Tiphany Kane: Finding Your Voice After Religious Trauma, Rejection, and Reinvention

Season 20 starts with one hell of a story. In Part 1 of this two-part opener, Tiphany Kane joins G-Rex and Dirty Skittles to talk about leaving a restrictive religious environment at 19, losing family and community, carrying the wounds of rejection, and eventually realizing she didn’t need anyone’s permission to use her voice. Awards & Downloads Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads is a 2024 People’s Choice Podcast Award Winner (Best Health), 2024 Women in Podcasting Award Winner (Best Mental Health Podcast), 2026 Podcast Tonight Award Winner (Best Mental Health Podcast), and 2026 NYC Podcast Award Audience Choice Winner (Best Hosts), with over 4.5 million downloads and listened to in over 160 countries. Feedback We’d love to hear your thoughts! Leave us written or voice feedback here: https://castfeedback.com/67521f0bde0b101c7b10442a Mental Health Quote “I can do really hard things.” — Tiphany Kane Episode Description At 19, Tiphany Kane packed up her little blue Toyota Corolla and drove across the country. She was leaving behind the restrictive religious world that had shaped what she believed about women, family, belonging, and herself. But getting out was only the beginning. In this Season 20 opener, Tiphany talks with G-Rex and Dirty Skittles about being disfellowshipped and suddenly losing contact with family members, childhood friends, and the community she had always known. She describes becoming an “instant orphan” and how that kind of rejection doesn’t magically disappear, even after decades. Those old wounds still show up. Sometimes rejection brings up a protective wall. Other times, it wakes up the little girl who wonders why people don’t fight for her. Tiphany has learned to recognize those stories without letting them run the whole damn show. She also opens up about people-pleasing, divorce, rebuilding her life, leaving a 20-year career she loved, and being told professionally that she was “too passionate.” That moment became another crossroads: keep making herself smaller or figure out who she was without everyone else’s rules. Then she found podcasting. For the first time, Tiphany could say what she wanted to say without asking permission. And once she found that voice, there was no putting it back in the box. Keywords: Tiphany Kane, religious trauma, finding your voice, rejection, people-pleasing, emotional healing, divorce recovery, reinvention, abandonment wounds, women’s mental health, self-worth, resilience, starting over, trauma recovery, podcasting Meet Our Guest — Tiphany Kane Tiphany Kane, M.Ed., is an award-winning producer, entrepreneur, public speaker, and storyteller who has seen firsthand what happens when someone finally stops shrinking and starts owning their voice. CEO & Co-Founder, KaSa Media Productions — Produces podcasts, video, live events, and story-driven media for people with something meaningful to say. Founder, J4F MORE Foundation — Tiphany has expanded her work beyond media production through the foundation and her passion for helping others. Just 4 Feet Studio — She is building a 5,500-square-foot state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos recording and post-production studio in Orange County, California. Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts — Tiphany is an AIVA member and serves as an AIVA juror. Website — http://www.kasamediapro.com Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/tiphanykane/ Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/tiphany.k YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@J4Fstudio LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiphany-kane-m-ed-514264175/ Key Takeaways Reinventing yourself doesn’t mean the person you were before was a failure. Sometimes every version of you gets you a little closer to who you really are. You can leave a controlling environment and still carry pieces of what happened with you for years. Rejection and abandonment can leave emotional fingerprints long after you’ve built an entirely new life. People-pleasing isn’t always about being nice. Sometimes it starts as a way to stay safe, accepted, or loved. There is no expiration date on finding your voice. Tiphany was in her late 40s when p