Adventures in Adversity: an inspirational podcast

✝️ Trauma ➡️ Triumph ➡️ Testimony 🎙️Inspiring conversations to remind you you're not alone. Watch or listen 🎧 YouTube • Spotify • Apple Podcasts

Adventures in Adversity: an inspirational podcast is a health podcast hosted by Bre Wilson, with 99 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #97

  Ep. 97: You have to live to see it - a prophet's journey from grave clothes to freedom with Samia Young

  Aug 14, 20261h 7mS3

  I sit down with Prophet Samia Young , attorney, author, and founder of Samia Young Ministries, for one of the most raw and powerful testimonies this show has ever featured. Samia grew up in a domestic violence household and, by age seven, was already carrying her own birth certificate and Social Security card because she knew she'd have to raise herself. At 13, she was sent to live with an aunt in Chicago, where she endured three and a half years of starvation and abuse so severe it temporarily took away her ability to speak. At 14, in that same house, she gave her life to Christ, and at 15, a pastor she'd never met called her out from the back row and told her she was a prophet. Years of running followed: promiscuity, addiction, and jail on her 24th birthday, until a night at rock bottom holding a bottle of pills when she heard God say the words that saved her life. Today she's an attorney, a minister who preaches in women's prisons in Ohio, and the author of a memoir that's now becoming a stage play. In this conversation, we talk about: -How a domestic violence childhood shaped Samia's early "supernatural knowing" and sense of calling -The three and a half years she spent starved and abused by her aunt in Chicago, and how trauma took away her ability to speak -Giving her life to Christ at 14 inside the very house where she felt invisible and unsafe -Being called out as a prophet at 15, and why knowing your calling isn't enough to keep you from running from it -Jail on her 24th birthday and the exact words she heard from God the night she considered ending her life -The difference between coming out of the grave and actually being loosed from your grave clothes -Why God is after our dependency, not our perfection -Her new stage play, "Loose Her" debuting in the Cleveland, Ohio area this September Samia, Come Forth! Trading Graveclothes for Purpose (book) Samia's website and shop Follow Samia Young on Instagram Subscribe to Samia Young Ministries on YouTube This episode of Adventures in Adversity is sponsored by DIVINI, a honey-based sparkling kombucha tea. Visit LiveDivini and use discount code Breanne10 at checkout for a discount! #ComeForth #Loosed #ChristianTestimony #FaithOverFear #TraumaToTriumph #ProphetSamiaYoung #AdventuresInAdversity

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  Episode #92

  Ep. 96: You’re not going insane - mapping the collapse after narcissistic abuse with Mark Thomas Beare

  Aug 7, 20261h 23mS3

  I'm incredibly grateful to sit down with ⁠ Mark Thomas Beare⁠ , a survivor of narcissistic abuse who turned his multi-year search for understanding into ground-breaking psychological work. Mark begins ep. 96 by candidly sharing where it all began. After experiencing his own total psychological collapse in 2019, Mark spent years mapping his unraveling into a full theory, now known as (MPIT), built on the work of Professor Sam Vaknin , who wrote the forward to Mark's new book: Narcissistic Redeemer: Bringing You Back from Collapse Through thousands of hours of deep self-reflection and in-depth psychological research, Mark developed the Mirrored Psychic Inversion Theory (MPIT) and Anticipatory Stress Reflex (ASR) theories of narcissistic abuse, two critical frameworks that are changing the way survivors and clinicians approach recovery. This is one of the most detailed conversations this show has ever had about what actually happens inside the mind of survivors of narcissistic abuse. We talk about why the chaos, dissociation, and identity loss that follow a discard are not a sign that you're broken. It's a sign that you can feel pain...and you can recover. If you've ever wondered whether you were losing your mind after a relationship ended, this conversation offers language, structure, and real hope for finding your way back. In this episode, we cover: -The shared fantasy, the dual mothership, and the cathexis cycle (idealization, devaluation, discard) -Why survivors co-idealize a partner too, and how that creates a collapse that gets deferred until after the relationship ends -The liminal phase, collapse-induced psychotic regression, orbital collapse, and the deadness phase that follow a discard -The five self-states inside collapse: the Redeemer, the Mute Child, the False Protector, the Introject Enforcer, and the Truth Self -The ASR Complex (Anticipatory Stress Reflex) and why reality feels like it's slipping away during collapse -Building an "observer ego" and learning to decathect from the internal loop -Why the capacity to feel this much pain is proof you can heal, not proof something is wrong with you You're not going insane. You're not alone. You were abused by a narcissist whose primary goal was to, as Mark puts it, "colonize your mind." You did not imagine it. You're not being too sensitive. And you CAN rebuild yourself after collapsing under the weight of the darkness of narcissistic abuse. As Mark brilliantly says in this interview: your breakdown - that reaction that rocked your inner psyche - from a clinical psychology perspective, is a normal reaction to a very abnormal situation with your abuser. In this episode, Mark walks us through each phase of the survivor's collapse in detail so you can understand exactly what happened when the narcissist infiltrated your mind and began conditioning you through abuse. Read Mark's books to help you recondition your psyche to heal and step back into your true self...the self you swore you knew and lived in before the narcissist. The Organising Gate and the Reconstruction of Reality After Narcissistic Abuse Follow Mark Thomas Beare on Instagram This episode of Adventures in Adversity is sponsored by DIVINI, a honey-based sparkling kombucha tea. Visit LiveDivini and use discount code Breanne10 at checkout. #narcissisticabuse #narcissisticabuserecovery #MPIT #mentalhealth #trauma #healing #selflove #discard #cptsd #resilience

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  Ep. 95: You are not your thoughts, motherhood, & choosing hope, with Valeriya Hjertenæs

  Jul 11, 20261h 19m

  I sit down with Valeriya Hjertenæs, PhD researcher, international speaker, and Mrs. World Congeniality. Valeriya's story starts in an unexpected place: a mental institution in Ukraine, in her pajamas, just weeks after adopting her daughter. She opens up about the moment her first intrusive thought hit, a terrifying image that felt completely opposite of who she was, and how not understanding what was happening led her down a dark path toward a suicide plan. Her mother's quiet intuition, noticing Valeriya packing winter clothes in the middle of summer, became the turning point that saved her life. Topics we cover: What intrusive thoughts actually are, and why they're not a reflection of your character Valeriya's path from crisis to diagnosis, and the doctor who told her "you are not crazy" Living with OCD as a mother, a PhD researcher, and a public figure The global scale of neurodivergence, and why so many people never get diagnosed Why men in some cultures are more likely to die by suicide than admit they're struggling How Valeriya turned her lowest moment into a mission of advocacy and hope If you've ever had a thought that scared you, one that felt nothing like the person you know yourself to be, this episode is for you. My hope is that you walk away feeling less alone, and reminded that your hardest chapter can still become someone else's hope. OCD resources for listeners - you're not alone! If this episode brought up something for you, here are trusted places to learn more or find support: International OCD Foundation (iocdf.org) — educational resources, treatment guides, and a directory to find OCD-specialized therapists Your Anxiety Toolkit — a podcast dedicated to providing mindfulness-based tools for anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), depression, and the mental struggles that go along with these disorders. NOCD (treatmyocd.com) — accessible articles and virtual therapy options focused specifically on OCD BeyondOCD.org — plain-language explanations of intrusive thoughts and OCD subtypes, including the "harm OCD" experience Valeriya describes IntrusiveThoughts.org — resources specifically focused on understanding and coping with intrusive thoughts Maternal OCD — support specifically for parents experiencing postpartum or new-parent OCD, which mirrors much of Valeriya's story For anyone in crisis, please reach out to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988 in the US) or your local emergency services. You are not alone, and help is available. This episode of Adventures in Adversity is sponsored by DIVINI, a honey-based sparkling kombucha tea. Visit LiveDivini & use discount code Breanne10 at checkout! Follow Adventures in Adversity on Instagram & Facebook #MentalHealth #OCD #IntrusiveThoughts #Neurodiversity #Motherhood

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  Episode #94

  Ep. 94: Porn addiction, men's mental health, and breaking shame cycles with Jeremy Lipkowitz

  Jun 5, 20261h 6mS3

  <p>Jeremy Lipkowitz, Founder of Unhooked Academy + Unhooked Podcast, opens up about his personal journey with porn addiction, the crushing weight of shame, and how it impacted men's mental health.</p><p>Jeremy breaks down:</p><p>How porn addiction quietly erodes intimacy, contentment, and self-trust</p><p>The deep shame that keeps men silent and stuck</p><p>The inner work of recovery and what actually helps men break free</p><p>Science-based, compassionate strategies for healing</p><p>Why speaking publicly about addiction changed everything for him</p><p>This conversation is for anyone struggling with compulsive behaviors...

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  Ep. 93: Men's mental health - the hidden crisis no one talks about

  May 29, 202619 minS0

  <p>Nearly 80% of suicide deaths in the U.S. are men...and yet, men’s mental health is one of the least talked-about crises of our time. </p><p>In this episode, we break down:</p>Why men are more likely to suffer in silenceHow societal expectations around masculinity shape emotional behaviorWhy so many men avoid therapy and emotional expressionThe real impact of “be strong” cultureHow to redefine masculinity and emotional strengthPractical ways to support a man who is strugglingHow to raise emotionally healthy boys<p>This conversation explores the real reasons behind the stigma around men’s mental health...and what...

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