As a trauma recovery coach I have a lane that I stay in so let me break down what I do and more importantly what I don’t do as a coach. Let’s start with what coaching is! My niech of trauma recovery is religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and deconstructing your faith. As a coach I help you process through the…
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When you start your healing journey, whether that’s from religious trauma, childhood trauma, a traumatic event, or even a combination of traumas, it can be easy to fall into the hope that one day you’ll be completely healed. No more triggers. No more panic attacks. No more anxiety ridden days. No more depressive episodes. No more shame or guilt. Unfortunately, that’s not reality. Healing…
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I used to pray for this day to come. I cried for this day. I begged God to end the “senseless murder of babies.” I was even one of the crazy ones who stood outside Planned Parenthood locations wearing bright red duct tape over my mouth with the word LIFE written on it in black. During these “protests” I would…
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Growing up surrounded by evangelical circles I was constantly told that I can’t trust my heart. The way they do this is by teaching you from a young age that you were born a selfish sinner in need of forgiveness and since your human who’s innately sinful then you can’t trust your heart because it’ll just lead you astray. This…
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Spiritual Bypassing (v): “The tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks.”-Wikipedia When churches experience scandals, hardships, or anything that sparks negative emotions they use spiritual bypassing to avoid those exact emotions. Let me give you some examples. Someone’s grandfather died in a car wreck. “God works…
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