Overcome With Travis White
Overcome is a mental health podcast for people who look “fine” on the outside but feel exhausted, stuck, or quietly struggling on the inside.
Hosted by Travis White, Overcome goes beyond surface-level mental health advice to explore the deeper roots of anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, and emotional pain. These are honest, sometimes uncomfortable conversations about what it really takes to heal not just cope.
Each episode features real stories and thoughtful discussions with advocates, professionals, and people who have lived through loss, trauma, illness, addiction, and identity-shifting life events. Together, we explore healing through personal responsibility, self-awareness, resilience, faith-adjacent meaning, and practical insight—without toxic positivity or quick fixes.
This podcast is for you if:
- You’re tired of “just manage your symptoms” advice
- You’re high-functioning but emotionally worn down
- You want depth, truth, and growth not therapy soundbites
- You believe healing is possible, but not linear
Overcome isn’t about pretending everything is okay.
It’s about understanding your pain, rebuilding from the inside out, and learning how to move forward with clarity and purpose.
If you’re ready for real conversations about mental health, trauma recovery, resilience, and meaning, this show is for you.
Episodes
75 episodes
The Hidden Reason Anxiety Won't Go Away: The Missing Piece Nobody Talks About | Tauna Young
What if anxiety isn't a thinking problem at all? What if your body is sounding an alarm long before your mind understands why?Many people believe anxiety starts with negative thoughts. But what if the physical symptoms come first and you...
Born Blind, Battling Chronic Pain, and Finding Purpose with Daniel Hodges
Born blind and living with severe chronic pain, Daniel Hodges knows what it feels like to be underestimated, isolated, and told what he would never become.In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, Travis sits down wi...
Loving Someone Through Psychosis Nearly Broke Me | Marriage & Mental Illness
Imagine marrying the person you love… only to feel like they slowly disappear right in front of you.What happens when severe mental illness, psychosis, financial pressure, and emotional exhaustion begin tearing apart a marriage on...
The Hidden Mental Load of Parenting (And How It Affects Your Kids)
Mental load of parenting is more than schedules and discipline. It is the invisible pressure parents carry while trying to stay calm, connected, and emotionally present for their kids.In this episode of Overcome with Travis White
You Can Build Trust for Years… Then Lose It in Seconds: My Dog Bit My Daughter
A dog bite can change the way a family understands trust, safety, and responsibility in a single moment. This episode explores parenting guilt, anxiety recovery, and what it takes to rebuild trust after something frightening happens at home.
Addiction, PTSD, and Losing Everything: How He Rebuilt His Life From Rock Bottom
Addiction recovery, PTSD, and rock bottom can feel impossible to climb out of when you have lost your family, career, and sense of purpose. Ryan Reichert's story is about rebuilding life after everything falls apart.In this episode, Trav...
The Hidden Mental Health Crisis in Young Adults No One Talks About
Young adult mental health is often shaped by anxiety, social comparison, pressure to succeed, and the fear of feeling lost. This episode looks at the hidden crisis many young adults are carrying quietly.Therapeutic consultant Joanna Lill...
High-Functioning Depression Is the Lie No One Sees
High-functioning depression can look like success on the outside while someone is quietly falling apart inside. This episode explores invisible depression, bipolar II, misdiagnosis, and the pressure to appear okay.Writer Sarah Michelle S...
Why Men Stay Silent in Grief (Even When They’re Falling Apart Inside)
Men's mental health and grief often hide behind silence, responsibility, and the pressure to stay strong. This episode looks at male grief, widower grief, and the pain many men carry alone.Weston Brandon joins Travis to share what it was...
The Lie That’s Keeping You Depressed, Overweight, and Stuck (And How to Break It)
Self-sabotage, negative self-talk, and old beliefs can keep you depressed, overweight, and stuck far longer than you realize. This episode explores how mindset affects mental health, physical health, and personal change.Travis talks with...
Stoicism and Mental Health: Leadership, Discipline, and Surviving Life in a Submarine
Stoicism and mental health meet in one of the most high-pressure environments imaginable: life inside a nuclear submarine. This episode explores emotional discipline, leadership, stress management, and resilience under pressure.William S...
How Do You Heal After Hitting Rock Bottom With Your Mental Health?
Rock bottom can feel like the end of your story, especially when depression, trauma, and suicidal thoughts take over. This episode explores mental health recovery after life pushes you past your limit.Tony Kessel joins Travis to talk abo...
Two Cancers in 14 Months: How Do You Keep Going When Life Won’t Let Up?
Cancer and mental health collide when life will not let up. Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds faced two cancers in 14 months and had to navigate fear, uncertainty, family, work, and faith while continuing to move forward.This episode explores prostat...
Are You Successful… or Just Exhausted? The Truth About Founder Burnout
Founder burnout does not always look like collapse. Sometimes it looks like achievement mixed with chronic stress, panic attacks, brain fog, anxiety, and emotional disconnection.In this episode, Travis explores entrepreneur mental health...
How Can Men Rebuild Mental Strength Without Losing Their Faith?
Christian men's mental health often sits at the intersection of faith, pressure, burnout, shame, and emotional shutdown. This episode asks how men can rebuild mental strength without losing their faith.Sean McManus joins Travis to discus...
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Why Suppressing Anger Is Making You Anxious, Depressed, and Physically Sick
Bronwyn Schweiger explains how suppressed anger can become anxiety, depression, insomnia, physical symptoms, shame, and unresolved childhood trauma.In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, the conversation brings the topic...
The Fear Never Left: Childhood Trauma That Followed Him Into Adulthood
Julio Rivera shares how childhood trauma, fear, hypervigilance, bipolar disorder, masculinity, therapy, EMDR, and martial arts shaped his healing.In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, the conversation brings the topic i...
When Getting Out of Bed Feels Impossible: The Reality of Chronic Depression
Nita Sweeney discusses chronic depression, bipolar II, anxiety, suicidal ideation, mindfulness, movement, and surviving days when getting out of bed feels impossible.In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, the conversatio...
Understanding Self-Sabotage and Anxiety in High Achievers | Albert Bramante
Albert Bramante explores self-sabotage, high achiever anxiety, fear of success, performance pressure, and the emotional patterns that hold people back.In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, the conversation brings the to...
I Was Functioning… But I Wasn’t Okay | Depression and Anxiety Story
A lived-experience conversation about functioning depression, anxiety, invisible suffering, emotional burnout, and what it means to look okay while struggling.In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, the conversation bring...
Why Your Anxiety Won’t Go Away (And What You’re Missing)
A trauma-informed conversation about why anxiety persists, what healing often misses, and how self-trust, agency, and compassion can support recovery.In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, the conversation brings the top...
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Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery & Mental Health Advocacy | Nicholas Ruchlewicz
Nicholas Ruchlewicz shares his traumatic brain injury recovery story and the mental health advocacy that grew from life after brain injury.In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, the conversation brings the topic into rea...
The Science of Mental Health: Blood Biomarkers, Genetics, and Lifestyle with Daniel Tausan
Daniel Tausan explains the science of mental health through blood biomarkers, genetics, lifestyle, metabolic health, and personalized wellness.In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, the conversation brings the topic into...
Teen Anxiety, Self-Harm, and Healing: A Mother’s Story with Jenn Robb
Jenn Robb shares a mother's story of teen anxiety, self-harm, parenting through crisis, trauma-informed support, and finding a path toward healing.In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, the conversation brings the topic ...
Breaking Family Cycles: Deborah Moffatt on Healing Childhood Trauma & Dysfunction
Deborah Moffatt discusses breaking family cycles, childhood trauma, generational patterns, abandonment wounds, journaling, and healing family dysfunction.In this episode of Overcome with Travis White, the conversation brings the...
