Start Walking
(Apologies for the sound quality)In this powerful and deeply emotional episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense Odiase confronts the three–letter question that haunts us in seasons of grief, stagnation, and spiritual warfare: WHY?Why did this happen?Why now?Why me?Why can’t I move forward?Speaking transparently about losing his grandmother and sister in the same year, Norense opens up about the
Read your Bible - TT118
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218. When You Feel Lost: Let God Lead You
In this deeply personal episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense Odiase explores what it means to find structure, direction, and faith when life feels chaotic and uncertain. After a year marked by loss, grief, and unexpected change, Norense reflects on how God uses even seasons of silence and suffering to guide our steps.He challenges listeners to pause, listen, and realign their lives with the
BE YOURSELF - TT117
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217. What’s Heavy on Your Heart? (Give It to God)
What’s been weighing on your heart lately? In this raw, spirit-led episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense Odiase returns from Lubbock, Texas reflecting on grief, faith, and the importance of showing up as your authentic self—messy, unfinished, and still growing.Norense opens up about losing his sister and grandmother, navigating emotional triggers, and finding healing through the radical love
STAY DANGEROUS- TT116
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216. Get Loud Again: Rediscovering Confidence After Doubt
In this episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense Odiase delivers a passionate, unfiltered reminder to stop disrespecting your own growth. From confronting self-doubt and perfectionism to rediscovering the fire that first drove your purpose, this message is a rallying cry to remember who you are, how far you’ve come, and what God has already placed inside you.Norense challenges listeners to refle
Finding Love - TT115
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215. Stop Sedating Your Emotions: How to Heal, Feel, and Return to God
In this powerful episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense Odiase records mid-cruise—14 men deep on a bachelor party—and finds himself reflecting on faith, friendship, and emotional honesty.From intimate dinner conversations that left grown men in tears to raw realizations about how we suppress pain, Norense dives deep into what it means to feel again. He explores why men struggle to express emot
Check on Your Friends - TT114
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214. When You Want to Quit: Finding Strength in Surrender
You’ve been through way too much to give up now. In this powerful, vulnerable episode of the Mind Bully Podcast, Norense Odiase opens up about losing his sister and grandmother in the same year, facing personal pain, and rediscovering strength through surrender.Recorded in real time after a breakthrough moment at the gym, Norense reflects on anger, faith, and the temptation to quit. He walks throu
Faith Over Fear - TT113
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213. OVERCOMING BURNOUT
Feeling burnout???? Same here. This is a different episode. RECEIVE GODS GRACE YOU ARE WORTHY OF ITSTOP TRYING TO PERFORM
Honor who you’re becoming - TT112
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212. FAITH AFTER LOSS: Learning to Live Again
In one of his most personal episodes yet, Norense Odiase opens up about the deep ache of losing his sister and grandmother—and how grief has reshaped his understanding of purpose, faith, and motivation.Recording in real time, Norense brings listeners into his Cedar Hill home, revisiting memories, unpacking triggers, and confronting the pain that comes when life feels unfair. He speaks with raw hon
