Life's Deceit with Jen Simpson

Send us Fan Mail What if the life you're living isn't actually the life you chose? In this deeply personal solo episode, Jen Simpson reflects on the powerful conversation with Seth Gehle and explores one life-changing question: How much of who we are was chosen... and how much was inherited? From trauma and survival to healing and legacy, Jen opens up about her own journey of breaking ge...

Send us Fan Mail Trauma Didn't Define me | Life's Deceit Podcast Season 4 Episode 24 Some stories are about what happened. This one is about what happened next. In Part 2 of this Season 4 conversation, Jen Simpson continues her powerful sit down with Seth Gehle — bestselling author, speaker, husband and father — to explore what it truly looks like to move beyond trauma and choose a diffe...

Send us Fan Mail The Boy Who Refused to Break | Season 4 Episode 23 Not all trauma is loud. Some of it lives quietly beneath the surface, showing up as people-pleasing, the need to be needed, doing more than your share so no one questions your worth, and inherited beliefs about love we were never taught to question. These patterns often go unnamed, yet they shape how we love, how we trust, how we...

Send us Fan Mail What does it really cost to stand in your truth? In this solo episode of Life's Deceit Podcast, Jen Simpson explores the often-unspoken reality that living authentically comes with a price. Standing in your truth can cost relationships, opportunities, approval, comfort, and sometimes even the version of yourself you've outgrown. In a world that often pressures us to conf...

Send us Fan Mail She abandoned herself just to survive. And this week on Life's Deceit, Karen of @mymentalstory is telling the whole story. Growing up without her mother's love, colorism within the Black community, seven therapists before she found healing, and what it truly costs you when you bury who you are just to fit in.  Go stream it now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and all...

Send us Fan Mail How long have you been surviving instead of living? In this week’s solo episode, Jenelle speaks honestly about survival mode, trauma, emotional exhaustion, hyper independence, and the difficult reality of trying to heal while still carrying the weight of everything you’ve been through. A lot of people look functional on the outside while silently struggling on the inside. You go t...

Send us Fan Mail What happens after survival? After the trauma. After the pain. After life changes you in ways nobody else can fully see? In Part 2 of this deeply emotional conversation, Iesha opens up about the difficult journey of choosing life after pain. From PTSD and emotional trauma to fear, healing, and rebuilding her sense of self, this episode explores the reality of surviving experiences...

Send us Fan Mail Healing is not linear. Some wounds stay with you long after the moment has passed, and learning how to live, heal, and keep going can become its own journey. In this deeply emotional episode of Life’s Deceit, Iesha opens up about surviving trauma, living with PTSD, battling suicidal thoughts, and rebuilding her life after an experience that changed everything. She speaks honestly...

Send us Fan Mail There comes a point in your life… where doing what you want is no longer an option. Where God stops whispering… and starts shifting everything around you. In this raw and unfiltered solo episode, Jenelle Simpson shares what it means to step into a season of true obedience, even when it hurts. This is not just about faith. This is about: – Letting go of people you love – Grieving r...

Send us Fan Mail What if everything we were taught about success is incomplete? In Part 2 of this conversation on Life’s Deceit, Jen continues her discussion with author and founder of the Holistic Wealth Movement, Keisha Blair. After losing her husband shortly after the birth of their child, Keisha was forced to rethink what truly matters in life. That experience led her to develop the concept of...

Send us Fan Mail Sn4 Ep14 | From Grief to Global Impact: The One Billion Mission | Keisha Blair Interview What if grief wasn’t the end… but the beginning of your purpose? In this powerful episode of the Life’s Deceit Podcast, Jenelle Simpson sits down with Keisha Blair, international bestselling author, economist, and founder of the global Holistic Wealth movement, to explore how loss, caregiving,...

Send us Fan Mail There are children who speak and then there are children who are silenced after they speak. This episode is for the ones who told the truth and were still not protected. In this raw and unfiltered solo episode, Jenelle Simpson opens up about what happens after trauma — when the people who were supposed to protect you choose silence, denial, or image over truth. This conversation g...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful continuation of our conversation, Jen sits down with trauma therapist and author Amber Gonzalez to talk about something every parent, caregiver, and community needs to understand: teaching children safe and unsafe touch. Many families avoid these conversations because they feel uncomfortable or believe children are too young to understand. But silence does not pro...

Send us Fan Mail What if the most important thing a parent can do is simply believe their child? In this episode of the Life’s Deceit Podcast, Jen Simpson sits down with trauma therapist and author Amber Gonzalez for a deeply honest conversation about childhood abuse, generational trauma, and protecting the next generation. Amber Gonzalez is a licensed professional counselor and founder of Day One...

Send us Fan Mail Last week, we talked about truth, alignment, and becoming your highest self. But what happens… when life tests everything you just said you believed? In this solo episode, I’m sharing what I’ve been going through in real time: Fasting and what it revealed beyond discipline Losing someone and navigating grief Losing a friend and processing a different kind of pain The uncomfortable...

Send us Fan Mail Why do so many people feel stuck repeating the same patterns in their lives? In this episode of the Life’s Deceit Podcast, Jen sits down with Larisa Makuch, transformational coach, speaker, and founder of Abundance Academy, to unpack the deeper beliefs that quietly shape how we think about identity, money, success, and self-worth. Many of the patterns we live by were inherited lon...

Send us Fan Mail Why do so many people feel stuck repeating the same patterns in their lives? In this episode of the Life’s Deceit Podcast, Jen sits down with Larisa Makuch, transformational coach, speaker, and founder of Abundance Academy, to unpack the deeper beliefs that quietly shape how we think about identity, money, success, and self-worth. Many of the patterns we live by were inherited lon...

Send us Fan Mail After Louise’s powerful conversation on shame, visibility, and releasing fear, this solo episode goes deeper. Because visibility isn’t binary. You can be seen and still be hiding. In this episode, Jenelle unpacks the hidden layers behind imposter syndrome, emotional shame, and the quiet fear of being “found out.” Legacy is not built through performance. It is built through integra...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we continue the conversation with Louise Kirk. In Part 2, we move past the prison sentence and into what it really took to rebuild after it. Because while the sentence lasted six months, the shame tried to linger for years. Louise shares what it felt like to come home and carry a label no one else could see but she still felt. The quiet fear of being fully visible. The...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Life’s Deceit, Jen sits down with Visibility and Confidence Coach Louise Kirk for a powerful conversation about shame, visibility, and the fear of being “found out.” Louise shares the moment at 18 that changed her life, how unprocessed shame followed her into adulthood, and why success alone doesn’t heal what you refuse to face. This episode explores: ⭐️Why vis...

Send us Fan Mail In this Season 4 continuation, Jen Simpson sits with Jean Tien to explore the hidden cost of over-responsibility and what happens when saying yes becomes a survival strategy instead of a choice. This conversation goes deeper into how people-pleasing, blurred boundaries, and self-abandonment quietly shape our leadership, relationships, and legacy. Together, they unpack how learning...

Send us Fan Mail Life’s Deceit — Season 4: Legacy by Choice Not all trauma is loud. Some of it lives quietly beneath the surface, showing up as silence, over functioning, carrying everything alone, and inherited beliefs we were never taught to question. These patterns often go unnamed, yet they shape how we see ourselves, how we lead, how we love, and what we pass on. In this grounding Season 4 co...

Send us Fan Mail Legacy by Choice, Chosen Not Inherited There comes a year when surviving is no longer enough. A year when healing feels too quiet. A year when repeating cycles feels more dangerous than breaking them. In this Season 4 opener of Life’s Deceit, Jen Simpson draws a line in the sand, inviting listeners into a deeper conversation about legacy, healing, and intentional change. In this e...

Send us Fan Mail This one goes deeper into what happens after the mask comes off. After the silence breaks. After you stop carrying what was never yours to hold. In Part 2 of this conversation @iamsdstrickland shares what surrender really looks like, how truth became a turning point, and why facing her story didn’t break her—it freed her. This episode is for anyone learning how to let go without t...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of the Life’s Deceit Podcast, we sit down with Stephanie Strickland to explore what happens when silence, shame, and survival collide and what it truly takes to step into healing. Stephanie shares her journey of becoming a teenage mother, spending decades in an abusive marriage, and living behind a mask out of fear of judgment and rejection. Her story is o...