Mind Bully

Norense Odiase
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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!

  1. 45분 전

    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 areThe danger of building your identity around your role in your friend groupWhy nobody has the right to change how you see yourself based on one conflictHow the enemy uses "pattern recognition" to turn two hard experiences into a lie about your futureStanding in your convictions and having self-love — the balance between tolerance and boundariesWhy walking in the light will sometimes cost you relationships — and how to make peace with thatThe honest challenge of platonic friendships, boundaries, and being misunderstoodWhy this life is about service, not survival — and how "hurt people can heal people"A closing prayer for anyone hurting from a relationship that endedKey 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_

  2. 6일 전

    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 identityWhy "you are always being led" — and the real question is who is leading youWhat a soul tie is, why sex creates one, and how to break it through ChristHow the enemy uses people as weapons — the stories of Balaam, Samson, and DelilahWhy anything that dominates you — your attention, intention, and surrender — is not from GodThe difference between deliverance and freedom — and why the Israelites kept wanting to go backPractical "blockades": how to set real-world parameters that protect your walkWhy nothing external ever satisfies — and how to let God purify your desiresKey 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_

  3. 8월 10일

    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 beWhat it means to be a "new creation" — and why the old man still leaves behind thoughts, appetites, and impulses to surrenderThe "HALT" principle — how being Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired lowers your defensesA walk through 1 John 1 and Hebrews 10 — grace is real, but it's not a license to do whatever you wantWhy nothing external — money, sex, titles, achievement — ever actually satisfies the deeper cravingWhy "man shall not live by bread alone" reframes Maslow's hierarchy entirelyHonest, unfiltered thoughts on identity, culture, and why the real battle is spiritual, not surface-levelKey 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_

  4. 8월 3일

    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 yetThe danger of building your identity around how you feel each day — and what to do with your emotions insteadHow to recognize the "through-line" God is weaving through your different seasons and spacesWhy shared sacrifice creates a sense of belonging that nothing else can replicateThe honest truth about vices: alcohol, drugs, women, gaming, hustling, even fitness — none of it satisfiesWhy you can't stop an addiction on your own — and what actually changes when you receive ChristThe stories of Paul and Moses — and why God redeems, restores, and re-commissionsWhy testing and temptation are the forging fire that prepares you for warKey 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_

  5. 7월 28일

    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 numbersThe "ask, seek, knock" principle and the shameless audacity it takes to keep knocking on doorsHow to set non-negotiables and protected time with God while staying flexible as an entrepreneurWhy elevation demands separation — from old income ceilings and old ways of limiting yourselfThe enemy's daily attack on your mind — "you're scatterbrained, you're wasting your time" — and how to resist it with the WordWhy being seen in real community exposes your blind spots and your greatnessThe "it's who, not how" principle — and knowing which growth areas to own versus delegateWhy your story needs to be shared digitally — and how fear (not God) is what keeps people off cameraKey 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_

  6. 7월 21일

    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_

  7. 7월 14일

    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 painThe 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 showWhy engaging hard, emotional things builds a confidence that comfort never canHow caring too much about serving others can cause you to dim your own light and abandon who God made you to beWhy your gift needs monetary value attached to it — and the danger of letting your talents be used without honorThe difference between cultural Christianity and a rooted relationship with Christ — and why only one holds up under real lossWhy every person breathing should create and express — and how your obedience might be the thing that saves someone's lifeKey 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.

  8. 7월 6일

    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 healingThe difference between "wisdom" and fear dressed up as wisdom when it comes to sharing your storyNorense's raw account of the last day with his sister — and the gas station goodbye he didn't know was goodbyeWhy losing loved ones in college led to suicidal ideation, but losing his sister this year didn't — and the one variable that changed everythingHow vices — sex, alcohol, drugs, workaholism, performance — are counterfeit nutrients for a craving only God can satisfyThe difference between being pure in heart and perfect in heart — and why purity is a journey of surrender, not a finish lineWhy living below your privilege as a child of God keeps you trapped — and how to walk in the authority you've already been givenKey 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_

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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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    Norense Odiase
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    2021년 - 2026년
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