Chasing Glass

About Chasing Glass

You can spend years staring at the same ceiling without realizing it's there. Chasing Glass is about the moments people finally see it, and what it takes to break through. Hosted by Kaduvamma, the show sits inside life's quiet turning points: the conversations, the unraveling, the slow climbs back into yourself. Mental health threads through every story. It's a complicated journey, because some things you don't see until the glass breaks.

Publisher

Kaduvamma

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

21 May 2026

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

9 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Are You Fighting Your Partner or Your Past? | Terrence and Trevor Payton

   Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! (https://rss.com/podcasts/chasing-glass/voicemail) Are you fighting your partner, or your past? In Part 2 of my conversation with Terrence Payton ⁠@terrencepayton4060 ⁠ (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC9kkFVX-GeyV8HVGEHl0PhQ) and Trevor M. Payton, we go deep into rejection, blended families, and healing old wounds in marriage. Trevor almost didn't marry Terrence because she didn't feel healed enough. Terrence says pretty much every argument they've had led back to rejection. He tells me about the day he stood in the bathroom mirror blaming her to God, and what he heard back. We also talk about bringing 7 kids together, why they still apologize to their kids years later, setting boundaries with adult children, and the difference between who you are and who you perform to be. Missed Part 1? Start with how they met at FedEx in the last episode! Which part hit home for you? Tell me in the comments. CHAPTERS 0:00 When the kids want their biological father 2:00 Should you stay together for the kids? 7:45 Joining a family after the kids lost their mom 11:45 When everything hit at once 14:00 Still apologizing to our kids years later 17:30 How to ask a child to forgive you 21:20 Signs you're reacting to old wounds 24:40 When rejection rules your relationship 29:15 The bathroom mirror moment 32:00 The HALT rule for arguments 32:25 Identity is discovered, not learned 37:30 How to tell when you're performing 40:55 How to take constructive criticism 43:45 Rejection as redirection vs. avoidance 45:30 Healing if you're not religious 48:05 “I chose her for you” 51:25 Motherhood and rejection from your kids 54:15 Grace vs. boundaries 57:00 Do kids get boundaries with their parents? 1:00:20 Who Jus Relationship is for 1:03:10 Their glass ceiling moments FOLLOW TERRENCE AND TREVOR YouTube: ⁠ @terrencepayton4060 ⁠ (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC9kkFVX-GeyV8HVGEHl0PhQ) Jus Relationship on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gAl0RcHiPT06GN3fQDMDi?si=3de18836671743e4 (https://open.spotify.com/show/6gAl0RcHiPT06GN3fQDMDi?si=3de18836671743e4) Jus Relationship on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jus-relationships/id1875401154 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jus-relationships/id1875401154) NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO? Clearapy is here for the moments that are hard but not a crisis. Call (863) 334-2447. If you are in crisis or thinking about suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. It is free and open 24/7 in the US. #blendedfamily #relationshipadvice #podcast

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Love After Loss and Divorce: How They Blended a Family of 7 | Terrence and Trevor Payton

   Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. (https://rss.com/podcasts/chasing-glass/voicemail) He met her when she was 8 months pregnant. Years later, after he lost his wife and she went through a divorce, one bouquet of flowers brought them back together. This is a story about love after loss, blended families, faith, and learning your self worth. On this episode of Chasing Glass, I sit down with Terrence Payton, host of Jus Relationship, and his wife Trevor M. Payton. Terrence has trained people in leadership, emotional intelligence, and mental health. He almost didn't start his podcast. He thought it was fear. It turned out to be his self worth. Trevor almost said no to sharing their story at all. Together they have 7 kids and one blended family. They told me everything. How they went from FedEx coworkers to friends to married. Why they never say stepfamily. What it took for Trevor to leave a marriage with three kids. And what it feels like when your grown kids stop needing you the same way. Do you believe love can find you twice? Tell me in the comments. NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO? Clearapy is here for the hard moments and bad days. Call (863) 334-2447. Go to joinclearapy.com (http://joinclearapy.com) for more info. If you are in crisis or thinking about suicide, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. It is free and open 24/7 in the US.

3. 

   14 Sept 2026

   Joe Tomco Part 2

   Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. (https://rss.com/podcasts/chasing-glass/voicemail) NA

4. 

   6 Sept 2026

   Immersion Taught Him to Rise┃Joe Tomco, Entrepreneur and Family Man

   Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. (https://rss.com/podcasts/chasing-glass/voicemail) Joe Tomco has started six companies, employed over 2,000 people, and built an AI language learning company that reached tens of millions of people in over 180 countries. So you'd think this episode is about tech. It's not. Joe grew up as the sixth of ten kids, followed his siblings toward medicine, and then one business plan competition in college changed the entire direction of his life. He built companies, sold companies, and eventually walked away from the tech world to buy pool stores in Athens, Georgia. In this episode, we talk about what it really means to be the top and the bottom of your own company. We get into the puffer fish principle, the psychology behind rejection, and why 90 percent of businesses fail in their first five years. Joe opens up about two years spent in the Dominican Republic with no one who spoke his language, and how having his back against the wall became the foundation for everything he built after. We also talk faith, family, mental health, and why chasing the wrong kind of success can quietly cost you everything, even when it looks like winning from the outside. This episode is a reminder that you're allowed to change your mind. You're allowed to want a different kind of win. If this episode brings something up for you, Clearapy is a warmline for anyone who needs to talk it out. Call 863-334-2447.

5. 

   6 Sept 2026

   The Biker Who Rode Through Fear to Save a Child

   Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. (https://rss.com/podcasts/chasing-glass/voicemail) Some protectors don't wear capes. They wear leather vests and road names. Kuan Yu rides with Bikers Against Child Abuse, an organization built to do one thing: take the fear out of a child's world. In this episode we talk about what it means to show up at 2am for a noise in the dark, what it looks like when 60 bikers roll in to meet a scared kid for the first time, and why a teddy bear stuffed with hugs can mean more than anyone realizes. We also get into the hardest parts of this work. What it takes to sit in a courtroom and hold a court face while a child reads out what happened to them. And why showing up, even through snow he'd never ridden in, is the only skill that matters. This one will stay with you. Resources Bikers Against Child Abuse: www.BACAworld.org (http://www.BACAworld.org) or call 1-866-712-2873 If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Need support or someone to talk to? Clearapy is here. Call (863) 334-2447

6. 

   8 Aug 2026

   An Artist's Gold in the Cracks┃Nuçi's Space┃Teri Drake-Floyd

   Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. (https://rss.com/podcasts/chasing-glass/voicemail) Teri Drake-Floyd works at Nuçi's Space, a musician's health and resource center in Athens, Georgia built to prevent suicide and keep working musicians alive, healthy, and making music. By night, she writes southern gothic and horror fiction under the pen name Lillah Lawson, pulling from her own family's history to tell stories most people are too afraid to tell. In this episode, we talk about the language shift Nuçi's Space uses on purpose, calling it "brain illness" instead of "mental illness," and why that one word change can change how someone accesses care. We talk about the moment Teri realized a friend had once used a real crisis intervention method to save her life, years before she got trained in that exact method herself. And we talk about the family story, and the great-great-grandmother nobody would speak about, that became the seed for her debut novel. This is a conversation about grief, about the stories families keep quiet, and about what it actually looks like to rebuild after your glass breaks. Mental Health Resources: If you or someone you know is struggling, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24/7. Call or text 988 to reach a trained counselor, day or night, anywhere in the U.S. Clearapy is a call-in support service for the moments when you're not in crisis, but you still need someone to talk to. For $15 an hour, you can call and be connected with someone right away, no waitlist and no scheduling weeks out. It's built for that in-between space, not a crisis, not nothing, just needing a real person on the other end of the line. Call (863) 334-2447 to connect. If you are in crisis, please use the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline instead. Nuçi's Space: Nuçi's Space is a nonprofit in Athens, Georgia built to prevent suicide, with a focus on musicians. They provide referrals for depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation, underwrite the cost of care for musicians, and help anyone find low-cost or sliding scale mental health support. Website: nuci.org (http://nuci.org) Blog: https://www.nuci.org/blog (https://www.nuci.org/blog) "Beautiful Here: Emerging from the Overwhelming Darkness" by Linda Phillips, Nuçi's mother and the founder of Nuçi's Space. https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Here-Emerging-Overwhelming-Darkness/dp/1537413678 (https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Here-Emerging-Overwhelming-Darkness/dp/1537413678) Also available for purchase through the Nuçi's Space website. Teri's Books (writing as Lillah Lawson): https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=Lillah+Lawson&bkshp-astro=t (https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=Lillah+Lawson&bkshp-astro=t) https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00ZGWF2DM (https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00ZGWF2DM)

7. 

   29 Jul 2026

   The Weight of Pride: Chronic Illness, Coming Out, and Choosing to Show Up Anyway┃Steph Cave

   Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. (https://rss.com/podcasts/chasing-glass/voicemail) On this episode of Chasing Glass, I sit down with Steph Cave, board president of Athens Pride and Queer Collective, for one of the most honest conversations we've had on the show. Steph opens up about living with lupus, Hashimoto's, and complex PTSD, what it actually took to come out in a rural town fifteen years ago, and their time as a protest medic during the BLM protests. We talk about grief, chronic illness, mental health, and what it really costs to build the queer community you needed but never had. This is a conversation about identity, resilience, and choosing to show up for people even when it costs you.

8. 

   15 Jul 2026

   The Cost of Capturing Everyone Else's Best Days | Sharvil Kulkarni: Photographer and Entrepreneur

   Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. (https://rss.com/podcasts/chasing-glass/voicemail) Sharvil Kulkarni built a full photography business in one year, all while being a full time college student. On the outside it looks like a highlight reel. On the inside, it is productivity guilt, imposter syndrome, and a moment on a 3 AM flight that cracked everything open. In this episode of Chasing Glass, we talk about what it actually costs to always be the one behind the camera, why comparison culture hits different when your job is curating everyone else's image, and the friendship lesson that changed how he sees loneliness. This is a conversation about burnout, boundaries, and figuring out who you are when nobody is watching.

9. 

   21 May 2026

   The Grief You're Not Allowed to Have: Psychology of Loss, Power, and Womanhood | Melyssa Munn

   Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. (https://rss.com/podcasts/chasing-glass/voicemail) Some losses are publicly mourned. Others get pushed into silence. Why? This week I'm joined by Melyssa Munn, a UGA neuroscience and women's and gender studies researcher who lost both her parents at 15. Now, she studies the brain science of trauma and writes feminist theory on how women are valued, then dismissed. We get into the psychology of grief, why some losses are quietly erased, what disenfranchised grief actually is, and why so many women learn shame before they learn confidence. If you've ever been told to stay strong or just move on, listen to this one all the way through.

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