Mind Bully

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 be
What it means to be a "new creation" — and why the old man still leaves behind thoughts, appetites, and impulses to surrender
The "HALT" principle — how being Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired lowers your defenses
A walk through 1 John 1 and Hebrews 10 — grace is real, but it's not a license to do whatever you want
Why nothing external — money, sex, titles, achievement — ever actually satisfies the deeper craving
Why "man shall not live by bread alone" reframes Maslow's hierarchy entirely
Honest, unfiltered thoughts on identity, culture, and why the real battle is spiritual, not surface-level
Key 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.
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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 yet
The danger of building your identity around how you feel each day — and what to do with your emotions instead
How to recognize the "through-line" God is weaving through your different seasons and spaces
Why shared sacrifice creates a sense of belonging that nothing else can replicate
The honest truth about vices: alcohol, drugs, women, gaming, hustling, even fitness — none of it satisfies
Why you can't stop an addiction on your own — and what actually changes when you receive Christ
The stories of Paul and Moses — and why God redeems, restores, and re-commissions
Why testing and temptation are the forging fire that prepares you for war
Key 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.
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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 numbers
The "ask, seek, knock" principle and the shameless audacity it takes to keep knocking on doors
How to set non-negotiables and protected time with God while staying flexible as an entrepreneur
Why elevation demands separation — from old income ceilings and old ways of limiting yourself
The enemy's daily attack on your mind — "you're scatterbrained, you're wasting your time" — and how to resist it with the Word
Why being seen in real community exposes your blind spots and your greatness
The "it's who, not how" principle — and knowing which growth areas to own versus delegate
Why your story needs to be shared digitally — and how fear (not God) is what keeps people off camera
Key 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.
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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.

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