Mind Bully

Norense Odiase

Here’s a thought. When you’re hosting a constant battle within your mind, start a podcast to showcase some live results. Name your opponent “Mind Bully”. Share your struggles, triumphs, and every lesson you’re learning along the way. While you’re at it, invite friends to share thoughts with you on mental wellness, anxiety, self-help, and personal growth. Learn from their experiences and remind yourself that you have the mental stamina to overcome this ongoing battle. Lastly, remember to live, laugh, build meaningful relationships, and to not take life too seriously. Make sure you invite others do to the same. So what do you say? Join me every Monday!

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#259
Yesterday · 31 min
259. How to Stop Overthinking and Move in Faith | Don't Quench the Spirit
It's the last night of his sublet in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. The next sublet fell through — the person never showed up to the tour. And Norense doesn't know where he's staying tomorrow. So naturally, he hit record. This episode is a real-time stress test of everything this podcast teaches — and at the center of it is one battle every believer knows: the war between the overthinking mind and the leading of the Spirit. The mind says "this doesn't make sense, go back to Dallas." The spirit knows he's called to this city. The mind wants to intellectualize everything. The Spirit says move. Norense breaks down why the flesh always wants you to do less — stay quiet, protect your peace, don't say the thing, don't pray the prayer — and why the answer is defaulting to more. More obedience. More boldness. More faith steps. Including the story of a DM he received about a grandfather healed of cancer, after a prayer Norense almost let his mind talk him out of praying. In this episode: Why your mind wants to intellectualize everything — and how overthinking quenches the Spirit The flesh always wants you to do less: why "protecting your peace" can become disobedience in disguise What "do not quench the Spirit" actually means in everyday decisions The prayer he almost didn't pray — and the DM that came back: a grandfather free from cancer What to do when your plans fall through and you genuinely don't know what's next How to receive advice from people who love you without absorbing their fear The Joshua principle: God said possess the land knowing there was opposition in it Why "the just shall live by faith" means living by feelings is malfunctioning Why authenticity comes from knowing your authority in God Key Truth: "I'd rather default on more than default on less. The flesh always wants you to do less — don't quench the Spirit." Key Verse: 1 Thessalonians 5:19 — Quench not the Spirit. If this episode hit you: Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it helps this message reach more homes and hearts, one thought at a time. 🎙️ New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
#258
August 24 · 38 min
258. How to Handle a Friendship Breakup | Faith, Boundaries & Self-Worth
You are not disposable. People can walk out of your life — but that has nothing to do with your value, your worth, or who God made you to be. This is one of the most personal episodes Norense has recorded. In the span of two months, he lost two friendships — both, he believes, over the same thing: walking in the light and being misunderstood for it. Recorded from his Brooklyn sublet with just eight days left before another move, he opens up raw about disappointment, disrespect, and the temptation to shrink yourself down after people you invested in turn on you. But this isn't a bitter episode. It's a leadership episode. Norense unpacks why your identity can't be built on your role in a friend group, why "hurt people can heal people," and why the answer to relational pain isn't isolation — it's going again, loving again, and serving again. In this episode: Why you are not disposable — even when people treat you like you are The danger of building your identity around your role in your friend group Why nobody has the right to change how you see yourself based on one conflict How the enemy uses "pattern recognition" to turn two hard experiences into a lie about your future Standing in your convictions and having self-love — the balance between tolerance and boundaries Why walking in the light will sometimes cost you relationships — and how to make peace with that The honest challenge of platonic friendships, boundaries, and being misunderstood Why this life is about service, not survival — and how "hurt people can heal people" A closing prayer for anyone hurting from a relationship that ended Key Truth: "Where you are is not who you are. Nobody has the right to change the way you see yourself based on a situation or a conversation." Key Verse: Proverbs 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. If this episode hit you: Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it helps this message reach more homes and hearts, one thought at a time. New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
#257
August 17 · 33 min
257. How to Break a Soul Tie and Walk in Freedom | Faith Over Sexual Sin
You are not your own. You were bought at a price — and there's an attack on your life, your future, and the version of you that God is calling you to become. In this raw, unfiltered episode from his Brooklyn apartment, Norense goes deep on devices — the tactics and vices the enemy uses to gain access to your life. He starts where most people don't expect: not with the "obvious" sins, but with lying to yourself, unbelief, and putting your faith in your fear instead of in God. Then he gets honest about the one the culture loves to downplay: sexual immorality. Norense breaks down why sex is spiritual, what a soul tie actually is, and how the enemy weaponizes people and past connections to keep you cycling through shame, isolation, and emptiness. This isn't condemnation — it's a roadmap out. In this episode: Why the real war is spiritual — "we wrestle not against flesh and blood" The subtle vices most people overlook: self-deception, unbelief, and performance identity Why "you are always being led" — and the real question is who is leading you What a soul tie is, why sex creates one, and how to break it through Christ How the enemy uses people as weapons — the stories of Balaam, Samson, and Delilah Why anything that dominates you — your attention, intention, and surrender — is not from God The difference between deliverance and freedom — and why the Israelites kept wanting to go back Practical "blockades": how to set real-world parameters that protect your walk Why nothing external ever satisfies — and how to let God purify your desires Key Truth: "Deliverance is the opportunity to be free — but you still have to walk in freedom. Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh." Key Verse: Galatians 5:16 — Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. ⚠️ A note: This episode touches on shame, addiction, and mental health. If you or someone you know is struggling, support is available — you can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. If this episode hit you: Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it helps this message reach more homes and hearts, one thought at a time. New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
#256
August 10 · 36 min
256. You Are Not Who You Used to Be | Breaking Free From Shame and Old Habits
You Are Not Who You Used to Be | Breaking Free From Shame and Old Habits You do not have to be perfect. There is no perfect person breathing. That's where Norense starts this episode — and it's a message for anyone who has been hard on themselves for slipping, falling back into old habits, and then hiding in shame instead of running back to God. Recorded from his Brooklyn apartment after a long day in the Word, Norense breaks down one of the most important distinctions in the Christian walk: the difference between condemnation and conviction. Condemnation drags you backward into bondage and ties your identity to what you did wrong. Conviction draws you forward toward repentance and reminds you who you actually are in Christ. This one is raw, scripture-heavy, and honest — a reminder that being a new creation doesn't mean the old appetites disappear overnight. It means you renew your mind daily, one day at a time, and let the Holy Spirit do the work you were never meant to do on your own. In this episode: The critical difference between condemnation (backward to bondage) and conviction (forward to repentance) Why falling back into old patterns doesn't make you who you used to be What it means to be a "new creation" — and why the old man still leaves behind thoughts, appetites, and impulses to surrender The "HALT" principle — how being Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired lowers your defenses A walk through 1 John 1 and Hebrews 10 — grace is real, but it's not a license to do whatever you want Why nothing external — money, sex, titles, achievement — ever actually satisfies the deeper craving Why "man shall not live by bread alone" reframes Maslow's hierarchy entirely Honest, unfiltered thoughts on identity, culture, and why the real battle is spiritual, not surface-level Key Truth: "Condemnation condemns you backward to bondage and identifies you with what you did wrong. Conviction convicts you toward repentance and your real identity in Christ." Key Verse: Romans 8:1 — There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. If this episode hit you: Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it helps this message reach more homes and hearts, one thought at a time. 🎙️ New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
#255
August 3 · 32 min
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 a free-flowing, unfiltered reflection on what it means to keep going when the vision isn't fully defined — anchored in one unshakable truth: the God who started the work in you is faithful to finish it. Norense traces the through-line of a whirlwind month — his sister's memorial, a brand trip in Silicon Valley, a family wedding, and a Texas Tech alumni weekend — and realizes God was showing him something the whole time: that he's a bridge. Between people. Between worlds. Between the person he was and the person he's becoming. He also gets vulnerable about vices, sexual purity, and the honest truth about addiction — that the things we run to never satisfy, and only surrender does. In this episode: Why Philippians 1:6 is the anchor for any season where you can't see the full picture yet The danger of building your identity around how you feel each day — and what to do with your emotions instead How to recognize the "through-line" God is weaving through your different seasons and spaces Why shared sacrifice creates a sense of belonging that nothing else can replicate The honest truth about vices: alcohol, drugs, women, gaming, hustling, even fitness — none of it satisfies Why you can't stop an addiction on your own — and what actually changes when you receive Christ The stories of Paul and Moses — and why God redeems, restores, and re-commissions Why testing and temptation are the forging fire that prepares you for war Key Truth: "He who started a good work in you is faithful to see it to completion — but He needs a willing, yielding mind. You can't just sit on your hands." Key Verse: Philippians 1:6 — Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. ⚠️ A note: This episode touches on addiction and mental health. If you or someone you know is struggling, support is available — you can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988, or SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357. If this episode hit you: Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it helps this message reach more homes and hearts, one thought at a time. 🎙️ New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
#254
July 28 · 35 min
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 wrestling with the financial weight of the calling — the tension between pouring into people and actually advocating for himself, between living in the Word and knowing when to close the book and go to work. Anchored in Luke 11 — ask, seek, knock — Norense unpacks the shameless audacity it takes to approach God, and why moving forward in faith requires action, not just belief. In this episode: Why value — not volume — is what actually attracts success, and how Jesus modeled depth over big numbers The "ask, seek, knock" principle and the shameless audacity it takes to keep knocking on doors How to set non-negotiables and protected time with God while staying flexible as an entrepreneur Why elevation demands separation — from old income ceilings and old ways of limiting yourself The enemy's daily attack on your mind — "you're scatterbrained, you're wasting your time" — and how to resist it with the Word Why being seen in real community exposes your blind spots and your greatness The "it's who, not how" principle — and knowing which growth areas to own versus delegate Why your story needs to be shared digitally — and how fear (not God) is what keeps people off camera Key Truth: "When God says go, it overwhelms every no. But you have a part to play — you can't just sit on your hands." Key Verse: Luke 11:9 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. If this episode hit you: Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it helps this message reach more homes and hearts, one thought at a time. 🎙️ New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
#253
July 21 · 32 min
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 environment you put yourself in matters, how one bad moment can try to steal an entire season if you let it, and why God allows the friction — the delays, the disrespect, the disappointment — to develop the fruit you'll need for where He's taking you. If you've been sitting on your gifts, procrastinating out of shame, or letting the loudest voice in your head be the negative one — this episode is the push. In this episode: Why the people and environments you surround yourself with either accelerate your growth or keep you settling for less How to stay grounded in the fruit of the Spirit when you're treated unfairly — without suppressing your voice Why one bad day can't be allowed to cancel a whole season — and how the enemy uses friction to get in your head The Luke 5 principle: throwing your net where God says, even when you've "toiled all night" with nothing Why elevation demands separation — and what acceleration in your calling actually requires How to shrink the bull's-eye and build a consistent process instead of idolizing one big goal Your shield and your sword: why faith and the Word of God are how you win the war in your mind The question to sit with: What's your part to play in what God is doing on the earth? Key Truth: "When God says go, it overwhelms every single no you've ever received in your life." Key Verse: Psalm 115:16 — The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. If this episode hit you: Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it helps this message reach more homes and hearts, one thought at a time. 🎙️ New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
#252
July 14 · 34 min
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 every time he opened it, he broke down. But he finished it — and standing on that stage, running on empty, he learned something that changed how he sees his own capacity: when you can engage the hardest thing in your life, you realize you can attack anything. This one moves between grief, Scripture, and real talk on identity, calling, and why so many people dim their own light trying to serve everyone else. In this episode: Why grief changes your entire construct of life — and how faith reframes mourning without erasing the pain The story of Luke 5 and the miraculous catch — and what it teaches about shifting your strategy when you've "toiled all night" with nothing to show Why engaging hard, emotional things builds a confidence that comfort never can How caring too much about serving others can cause you to dim your own light and abandon who God made you to be Why your gift needs monetary value attached to it — and the danger of letting your talents be used without honor The difference between cultural Christianity and a rooted relationship with Christ — and why only one holds up under real loss Why every person breathing should create and express — and how your obedience might be the thing that saves someone's life Key Truth: "Your feelings matter — but the call of God on your life is more important than how you feel in the moment. Feelings fade. Purpose remains." Key Verse: Luke 5:5 — Master, we have toiled all night and taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
#251
July 6 · 41 min
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 rainy apartment in Brooklyn, this episode wasn't scripted. It was necessary. Norense walks through the last day he spent with his sister — the peace he felt walking out of a Sugar Land hotel with his family, not knowing it was the peak before the worst moment of his life, and the accidental run-in at a gas station that became the last hug, the last conversation, the last moment he'd ever share with her. But this isn't a sorrow message. It's a surrender message. Norense unpacks why expression alone isn't healing, why suppressing your story hands power to the enemy, and why the same man who once ran to performance, women, and money to escape his pain found something none of it could offer: a hope that held when everything else was stripped away. In this episode: Why expressing what you've been through is proof the enemy doesn't have you — and where most people stop short of actual healing The difference between "wisdom" and fear dressed up as wisdom when it comes to sharing your story Norense's raw account of the last day with his sister — and the gas station goodbye he didn't know was goodbye Why losing loved ones in college led to suicidal ideation, but losing his sister this year didn't — and the one variable that changed everything How vices — sex, alcohol, drugs, workaholism, performance — are counterfeit nutrients for a craving only God can satisfy The difference between being pure in heart and perfect in heart — and why purity is a journey of surrender, not a finish line Why living below your privilege as a child of God keeps you trapped — and how to walk in the authority you've already been given Key Truth: "When you're tired of running — when the drink wears off and the high fades — instead of pausing and running the other direction, we try to intensify. But more was never going to satisfy what only surrender can." Key Verse: Matthew 5:8 — Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. ⚠️ A note: This episode touches on grief, loss, and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is struggling, you can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. If this episode hit you: Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — and keep Norense and his family in your thoughts and prayers this week as he honors his sister's life. 🎙️ New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
#250
June 30 · 34 min
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 singleness in a new city, Norense unpacks the lie so many people quietly believe: that wanting a relationship and not having one yet means something is wrong with them — or worse, that God doesn't want it for them. He breaks down why isolation (online and in real life) is killing genuine connection, why curiosity is the antidote to assumption, and why surrendering your view of singleness to God is different from suppressing your desire for partnership altogether. In this episode: Why the lie "God just wants me to be single" is often fear wearing a spiritual costume How social media creates a false sense of connection — and why being an "IRL guy" changes everything The difference between independence and the interdependence we were actually created for Why curiosity — not assumption — is how real relationships and community get built How to engage the opposite sex without jumping to emotional conclusions or running from discomfort Why your singleness has a purpose, and how to stop confusing seasons with permanent sentences A challenge to surrender your timeline to God's will instead of partnering your fear with the world's narrative Key Truth: "Will you listen to those outside of you who are worried about the feeling in the now, or will you partner your will with God's will and speak the next over your now?" Key Verse: Romans 10:17 — So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. If this episode hit you: Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it helps more homes and hearts find this message. 🎙️ New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
#249
June 22 · 48 min
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. Recorded from New York City during one of his hardest financial stretches, Norense walks through the tension every creator and entrepreneur eventually hits: the gap between giving, giving, giving — and wondering if there's an adequate exchange coming back. He doesn't pretend to have it figured out. Instead, he goes to Matthew 4 and Deuteronomy 8 to unpack why God allows hunger, why discipline isn't punishment, and why the enemy only shows up with doubt when you're actually moving in purpose. In this episode: Why you can be discouraged without being in despair — and the difference that makes The real tension of being a creator: giving sacrificially while wrestling with whether it's sustainable Why the enemy's favorite weapon is "what makes you think you can do this?" — and how Jesus modeled the response in the wilderness The connection between Matthew 4 and Deuteronomy 8 — why God allows seasons of hunger before He feeds you with what you've never seen before Why working harder from a place of fear leads to burnout, not breakthrough The danger of becoming "thirsty" for validation, opportunity, or the next big break A raw, personal word on substance abuse, addiction, and why Jesus is the only solution that doesn't just manage your mood — it changes how you see Key Truth: "God is able to come through for you. Receive that by faith and move forward." Key Verse: Deuteronomy 8:3 — Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. If this episode hit you: Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it helps more homes and hearts find this message. 🎙️ New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
#248
June 15 · 33 min
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 episode is a raw, unscripted download from Brooklyn — part testimony, part teaching, part real talk — about what happens when you stop hiding behind the pressure to have it all figured out and start actually doing life with people. From church hurt after losing his sister, to being moved to tears by a stranger who saw him clearly, to watching Jalen Brunson silence every doubter — Norense weaves it all together into one central truth: you were never meant to do this alone. In this episode: Why the enemy's greatest strategy is isolation — and how shame, hurt, and "I'm good" keep you locked in it What the Knicks' championship run teaches about being counted out, staying the course, and proving doubters wrong without making it about them The danger of pseudo-vulnerability — saying how you feel without the facts to face your fight Why "feeling, feeling, feeling" without healing is just a cycle — and how to actually break it What church hurt looks like, why it's real, and how to not let it become a reason to isolate from community entirely Why being annoyingly curious about other people is one of the most powerful spiritual practices you have A live testimony of being prayed over by a stranger who saw him — and breaking down in tears because God used her to say I see you Key Truth: "The enemy fights in isolation. There's no condemnation in Christ Jesus — so step in, show up, and stop letting shame keep you small." Key Verse: Hebrews 10:25 — Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another. If this episode hit you: Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it helps more homes and hearts find this message. 🎙️ New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
June 13 · 13 min
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
June 8 · 42 min
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 bully is real, it's active, and it doesn't take Sundays off. Norense opens with a full prayer, walks through his own week — a broken camera, a gaslighting friendship, a heavy heart walking into church — and then unpacks the spiritual mechanics behind every intrusive thought, every wave of apathy, and every whisper that says it's over. He doesn't just offer comfort. He gives you the tools to fight back. In this episode: Why the enemy doesn't come with new tricks — just the same ones: self-doubt, shame, fear, and apathy The honest duality of faith — how you can feel audacious and anxious, joyful and broken, at the exact same time What gaslighting looks like in a friendship — and how to forgive without lowering your standard for who gets access to you Why suicidal ideation is a lie from the pit of hell — and what God's Word actually says about who you are The spiritual mechanics of resisting the devil — why he doesn't have to flee if you're not actively submitting to the Word Why the Bible reads you — and how to let scripture speak before you run to commentary or ChatGPT A live account of being used by God to speak into a stranger's life — even while carrying a heavy heart of your own Key Truth: "Healing happens when we walk into the room — because Mr. Healing himself lives on the inside of us." Key Verse: James 4:7 — Submit to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⚠️ A note: If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please reach out to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. If this episode hit you:Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it gets this message into more homes and hearts that need it most. 🎙️ New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
June 5 · 9 min
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..
June 2 · 37 min
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 he quit. Because God finally answered. From being bullied for his gap tooth and skin color, to being sexually assaulted between ages 6 and 8, to chasing validation through basketball, achievement, and women, to standing in a new city with less money than he's ever had — and more peace than he's ever felt — Norense delivers one of the most honest episodes of the entire show. The message? Gratitude. Not the Instagram kind. The kind that only comes when you've been through enough to finally see God's hand clearly. In this episode: Why achieving everything you dreamed of can still leave you hollow — and what that emptiness is actually telling you How placing your identity in performance, roles, and achievement is a form of idolatry — and how to break free The connection between childhood wounds, sexual assault, and the desperate search for worth through external validation Why suicidal ideation is a lie from the pit of hell — and what God's Word says about who you are when the voice gets loud What it means to be led by the Spirit versus living by your vices — and why the two lives can look dangerously similar from the outside Why exposure leads to expansion — but only if you're consecrated and know who you are first A live word on gratitude: how to pause in a new season and recognize God's hand before chasing the next thing Key Truth: "The desires God placed on your heart are a heavenly reality of your capacity." Key Verse: Psalm 139:14 — I am fearfully and wonderfully made. If this episode hit you:Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it helps more homes and hearts find this message. 🎙️ New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_
May 29 · 7 min
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
May 25 · 34 min
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 have more faith that God will get me and my girl back together?" And instead of answering on the surface, Norense went deeper — to the root of why we ask the questions we ask, and what we're really crying out for when we try to box God into the shape of our broken heart. This episode is for anyone in a season of loss — a relationship, a role, an identity — who is still trying to control how God shows up instead of trusting who He already is. In this episode: Why the question you keep asking God reveals what you've placed your identity in — and how to find it again What it means to box God into the shape of your broken heart — and why it leaves Him no room to be who He is How loss — of a relationship, a role, a season — is often God's protection disguised as pain Why God has already answered your prayer — and the real question is whether you're answering His call The power of serving in your season of need — and how giving unlocks what asking never could Why you don't know God like this until life forces you into a situation you've never seen before A personal word on surrender: losing a sister to leukemia, losing cousins, navigating a new city alone — and still trusting the process Featured: Chandler Moore's "What I Needed" — and why the lyric "it's foolish of me to box you in the shape of my broken heart" captures everything this episode is about. Key Truth: "Deploy yourself. Don't just look for employment — deploy yourself. Because everything is working together for your good." Key Verse: John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. MIND BULLY PODCAST: Spotify Apple Podcasts SOCIALS: @kingno_ @mindbullypodcast If this episode impacted you, rate and review the podcast to help this message reach more homes and hearts.
May 21 · 11 min
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
May 18 · 31 min
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 of what God put in front of them. The land was flowing with milk and honey. God had already shown up — through the Red Sea, through the wilderness, through fire by night and cloud by day. And ten of the twelve spies still came back and said: we were like grasshoppers in our own sight. That's not just an Old Testament story. That's you every time you automatically reject an opportunity, shrink back from a God-given idea, or let someone else's failed experience become your ceiling. In this episode: The story of Caleb and Joshua — and what separated them from the ten spies who gave a bad report Why automatic rejection is the fruit of low self-esteem — and what's really at the root How spreading a bad report about your own life pulls other people down with you Why staying in place is actually the irrational choice — not going forward What it means to "possess the land" in your real, everyday life right now Why God makes His appeal to the world through you — which means sitting on the promise isn't an option A live testimony: a PATH train conductor in New York who recognized Norense and reminded him that faith in action produces fruit — even when you can't see it Key Truth: "You are irrational for staying in place." Key Verse: Numbers 13:30 — Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, "Let us go up at once and take possession of it, for we will certainly conquer it." If this episode hit you:Rate and review the Mind Bully Podcast — it helps more homes and hearts hear this message. 🎙️ New episodes every week | @mindbullypodcast | @kingno_

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