The Mel Robbins Podcast · 2026-08-17 · 69 min · 10,843 words

Former CIA Spy: How to Eliminate Self-Doubt, Build Confidence, and Protect Yourself in Today’s World

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Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome. To the Mal Robins Podcast. Today, the former chief of disguise for the CIA A woman? Who spent three decades working under cover.

Is here in our Boston studios with a moving, inspiring, and heart pounding reflection of her remarkable life. Her name is Jana Mendez. And she's about to put you at the scene of the most dangerous and scary moments working for the CIA as she extracts timeless wisdom from this extraordinary career. You're gonna hear how she helped intelligence officers assume new identities. And disappear in plain sight.

Operations under surveillance in China and Russia. Extracting agents undercover in one particular story about trying to get a family of three across a foreign border that will leave you on the edge of your seat. As the former chief of disguise John Amendez reveals how she created spy disguises convincing enough to fool even the president of the United States. She'll tell you about the secret gadgets intelligent officers have used around the world.

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