Set Apart Conversations
by Shenera Wienken, MS., MHC-LP, LAPC
A reflective, Spirit-led space where lived experience, truth-telling, and spiritual insight meet. Through personal journaling, cultural observation, and Scripture-rooted reflection, this podcast explores healing, justice, and restoration for those reclaiming their voice, their worth, and their walk with the Ruach (Holy Spirit/Spirit of Truth).. inspireyourmindbodyandspirit.substack.com
Episodes
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Watchwoman Dispatch 002
Watchwoman Dispatch 002: Before We Begin, We Must Learn How to SeeFull Podcast Transcript [Music] Welcome back to Set Apart Conversations. I’m Shenera, and this is a Watchwoman Dispatch. I wanted to take a few minutes to share some updates about what is coming this fall through Mind, Body &…
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What The Frogs Knew
INTRO Welcome to Set Apart Conversations, the space where we hold the clinical and the spiritual in the same hand. Here, we don’t ask you to choose between your discernment and your diagnosis, or between your prayer life and your nervous system. I’m Shenera, a mental health counselor, a writer,...
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What Your Nose Knows: Sensory Discernment, Somatic Awareness, and the Spiritual Gates
Welcome back to Set Apart Conversations. I am your host, Shenera Boodie-Wienken mental health clinician, trauma specialist, survivor advocate, and watchwoman. I am so glad you are here. If you have been following along, our last episodes took us deep into the Smiles and Shackles series with They...
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They Don't Wear Hoods Anymore
“They don’t wear hoods anymore. They wear smiles, neighborly greetings, professional titles, and church clothes. The harm did not disappear. It learned to dress for the room.” SECTION 1: SPIRITUAL OPPRESSION AND SPIRITUAL REPRESSION Understanding the Distinction Before we can talk about what…
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They Don't Wear Hoods Anymore
Before we name what is hidden, we first ground ourselves in what is true—not perception, not preference, but what is real—because harm often arrives through softness, politeness, and deniability. SECTION 1: NAMING WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH Covert Racism and the Architecture of Plausible…
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When the Soul Cries
Photo by Ahmad Odeh There are moments when my soul simply cries. The tears do not come from anger alone. They do not arise from bitterness. They come from grief for what I see when I look around at our world and at our country. Living in Central Pennsylvania became a rupture point in my life. For...
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What Is the Posture of Their Heart?
Photo by Marek Piwnicki There is a question I learned to ask the hard way, not from a textbook, not from a training, not from a supervisor sitting across from me in a clinical consultation room. I learned it from living inside the consequences of not asking it soon enough from watching…
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The Architecture of Division: What Race Could Never Fully Explain
I want to speak honestly about something that has long sat uncomfortably within me. The language used to describe human division has never fully resonated with my spirit. Words such as race and minority carry a weight that feels misaligned with something deeper and more unified within us. The...
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Reveal. Pray. Release. When God Lets You See
There are moments when God reveals something to your spiritual eyes; a person’s heaviness, an unseen presence, or a truth hidden beneath the surface. It isn’t to alarm you or burden you; it’s to teach you how to see without judging. Discernment without love becomes suspicion. But discernment with...
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Psalm 10: When Injustice Speaks, But God Still Sees
Photo by Emmanuel Phaeton This week I recorded a voiceover of Psalm 10, a prayer that has spoken to hearts for centuries. Psalm 10 is raw, honest, and deeply human and it cries out to God in times of injustice, pain, and oppression, yet also clings to His sovereignty and deliverance. I believe...
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I Am No Longer a Prisoner of the Past
There was a season in my life when everything was stripped away. Not just money, not just a home or car but dignity, stability, and what felt like the very breath in my chest. I woke up angry at the sun because it dared to shine through curtains I couldn't afford. I went to bed wondering what it...
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What It Means to Be Set Apart
Welcome to Set Apart Conversations: Spirit-led healing, truth-telling, and conversations that set you apart. My name is Shenera Wienken, and I’m honored to share this space with you. I am a Clinical Mental Health Counselor, a Christian Life Coach, a trauma survivor, and a woman fully submitted to...
About this show
A reflective, Spirit-led space where lived experience, truth-telling, and spiritual insight meet. Through personal journaling, cultural observation, and Scripture-rooted reflection, this podcast explores healing, justice, and restoration for those reclaiming their voice, their worth, and their walk with the Ruach (Holy Spirit/Spirit of Truth)..
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Shenera Wienken, MS., MHC-LP, LAPC
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