Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.

Send us Fan Mail Join us this week for the amazing and extraordinary episode with Jenny Brandemuehl, who lost her husband in a plane crash just a few years ago. Jenny takes us back to the fateful day, the phone call, the initial hope that her husband, Mark, had survived although badly burned, and the ultimate and tragic ending a few weeks after the crash. The worst day of Jenny's life, as it...

Send us Fan Mail Calix Lewis Reneau is the author of Dancing with the Black Dog: A Survivor’s Guide to Depression, a book that’s equal parts survival manual and storytelling companion for anyone navigating depression. As a long term sufferer of depression, Calix has been through the darkest of times on many occasions, and joins us this week to talk about his depression in a way that’s real, not cl...

Send us Fan Mail Victoria Lenormand has a personal story that fits the heart of our show. She spent nearly 30 years as a police detective and public servant—work that left her carrying years of unprocessed trauma. Things really hit a breaking point when the very systems she’d worked to uphold began failing her own family, especially as she tried to support her neurodivergent child. That was the mo...

Send us Fan Mail Weston’s journey began after the unthinkable: his wife passed away just days after their son was born prematurely—at only 26 weeks. In the aftermath, he faced overwhelming grief, spiritual disorientation, and the pressure to keep moving forward. Through that crucible, he discovered that clarity doesn’t come by waiting—it comes through committed movement. That revelation became the...

Send us Fan Mail Julio Rivera is a writer and mental health advocate who has lived with bipolar disorder, CPTSD, and ADHD.  When he was around eight years old, he witnessed a murder that triggered all his disorders.  The murderer was his best friend's dad.  Julio grew up in a very dangerous neighborhood in Brooklyn in the 80's, gangs, drugs, and violence were all around him. He was scare...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Monica Cox was stuck in the cycle of the fertility industry for years, spending huge amounts of money and living a life of false hope and disappointment as treatment after treatment failed. She started to seek alternative options, and went on an amazing, enlightening, and ultimately successful journey! Monica now helps high-achieving women break free from control addiction an...

Send us Fan Mail At 14, Nick suffered a traumatic, life-threatening snowboarding accident and was put in a coma. His parents were told he wouldn't ever walk, talk, or eat on his own again. He did and set a personal goal of not walking, but running out of the hospital. Nick does a lot of speaking work to help those suffering from brain injuries. Today, Nick is a 7-figure business owner, Rhode...

Send us Fan Mail Masati experienced 'near death' twice. The second time, changed him forever. Join us for a very compelling, original and mind-bending episode as he delves into quantum physics and Dimensional Consciousness, redefining potential and transforming trauma into triumph. We have have guests on who have used multiple tools for trauma recovery, from faith, to medicine, therapy t...

Send us Fan Mail Buckle up for this one, its a really amazing, and extraordinary story of courage, will power, and total inspiration. Lindsay Boudreau had a very rare underlying illness, CMT Disease, that meant she had weakened sensations in her feet, and so she couldn't feel the pain of an infection caused by a nail she had stepped on, one day while walking. Over many weeks, she became very...

Send us Fan Mail It is an absolute pleasure to have Dr Maurice Turmel on the show for a candid, relatable, and inspiring chat. Dr. Moe’s path wasn’t a straight one—it was hard-won. His father was physically abusive, and he grew up surrounded by strict Catholic indoctrination. Emerging from a childhood marked by emotional trauma, religious repression, and self-doubt, he forged a transformative jour...

Send us Fan Mail This week Sydney Curtin joins us for an amazing episode that shows just how trauma can affect choices, and that it is possible to use our own traumatic experiences for good as we continue to recover. At just 13 years old, Sydney lost her Mother to suicide, after years of drug addiction. Her father became abusive in the aftermath, and Sydney would continue to dive into unhealthy re...

Send us Fan Mail Jess Lalumiere was driving home late one night from a dream job as a chef that she had recently started. She was minutes away from her house on a quiet road, when an oncoming car seemed to be driving at speed on the wrong side of the road. Before Jess could react, she would find herself involved in a huge head on collision, that would turn her world upside down! It was just these...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we re-visit one of the most listened to episodes in the last 5 years! And yes, we are still following Harriett's journey across Social Media. Every now and then a guest comes along, where we ask ourselves, how on earth are they still here to tell the tale? Harriet Barnsley was waiting at a Bus Stop in Birmingham, England, with her friend, just like they did a thous...

Send us Fan Mail NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY:  Erik Hatterscheidt was a Business Major and took over his parents resort business when he finished school with a great deal of pressure on his shoulders to help revive the ailing numbers and use his knowledge to turn things around.  As it happened, what Erik had learned really didn't translate into his parents smaller business, and he suffered in s...

Send us Fan Mail Andy Campbell is a resilient survivor and inspirational author who has overcome numerous life-altering challenges - a victim of childhood sexual abuse and bullying, the loss of his mother at an early age and the eventual estrangement from his father, his battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, and the loss of his youngest son to suicide. Despite enduring multiple surgeries, gruelin...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Shaw joins the WTFMU! Podcast to discuss mindset, after experiencing a total loss of confidence and self belief at a pivotal time in his life, that nearly took him out! Michael has overcome the traumas of a violent childhood, losing his father to suicide, & raising kids battling anxiety, and above all, found the resilience to battle back after what he thought was going...

Send us Fan Mail Incredible Episode ALERT!: Jonathan Schwartz was once Hollywood’s most trusted financial advisor, managing icons like Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Known as the "diva whisperer," he seemed untouchable. But behind the glitz and glam, his secret drug and gambling addictions led him to embezzle over $4.7 million from the very clients he was meant to protect, r...

Send us Fan Mail WTFMU Welcomes Rachel Pastor and Tiffany Hurd from Golden Rule Mushrooms. This podcast remains impartial to opinions on these kinds or medications and remedies and we want to keep an open space for all. Rachel talks about overcoming a grueling a five-year battle with heroin addiction and homelessness, and its a really engaging story about just how overpowering and destructive addi...

Send us Fan Mail Dave grew up in an almost perfect household: calm, loving and trusting. That all changed when he met and married an abusive woman. In Dave' words 'By all accounts she resembles a narcissist. She pretended to be a wonderful mother to our children and a loving wife to me. Behind closed doors, it was a different story' Dave was a natural father as a stay at home dad wh...

Send us Fan Mail At age twenty-four, Sara Alvarado bought a one-way ticket from the USA midwest to Mexico determined to heal from years of hard partying and sexual trauma. In this raw and inspiring episode, Sara takes us on a journey as she struggles with being newly sober, unexpectedly in love - and then suddenly, terrifyingly pregnant. Guided from afar by her wise and loving mother and her emerg...

Send us Fan Mail Brinn Langdale was 18 years old, when she was asked a question that changed her life forever. Someone asked if her older brother had ever "done anything to her." The answer was yes. For 12 years she had been molested by him.  Growing up she had no clue what was happening and because of all the ways that the trauma was presenting itself, she just thought she was crazy. Sh...

Send us Fan Mail Vanessa Abraham was a mother, a working professional, and a speech therapist, until a rare disorder left her voiceless, motionless, and dependent on others for survival. This story is a must listen and simply extraordinary! Join us as Vanessa recounts the days and weeks that the disorder took over, her struggle through the worst of it, and her fight for recovery!  Vanessa has writ...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Patricia V. Smith, joins us from Jamaica, to bring us her incredible story of escaping a terrifying life as a child on the streets of Jamaica! Dr Smith was homeless by then age of 10, and she talks openly about abandonment, abuse, and homelessness in her home town, to journeying to the USA, and becoming the CEO of Sweet P Home Care, a multimillion-dollar home healthcare compan...

Send us Fan Mail After being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Sandy Duarte turned her experience into an opportunity for personal growth and healing.  In less than a year, despite being separated from her family (who are in Canada while she is in LA), she survived stage 4 cancer.  In this episode we discus the moment she found out, and the mindset that she adapted to guide her through her recovery j...

Send us Fan Mail Let's revisit this amazing episode, with Lena Papadopoulos, one of the most jaw dropping episodes in recent series. Lena was in love, her year long relationship had seen her plan to move in with her boyfriend, and even meet his family, however, something wasn't right. Constant 'work trips', always changing plans, gaslighting, and emotional manipulation had Lena...