Polar Life Consulting

Dr. Dave Janvier is a licensed therapist, certified sex therapist, trauma & somatic specialist, spiritual director and founder of SIIMDA Soul Care, a trauma-informed healing modality that integrates faith, psychology, neuroscience and spiritual formation. Dr. Dave operates a private practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania providing clinical and spiritual companionship to those struggling with a varie...

Dr. Dave Janvier is a licensed therapist, certified sex therapist, trauma & somatic specialist, spiritual director and founder of SIIMDA Soul Care, a trauma-informed healing modality that integrates faith, psychology, neuroscience and spiritual formation. Dr. Dave operates a private practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania providing clinical and spiritual companionship to those struggling with a varie...

Dominique (Dom) Benninger is a technologist, researcher, and institutional accountability advocate based in Pennsylvania. A survivor of the high-control college group known as the Narrowgate Fellowship, Dom has spent years documenting how spiritual manipulation, psychological coercion, and authoritarian control operate within religious communities. After later blowing the whistle on a convicted pr...

Dominique (Dom) Benninger is a technologist, researcher, and institutional accountability advocate based in Pennsylvania. A survivor of the high-control college group known as the Narrowgate Fellowship, Dom has spent years documenting how spiritual manipulation, psychological coercion, and authoritarian control operate within religious communities. After later blowing the whistle on a convicted pr...

Dominique (Dom) Benninger is a technologist, researcher, and institutional accountability advocate based in Pennsylvania. A survivor of the high-control college group known as the Narrowgate Fellowship, Dom has spent years documenting how spiritual manipulation, psychological coercion, and authoritarian control operate within religious communities. After later blowing the whistle on a convicted pr...

Dominique (Dom) Benninger is a technologist, researcher, and institutional accountability advocate based in Pennsylvania. A survivor of the high-control college group known as the Narrowgate Fellowship, Dom has spent years documenting how spiritual manipulation, psychological coercion, and authoritarian control operate within religious communities. After later blowing the whistle on a convicted pr...

This week, I wanted to catch up on all the Survivor-related news that has happened over the last several weeks while I was on hiatus. VIDEO 🎥 version: Spotify [ https://open.spotify.com/show/3wzBKXAdMpCAlJHZ2Gt8nE], Youtube [ https://www.youtube.com/@PolarLifeConsulting], Facebook [ https://www.facebook.com/PolarLifeConsulting], & TikTok [ https://www.tiktok.com/@polarlifeconsulting]. AUDIO versi...

This week, I have a special panel with three prior guests, Matt Melvin, Daniel Eichelberger, & Forrest Lange talking about Female Perpetrators and how that can affect one’s Healing Journey.  If you want to see the VIDEO 🎥 version of this podcast, you can watch from either Spotify ( https://open.spotify.com/show/3wzBKXAdMpCAlJHZ2Gt8nE) or Youtube ( https://www.youtube.com/@PolarLifeConsulting) . S...

This week, I have a special panel with three prior guests, Matt Melvin, Daniel Eichelberger, & Forrest Lange, talking about Female Perpetrators and how that can affect one’s Healing Journey. If you want to see the VIDEO 🎥 version of this podcast, you can watch from either Spotify [ https://open.spotify.com/show/3wzBKXAdMpCAlJHZ2Gt8nE] or Youtube [ https://www.youtube.com/@PolarLifeConsulting]. Su...

Final episode until September 2026 Wendell Wood cohosts the Agents of Recovery podcast that focuses on men’s mental health and addiction recovery. He is also a certified coach with Addict II Athlete, a nonprofit organization that helps men and women erase the pain and traumas associated with addiction and replace them with things of greater value. Wendell is a survivor of child sexual abuse and he...