Some dreams don’t fade when we wake.

They linger — tugging at us like a memory that isn’t ours alone.

In this episode of the Mama Rae Podcast, Mama Rae explores the ancient and poetic theory that certain souls are connected by an invisible string — a tether that stretches across time, space, silence, and even dreams.

Inspired by a vivid dream and poetry by @thefallenpoet, this episode dives into:

• The Red String of Fate and soul-tether theories across cultures

• Why some people feel instantly familiar

• How connection can exist without constant presence

• The idea that our souls may meet in dreams when waking life won’t allow it

• Why tangled connections can still be true — even if they don’t last

This is a reflective, philosophical conversation meant to spark curiosity, deepen consciousness, and invite listeners into a quieter, more connected way of understanding human bonds.

✨ Featured in this episode:

• Partner mentions for Comfrt and C7 Skates

• Book updates and personal reflections

• An announcement for a new collaborative podcast, The Check-In with Brady & Ye

• A glimpse into Mama Rae’s upcoming work, planned for release before her 40th birthday on February 5th

⚠️ DISCLAIMER

This episode is intended for reflective, philosophical, and creative exploration only.

It is not a substitute for medical, psychological, or spiritual guidance.

Listeners are encouraged to engage with these ideas in ways that feel grounding and healthy.

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📚 BOOKS BY RACHEL NOEL YE

Explore these themes further through Mama Rae’s writing:

🔗 www.rachelye.com

• Dear Mom: Here Are My Last Letters to You

• The Quiet Before I Roar

• Let Them Remember Me

✨ A new piece is currently in the works — with hopes to release before February 5th.

🎙️ COMING SOON: THE CHECK-IN WITH BRADY & YE

Mama Rae is teaming up with Tressa Brady for a new podcast:

🎧 The Check-In with Brady & Ye

Honest, weekly conversations centered on healing, advocacy, and showing up fully as humans.

📍 First recordings planned for Murrieta Hot Springs (February)

📅 Additional episodes begin January

Stay tuned.

What if the world isn’t quite as solid as it feels?

In this surreal, reflective episode, Mama Rae explores the ancient concept of the firmament — its origins, what the Bible actually says about it, and why humans across history imagined the sky as a boundary, a dome, or a protective structure.

From rainbows and their true circular shape, to the uncanny feeling that mountains sometimes look staged or unreal, this episode drifts between science, Scripture, psychology, and wonder.

We talk about:

• ​ Why rainbows feel symbolic — and why each of us sees our own
• ​ The ancient belief in a firmament and how it shaped early cosmology
• ​ That strange “snow globe” feeling — as if the world is contained or paused
• ​ Why like-minded people seem to find each other at just the right time
• ​ Whether synchronicity is coincidence… or divine guidance

This episode doesn’t aim to prove or disprove anything.

It’s an invitation to feel, to question, and to sit with the mystery of connection — between light and water, mind and meaning, creation and Creator.

📝 SHOW NOTES

⏳ Episode Themes

• ​ The history and origins of the firmament
• ​ Biblical language and ancient cosmology
• ​ Rainbows explained: light, water, perspective, and the full circle
• ​ Perception, illusion, and liminal states of mind
• ​ Synchronicity, neural mirroring, and spiritual alignment
• ​ Faith, connection, and why certain people feel instantly familiar

🌈 Key Takeaway

A rainbow is not an object — it’s a relationship between light, water, and you.

And maybe connection works the same way.

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⚠️ DISCLOSURES & DISCLAIMER

This episode is intended for educational, philosophical, and spiritual reflection only.

It does not promote or reject any scientific theory, religious doctrine, or worldview. All thoughts shared are personal reflections meant to encourage curiosity and introspection.

If you experience persistent feelings of anxiety, dissociation, or disorientation, please seek guidance from a licensed mental health professional.

Wonder is powerful — grounding is essential.

🔔 STAY CONNECTED

🎧 Listen to more episodes of the Mama Rae Podcast

🎨 Art, reflections & updates: @rae.dart

🌐 Website: https://www.rachelye.com

If this episode stirred something in you — a thought, a memory, a question — you’re not alone.

Sometimes the pull we feel is simply an invitation to look a little deeper.

Recorded at Bolero at Europa Village in Temecula Wine Country, this episode of the Mama Rae Podcast features a powerful conversation with Tressa Brady, host of the podcast The Wounds That Do Not Heal.

In this episode, Tressa opens up about where her podcast was born from, what her life looked like before stepping into advocacy, and how lived experience transformed into deeply meaningful work. This is a grounded, honest conversation about unhealed wounds, resilience, and the courage it takes to turn pain into purpose.

This episode is for anyone navigating healing, holding space for others, or searching for meaning in experiences that never fully disappear—but still shape who we become.

🎙️ Recorded on location at Europa Village Winery — Temecula Wine Country.

📝 Show Notes

✨ Episode Highlights

• The origin story behind The Wounds That Do Not Heal

• Tressa Brady’s journey before advocacy and podcasting

• How lived experience becomes purpose-driven work

• Holding space for wounds that don’t fully close

• Advocacy rooted in truth, courage, and compassion

• Healing conversations set against the beauty of Temecula Wine Country

🎧 About Our Guest

Tressa Brady is the host of the podcast The Wounds That Do Not Heal, where she explores stories of trauma, resilience, and advocacy through lived experience. Her work centers on truth-telling, healing, and giving voice to stories that are often carried in silence.

🔗 Listen to Tressa’s podcast:

👉 The Wounds That Do Not Heal (available on major podcast platforms)

🤍 Partners Who Support This Podcast

This episode is made possible with the support of brands that align with healing, movement, and intentional living:

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📍 Recording Location

🎥 Bolero at Europa Village

📍 Temecula Wine Country, California

A beautiful and intentional space that set the tone for this reflective conversation.

🕊️ Gentle Reminder

This episode contains discussions around trauma and healing. Please listen with care and take breaks if needed.

📲 Stay Connected

Follow the podcast, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who may need it.

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Before light.

Before language.

Before form.

There was silence.

In this return episode of The Mama Rae Podcast, Mama Rae gently explores the Genesis creation narrative — not as doctrine, but as a psychological and philosophical reflection on what it means to create.

What if creation wasn’t born from power…

but from a longing to connect?

Through grief, stillness, and the quiet that followed Panda’s passing, this episode reflects on God as a creator, humanity as relational beings, and why silence often precedes meaning. This is a soft re-entry into storytelling, faith, psychology, and the deeply human need to be seen and known.

This episode is for anyone who has sat in the dark long enough to wonder what comes next.

📝 SHOW NOTES

In this episode, we explore:

• The opening verses of Genesis and what “formless and empty” really means

• Silence as a precursor to creation, not an absence

• God as a creator through a psychological and relational lens

• Why creators often emerge from grief, solitude, and longing

• The human need for connection as a design, not a flaw

• Returning to voice after loss

This episode marks Mama Rae’s return to recording after a season of grief, stillness, and reflection.

🤍 Episode Partners

COMFRT

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(Links provided for those who wish to explore — no pressure, just presence.)

⚠️ Disclaimer

This episode is intended for reflective, educational, and personal storytelling purposes only. Spiritual and philosophical interpretations shared are personal reflections and not presented as theological instruction.

Before you eat that… let’s pause.

In this reflective episode of The Mama Rae Podcast, Mama Rae invites listeners into a deeper exploration of one of Earth’s most misunderstood beings: the octopus.

With an intelligence that evolved completely separate from humans over 500 million years ago, octopuses challenge everything we think we know about consciousness, emotion, and what it means to be “aware.” From their distributed nervous system — nine brains working as one — to their capacity for memory, play, curiosity, and problem-solving, the octopus represents an alternative path to intelligence that feels almost alien in nature.

This episode is not about judgment, guilt, or telling anyone what choices to make. It’s about awareness. About pausing long enough to recognize that we share this planet with minds vastly different from our own — and asking what that recognition awakens in us.

Blending science, philosophy, and soulful reflection, Mama Rae explores:

• How octopus consciousness differs from human consciousness

• What it means to have a “distributed mind”

• Signs of emotion, memory, and creativity in non-human intelligence

• Why empathy begins with recognition, not rules

• What the octopus can teach us about humility, coexistence, and being alive

Sometimes, expanding consciousness starts with a simple pause.

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📌 Disclosure

This episode contains paid partnerships. Use of provided links or codes may support The Mama Rae Podcast at no additional cost to you.

📎 Disclaimer

This episode is intended for educational and reflective purposes only. It does not promote or discourage any specific dietary choices. The views expressed are based on current scientific research and philosophical interpretation.

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In Part 2 of this three-part series, the Mama Rae Podcast steps inside the courtroom and into the controversy that would divide the Philippines for decades. After four years of silence and investigative failures, a single witness emerged and reshaped the entire case: Jessica Alfaro.

This episode explores:

• The arrival of the star witness who claimed to be inside the Vizconde home

• The explosive accusations against Hubert Webb and his co-accused

• The clash between testimony and alibi

• The missing forensic evidence that could have changed everything

• The highly publicized trial that gripped a nation

• The convictions, the public reaction, and the unraveling that followed

• And the 2010 Supreme Court decision that reframed the meaning of “justice”

Told with trauma-informed care, verified research, and deep respect for the victims and their families, Part 2 reveals how a single court case exposed cracks within the Philippine justice system—cracks still felt today.

⚠️ DISCLAIMER:

This episode contains discussions of violence, sexual assault, judicial misconduct, emotional trauma, and the legal failures that impacted surviving family members. Listener discretion is advised.

Sponsored by:

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Part 3 will confront the aftermath, the unanswered questions, and the legacy of a case that refuses to rest.

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THE VIZCONDE MASSACRE — PART 1: THE NIGHT THAT BROKE A NATION

In this powerful opening to a three-part series, the Mama Rae Podcast revisits one of the most devastating and controversial crimes in Philippine history: the Vizconde Massacre.

On June 30, 1991, inside the gated community of BF Homes Parañaque, a mother and her two daughters were brutally murdered in a crime so shocking it fractured the nation. With the father away overseas, the massacre of the Vizconde family became more than a tragedy — it became a test of the Philippine justice system itself.

In this episode, Mama Rae guides listeners through:

• ​ The peaceful life of the Vizconde family
• ​ The horrific discovery on Vinzons Street
• ​ The early investigative failures and lost forensic evidence
• ​ How years of silence nearly buried the case
• ​ And the unexpected witness who reignited the investigation

Told with deep respect, historical accuracy, and trauma-informed sensitivity, this episode lays the foundation for what would become one of the most contentious trials in the country’s history.

⚠️ DISCLAIMER:

This episode contains discussions of violence, child murder, sexual assault, and forensic details. Listener discretion is strongly advised. All information is sourced from publicly available records, court documents, and verified reporting.

✨ Sponsors:

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This series is dedicated to truth, justice, and remembrance.

Join us for Part 2 as we enter the courtroom — and watch the case unravel.

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In this special investigative episode of the Mama Rae Podcast, we examine publicly available reports, survivor testimonies, and historical records surrounding the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) — a powerful religious organization with a global reach.

We explore documented allegations of:

• Financial exploitation

• Control through fear and intimidation

• Harassment and targeting of whistleblowers

• Families torn apart after speaking out

Our purpose is not to attack a faith — but to amplify voices who have long been silenced, to shine a light on the importance of transparency, accountability, and survivor protection.

🕊 This is about people — not power.

The individuals who stepped forward deserve to be heard.

🔍 Disclosures & Disclaimers

This episode is based on publicly available information, including existing media coverage, court records, and personal testimonies from individuals who have shared their stories publicly.

All allegations discussed remain allegations unless confirmed by a court of law.

The Mama Rae Podcast does not assert guilt, only reports on verified documentation and recorded statements already available in the public domain.

🧠 If you or someone you know has been impacted by spiritual abuse:

You are not alone, and help exists.

📌 Resources:

• International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)

• Spiritual Abuse Resources Network

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: call/text 988

• StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-7NATIVE

Reach out. Someone will listen.

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Together, we protect truth-tellers.

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