Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.
BITE-SIZE PERSONAL STORIES OF SURVIVING LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCES: Hosted by Luke Colson and Kyle Wise, we feature weekly guests and explore extreme personal life changing experiences and the journey emotional and physical recovery. Each guest discusses their story of how their lives were turned upside down, by unexpected events. Stories like surviving a car crash, surviving abuse, being paralyzed in an accident, witnessing a crime.. and many more! Luke and Kyle will take an honest, raw, yet positive and hopeful approach, to really find out how these sudden events have effected our guests, and hear about the tools they use to overcome the subsequent struggle and adversity. We will focus on the journey to success and recovery, and hear stories of how our guests overcame trauma, and mental health challenges like ptsd, anxiety depression and phobias that have often lead to addiction, alcoholism, and disorders. While we will focus on the events themselves, and the lasting effects of these moments, our goal in this podcast is to concentrate on the positive journeys of resilience, recovery and hope that comes from these extraordinary stories. Join us for the ride of your life, and other peoples too! Why listen? We hope that our listeners will feel comfort, empowerment, strength and hope through this community of people and the stories we share. Everyone’s experiences are unique, but the circumstances around recovery and healing can be a shared and comforting journey. EMAIL: wtfmupodcast@gmail.com MUSIC by DeVyruss from Pixabay SPOTIFY: For reasons that no one at Spotify knows, our podcast does NOT play on the Spotify App from IOS devices. It works on every other platform, and even works on Spotify App from Android and works just fine on Spotify for Desktop. Spotify tell us they don' t know how to fix it. We love our listeners and encourage you to find another way, and another platform, and we apologize, this one is out of our hands.
Episodes
359 episodes
S5 EP3: Adrienne's Story - Recovering From Childhood Abuse
Adrienne Harris has had quite the life starting off with being sexually abused as a child, from three years old all the way to 12 years old, then, being raped at 22, and then going into therapy by 23. I simply horrific start to life. She got ma...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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35:53
S5 EP2: Tamara's Story - An Unimaginable Ultimatum!
Tamara Winstead joins us this week for an utterly amazing episode about survival, defying the odds, and the transformative power of manifestation, when faced with an unimaginable ultimatum! In 2009, she was diagnosed with stage four cervical ca...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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32:19
NEW SEASON! S5 EP1: Ronni's Story - Double Hip Replacement By Age 30!
Ronni Morgan kicks off Season 5 with an amazing episode, all about overcoming extreme adversity at a young age. In fact, by age 30, Ronni had lost her ability to walk and needed two hip replacements! Furthermore, Ronni was hospitalized for over...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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32:22
S4 EP49: Jeanette's Story - Caring For My Mother From Age 8
Jeanette Yates cared for her sick mother from the age of 8 years old (she is now 49), and she has been caring for her Mom most of my life, and that really f*cked her up! She struggled with perfectionism, overcoming childhood abuse by a family m...
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Season 4
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Episode 49
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42:33
S4 EP49: Vanessa's Story - The Weight Of Betrayal
Vanessa Cardenas is a ‘Betrayal Recovery Specialist’, but what exactly is that? and why is she a specialist? Well, as Vanessa explains, when “we need to talk” is followed by “I’ve met someone," her world as she knew it, was shattered. Vanessa s...
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Season 4
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Episode 48
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41:41
S4 EP47: Rachael's Story - 'You Must Stay Married At All Costs'
Rachael Needham went through divorce a few years ago, however most of the trauma she experienced was in her toxic marriage. As a Christian woman, she wrestled with the thought of divorce and all that was subtly implied at the thought of divorce...
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Season 4
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Episode 47
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1:11:20
S4 EP46: Lynn's Story - The Devil You Know
TRIGGER WARNING: Discussions or multiple forms of abuse. Lynn Stroud was brought up in a house filled with anger and tension, with a father who was a compulsive gambler. On top of that, her father and one of her brothers became overly prote...
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Season 4
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Episode 46
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49:30
S4 EP45: Lori's Story - Born Into Poverty And Addiction, But Breaking Free!!!
Lori Chenger grew up in poverty, surrounded by addiction and abuse, having to fend for herself as a child and even had to care for her younger brother when she was 7 years old. But what did that mean for the rest of her life, and what was her j...
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Season 4
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Episode 45
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35:47
S4 EP44: Maria's Story - Life Beyond Childhood PTSD
Maria Riegger is a banking/corporate attorney by day, and a fiction author by night. Maria’s head has always been in the clouds. From a young age, her mother scolded her for not paying attention; when she was bored, she would make up stories in...
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Season 4
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Episode 44
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33:24
S4 EP43: Holly's Story - From FBI to Surviving Cancer!
Holly Bertone is a former FBI Chief of Staff for Counterintelligence turned Certified Holistic Health Coach. Holly didnt choose this career change, it chose her when, one day, she diagnosed with breast cancer and an autoimmune disease. Holly ha...
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Season 4
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Episode 43
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36:11
S4 EP42: Brandy's Story - Living With Chronic Illnes
Brandy Shantz is the host of the ‘Living Chronic’ podcast. She suffers from severe Crohn’s disease after serving near burn pits in Afghanistan. 4 years ago, she began having severe symptoms and ended up suffering a reaction to the Humira she wa...
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Season 4
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Episode 42
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39:12
S4 EP41: Gretchen's Story - 15 Minutes From The End
Gretchen Schoser, also known as G-Rex, is the co-host of the podcast "Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads." On Christmas Day, 2022, she experienced a massive mental health breakdown that changed her life. Feeling utterly alone and terrified, she rea...
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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33:41
S4 EP40: Saloni's Story - Workplace Bullying And A Stalker!
This week, Saloni Surah has a terrifying story to share with us. She is a doctor specializing in HIV and sexual health, with a PhD on HIV and drug use. Saloni had a very bad workplace bullying experience, which has left her with undiagnosed PTS...
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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40:16
S4 EP39: Marcy's Story - Born With Cleft Lip And Palate, Was Just The Start
Marcy Langlois was born with a cleft lip and palate, her childhood was marked by an excruciating series of surgical procedures, 23 in all, before the age of 18. Because she looked and talked differently than the other kids, she was relentlessly...
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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35:14
S4 EP38: Gerard's Story - Botched Surgery Left Me Suicidal
Gerard Grogans has a very powerful message to share, and one we should all listen to in this really fascinating episode! A passing comment from his mother when he was young, about how he 'looked tired' completely changed the course of Gerard's ...
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Season 4
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Episode 38
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33:59
S4 EP37: Alyssa's Story - Escaping 19 Years Of Abuse
One day in her car, Alyssa Decker was scanning the radio stations for something to listen to. She came across a woman who was telling the story of her marriage, and she was immediately captivated. The woman on the radio was describing Aly...
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Season 4
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Episode 37
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57:57
S4 EP36: Lisa's Story - My Thyroid Was Removed Due To A Typo!
Lisa Wilson is a leadership coach, HR consultant and mediator. She works with small to medium sized companies to help them get the best from their teams. In 2014 she was laid off from my job. It was a blessing, because she knew she would start ...
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Season 4
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Episode 36
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43:10
S4 EP35: Alana's Story - Near Death, Chronic Illness, And Awakening!
Alana Joy has spent over 20 years working as a nurse and psychotherapist. When she was a young girl, she had a near death experience after a tonsil removal operation that went wrong! Through her life and into adulthood, Alana always felt differ...
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Season 4
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Episode 35
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40:47
S4 EP34: Jeff's Story - Kidnapped! 43 Days To Freedom!
Jeff Frazier is a decorated US Army veteran with a passion for humanitarian work, that led him to Haiti, where he fought child trafficking, learned Haitian Creole, and relocated his family to Florida to serve Haiti’s most vulnerable communities...
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Season 4
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Episode 34
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49:59
S4 EP33: Bambi's Story - Redemption From A Life Time Of Abuse
Bambi Lynn joins us this week for a story of redemption against all the odds. Bambi endured some horrific abuse, from her mother and her father, her uncle, and various partners. It’s harrowing at times, and no one should have to go through what...
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Season 4
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Episode 33
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46:31
S4 EP32: Sherry's Story - Who Will Take Care of Me Now?
Sherry Buckley-Brown was 12 years old when her father came upstairs and said ‘i just killed your Mom’. After years of physical abuse, he had finally done the unthinkable. Sherry has written a book, about her struggle as a young girl, as she gra...
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Season 4
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Episode 32
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34:39
S4 EP31: Teresa's Story - My Journey To Finding Real Happiness
There was something about turning 40 years old that made Teresa Greco reevaluate her life. Some people might call it a midlife crisis, but for Teresa, it was an opportunity to start asking some very important questions about her life. Realizing...
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Season 4
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Episode 31
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43:16
S4 EP30: Jocelyn's Story - Losing Both Parents 7 Days Apart During Covid!
Jocelyn Bates is still processing what must be one of the traumatizing experiences we have ever heard on the show, and she says that she expects to continue to process what happened for the rest of her life.Her story of trauma is losing her par...
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Season 4
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Episode 30
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50:25
S4 EP29: Raja's Story - My Life With A Stutter...
Raja Vaidya has struggled with a stutter all his life. In this extremely raw and honest episode, Raja discusses how his stutter affected his life! From his childhood, which included years of rejection and bullying, to his professional years, an...
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Season 4
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Episode 29
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42:31
S4 EP28: Melissa's Story - The Day I Lost My Career
Melissa Robinson-Winemiller was a professional musician, it was her life since childhood, her study, and eventually her dream job. it was all she ever knew, and it was at this dream job that her life would be flipped upside down in an instant, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 28
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39:24