45 episodes

What is your greatest fear is the first question Fxck Fear podcast host Catenya McHenry asks each of her guests. Without fail, there's always an answer because everyone has experienced the paralyzing force of fear.

The Fxck Fear podcast is rich with honest conversations about the science of fear, where it stems from and its negative and positive impacts in life, career, relationships, and parenting. Guests are everyday people who not only openly share their greatest fears but also their struggles overcoming fear. Scientists and other experts join the conversations too, teaching us how to conquer fear, how to be more brave and what it means to live peacefully fulfilled.

Recovering from a toxic narcissistic relationship, journalist, author of Married to a Narcissist and host Catenya McHenry reached a breaking point of the ways her abuser weaponized fear to control her into submission. But when she finally said “f**k fear," and remembered to harness her own power, she broke the cycle of abuse and became her own savior.
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Fxck Fear Catenya McHenry

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.6 • 11 Ratings

What is your greatest fear is the first question Fxck Fear podcast host Catenya McHenry asks each of her guests. Without fail, there's always an answer because everyone has experienced the paralyzing force of fear.

The Fxck Fear podcast is rich with honest conversations about the science of fear, where it stems from and its negative and positive impacts in life, career, relationships, and parenting. Guests are everyday people who not only openly share their greatest fears but also their struggles overcoming fear. Scientists and other experts join the conversations too, teaching us how to conquer fear, how to be more brave and what it means to live peacefully fulfilled.

Recovering from a toxic narcissistic relationship, journalist, author of Married to a Narcissist and host Catenya McHenry reached a breaking point of the ways her abuser weaponized fear to control her into submission. But when she finally said “f**k fear," and remembered to harness her own power, she broke the cycle of abuse and became her own savior.
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    S4 : E1 \ Fear + Contemplating Divorce

    S4 : E1 \ Fear + Contemplating Divorce

    Fxck Fear Podcast Season 4– Speaking from lived experience about fears she endured before deciding to end her marriage, host Catenya McHenry focuses this season on Fear + Divorce.

    With the national divorce rate still riding close to 50%, talking about this topic and all the fears that one experiences, especially if you’re divorcing a narcissist, is relevant, relatable and right now.

    In seven episodes, Catenya talks about fears she faced prior to divorce and post-divorce, how narcissists try to weaponize fear, fear of family court and custody issues, fear of being re-traumatized and fear of healing. Additionally, she reads emotionally gripping excerpts from her book. *Be sure to grab your copy here if you haven’t already.

    With a new look, new content and experts guests joining– a family lawyer and a licensed therapist– this season is enlightening. Guests will share their stories and advice in hopes of inspiring listeners to be brave enough to break the cycle of abuse in their own lives and finally feel liberated to find more peace and freedom outside of a narcissistic relationship.

    • 53 min
    I Can Finally Breathe

    I Can Finally Breathe

    After a six-month hiatus to process, heal and deal with a sudden and unexpected death, host Catenya McHenry returns to talk about who passed away and how this death has impacted her life and the lives of her children.

    In this very personal and vulnerable episode, Catenya sorts through a myriad of complicated emotions involving anger, joy and grief and she talks about why, more than anything, she feels a sense of relief. From being sued for full custody to a dramatic trial in family court and psychological abuse, she feels an enormous burden is lifted.

    Catenya is not afraid to talk about the essence of release and relief and she talks about the experience of gratitude and peace– to finally be able to breathe.


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    • 1 hr 18 min
    Deciding to Leave or Staying for the Children

    Deciding to Leave or Staying for the Children

    This first episode of the new F**k Fear season four explores fears one experiences before making the final decision to petition for divorce and explores the difficulty and fear if children are involved.

    Host Catenya McHenry speaks from deeply personal experience as she reveals why fear kept her in the relationship longer.

    Reading excerpts from her book, Married to a Narcissist, she reveals, "I stayed five years too long thinking I would be the one responsible for dismantling the family unit, and I was afraid that would be too much guilt to live with."

    Vulnerability envelopes this episode as she talks not only about her fears, trepidations and anxiety during the decision-making process. Catenya shares how fear also propelled her to move forward with filing even though she was afraid of hurting her children.

    "I was afraid that I might die an early death from crushing stress, and emotional turmoil and I realized there was no way I could continue to live that way. The divorce was my personal rescue mission."


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    • 30 min
    Announcing Season 4: Fear + Divorce

    Announcing Season 4: Fear + Divorce

    Season 4 of the F**k Fear podcast is coming soon. This season's theme is about Fear + Divorce. Host Catenya McHenry will speak from first hand experience of fears she faced before deciding to call it quits twelve years ago. "With the divorce rate still riding close to 50 percent, I thought it appropriate to talk about this very relevant and relatable topic and all the fears that one experiences, especially if you're divorcing a narcissist," she says.

    Season 4 will shed light on not only fears prior to divorce but also during, post-divorce, how narcissists try to use fear as a weapon, custody issues, family court, fear of being re-traumatized, a fear of dating again, rediscovering yourself and who you are outside of the relationship, and ultimately, fears faced during the healing process.

    Experts and others will join this season to share their stories in hopes of inspiring and encouraging listeners to be brave enough to find more peace and freedom.

    • 3 min
    S3:E12 \ Happy 1-Year, A Look Back

    S3:E12 \ Happy 1-Year, A Look Back

    Happy Birthday! February 22 marks one-year of the Fuck Fear podcast! It's been an amazing year of exploring fears, asking why, and giving listeners tips and strategies on how to conquer and overcome fear.

    In this episode, host Catenya McHenry takes a look back on some of her favorite episodes, and we count down the TOP 5 of all time. Can you guess which ones? Be sure to listen and then enter our Instagram GIVEAWAY.

    • 47 min
    S3:E11 \ Fear of Being a Whistleblower

    S3:E11 \ Fear of Being a Whistleblower

    This is a heroic act and whistleblowers help justice reach places where it would never be," says Mitch Kreindler, whistleblower lawyer. From Watergate to Enron, Facebook, and Theranos, throughout history, whistleblowers have activated the demise of a company. Recently, the bravery of whistleblowers in the case of Elizabeth Holmes at Theranos led to her eventual conviction. But revealing inside workings and wrongdoings of a company come with great risk, anxiety, and fear.

    Whistleblower lawyer Mitch Kreindler at Kreindler & Associates joins this episode to talk about why his practice is solely focused on representing whistleblowers and he gives insight about the abuse, emotional, psychological, and physical toll his clients experience throughout the process of deciding to blow the whistle on their company. "Find a way to bring down the giant," says Mitch.

    Resources:

    Whistleblower Protection Program

    Whistleblower Revolution Podcast

    Fraud in America Podcast

    National Whistleblower Center

    Blowthewhistle.com

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    • 1 hr 9 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
11 Ratings

11 Ratings

DJ Rosé ,

CATENYA ROCKS

She is a talented host and incredible interviewer who really wants to help her listeners by deriving as much value as possible from guests. Keep shining queen!!!

MarikaRae ,

Therapy 2021

I can’t believe how well this podcast is hitting on all cylinders in this present time. When you can walk away with notes, learn, seek healing and re listen to a podcast...that’s a great podcast! This is awesome therapy!

2021isGoingToBeGreat ,

Episode 4 is absolutely amazing

A friend sent me Episode 4, and I listened to it immediately. She and her daughter are amazing. It was moving, informative, inspiring, and uplifting. Could she send a press release to domestic violence shelters? And put it on Tik Tok for teens to hear? I wish I had heard it as a teen dealing with a similar situation. But even hearing it now, as an adult who has done therapy and moved on in a lot of ways, I want to go back and listen to it again. What a gift.

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