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Irene Cares
Irene is a communication and emotional safety platform designed to help individuals heal, regain clarity, and respond with strength especially in high-conflict or abusive relationships. Built by survivors, Irene uses AI to analyze harmful or triggering messages, identify abusive language, and provide calm, healthy response options so users don’t have to engage in emotional back-and-forth.
Through features like message analysis, journaling with time-stamped documentation, and court-use evidence logging, Irene empowers users to protect their peace while creating a record of their experience. Whether navigating co-parenting with an abuser, processing emotional trauma, or learning healthier communication patterns, Irene provides a safe, supportive space to break cycles, rebuild confidence, and move forward with clarity and control.
Irene exists to remind users: what happened to you is not who you are and healing, freedom, and joy are possible again.
Episodes
40 episodes
EP40: Mental Toughness, Food Noise & the 80/20 Rule with Ashley Larsen
Ashley Larsen is both a registered dietitian and a personal trainer — a rare combination that gives her a uniquely balanced perspective on health. In this episode, she breaks down why she'd choose exercise over nutrition if she could only give ...
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EP39: From Cult Trauma to Spiritual Awakening: A Musician’s Turning Point
What do a Doomsday cult, rat poison, and a .357 revolver have in common? They're all part of one man's survival story — and none of them won.Raven is a lifelong musician, martial artist, and author who grew up in a cult, survived abuse ...
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EP38: From Survival to Alignment: Carrie Crane on Healing Trauma, Rewriting Patterns, and Self-Worth
On the Irene Cares Podcast, Carrie Crane shares how early trauma, an emotionally unavailable and abusive home, and becoming a mother at 15 shaped lifelong patterns of seeking love, people-pleasing, and survival mode. She describes placing he...
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EP37: Veteran Tim Leavitt on Combat, TBI, Brotherhood, and Finding Purpose After War
Veteran Tim Leavitt describes joining the Army National Guard at 17 while in foster care, deploying to Iraq at 18 as artillery, leaving in 2008, then reenlisting in 2009 as a combat engineer and completing two Afghanistan route-clearance deploy...
EP36: PTSD Awareness - What It Is, What It Isn't
Have you ever wondered why certain sounds, situations, or words send you spiraling — even when you're completely safe? You're not broken. You may be carrying invisible wounds.In this episode, Hope and De'dy open an honest, compassionate con...
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EP35: The Power of Your Voice | Setting Boundaries & Communicating Assertively
Are you tired of saying yes when you mean no? Do you struggle to speak up for yourself without feeling guilty or afraid of conflict? In this episode, we're diving deep into the transformative skill of assertive communication — and how mastering...
EP34: What People Are Finally Beginning to Understand About Control & Safety
In today’s episode of Irene Cares, Hope and De’dy dive into the real-life stories and growing conversations that are reshaping laws, protection systems, and public awareness around emotional harm, coercive behavior, technology monitoring, survi...
EP33: The “Aha!” Moment: When Clarity Changes Everything | Irene Cares Podcast
Have you ever experienced a moment where everything suddenly made sense?In this episode of the Irene Cares Podcast, we explore the powerful “aha!” moments that can completely change the direction of someone’s healing journey. Those mome...
EP32: Safety First: Protecting Your Peace, Your Mind & Your Future | Irene Cares Podcast
In today’s episode of the Irene Cares Podcast, we discuss practical steps for protecting your physical, emotional, and mental well-being during difficult or high-conflict situations.We talk about creating personalized safety plans, sett...
EP31: Emotional Regulation - Navigating Intense Feelings
Your emotions are valid — but they don't have to run your life. This episode walks you through how to identify and navigate the intense feelings that come with abuse and recovery. We cover healthy coping mechanisms, the...
EP30: The Hidden Impact of ADHD, Stress & Emotional Overload | A Deep Conversation with Thurmon Thomas
Have you ever felt emotionally exhausted, disconnected in relationships, or stuck in survival mode without understanding why?In this episode of the Irene Cares Podcast, we sit down with wellness coach, speaker, and systemic wellness exp...
EP29: The Language of Empowerment & The Science of Changing Your Thoughts
Unlock your potential and transform your life with "The Language of Empowerment & The Science of Changing Your Thoughts." Discover how conscious communication and understanding neuroplasticity can rewire your brain for resilience, confidenc...
EP28: Finding Your Voice | Communicating with Confidence & Clarity
Today on the Irene Cares Podcast, we’re talking about The Power of Your Voice setting healthy boundaries, communicating clearly, and learning how to confidently express your needs.Many people struggle with saying no, speaking up, or set...
EP27: How Trauma Lives in the Body | Understanding Fight, Flight, Freeze & Fawn
Understanding the Impact — Trauma and Your Body.Trauma affects more than emotions. It can change the way your brain responds, how your nervous system reacts, and how your body processes stress. In this episode, we explore the real physi...
EP26: From Darkness to Hope | Kenlee Burt Shares Her Mental Health Journey
On today’s live episode of Irene Cares, we sit down with Kenlee Burt as she shares her deeply personal journey through anxiety, depression, isolation, and the path toward healing.Kenlee opens up about how life changed during her high sc...
EP25: The Foundation - Why Documentation Matters More Than You Think
Welcome to Irene Cares – your daily source for stories of resilience, healing, and empowerment. At IreneGPT.ai, we believe in supporting survivors on their journey to a healthier way of living.Today we are dedicated to exploring how...
EP24: Lexie Allred's Unbreakable Spirit: Overcoming Sex Trafficking, Addiction, and Building a Life of Purpose
Meet Lexie Allred, a Utah-born, California-raised free spirit who centers her life around family. Beyond her entrepreneurial ventures, which include a cleaning company and a task management business, Lexie brings a powerful personal...
EP23: AI for good! Navigating Growth and Healing with AI.
AI for Good: How IreneGPT Supports Healing, Clear Communication, and Validation After Abuse...Hope and De'dy, co-founders of Irene Cares, discuss why they consider their tool “AI for good” amid skepticism about AI. They explain that Ire...
EP22: Get to know the FOUNDERS of Irene Cares: A Q&A with De'dy and Hope
Podcast Q&A:In this Irene Cares podcast Q&A, Hope & De'dy trade personal questions to help listeners get to know them. They share what brightens their day (babies), childhood freedom spent outdoors, and how nature helps them...
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EP21: De'dy Co Founder of Irene Cares | The Irene Revolution
The Origin of Irene GPT and the Growing Irene Cares CommunityOn the Irene Cares podcast, Hope interviews her business partner and close friend De'dy about the origin and evolution of IreneGPT. De'dy shares how personal struggles with po...
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EP20: Why It’s So Hard to Leave a Narcissist | Shellene Hawkins Story
In this deeply emotional episode of the Irene Podcast, Shellene Hawkins shares her powerful story of resilience, survival, and transformation.From experiencing childhood sexual abuse to navigating infertility, betrayal, and a high-confl...
EP19: Lindy Blakley's Story of Survival and Growth.
Lindy’s Story: Surviving Abuse, Reclaiming Safety, and Building Riptide HelixOn the Irene Podcast, Hope interviews her friend Lindy, a mom of five, survivor of childhood abuse, and founder of Riptide Helix. Lindy describes an unstable c...
Ep18: Grounding in Chaos: Jennie Pool on Healing and Safety
Unfamiliar Isn’t Unsafe: Healing the Nervous System After Trauma.On the Irene Podcast, therapist Jennie Pool returns to discuss healing and nervous system safety, emphasizing that “unfamiliar is not the same as unsafe” and that change r...
EP17: Escaping Abuse Natalie's Path to a New Beginning
Natalie Tallakson: Leaving Abuse, Rebuilding Life, and Trusting Your Intuition.On the Irene Podcast, Natalie Tallakson shares how she left a 19-year abusive relationship in 2018 after realizing the harm was affecting her children, then ...
EP16: Kenzie St George Social Worker, Overcoming Domestic Violence
How Domestic Violence Affects Children: Resilience, Cycles of Violence, and EmpowermentOn the Irene Podcast, licensed clinical social worker and certified Utah DV provider Kenzie Bradshaw Betancur discusses domestic violence as an ongoi...
