Laci Bean

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The Churches Use of Spiritual Bypassing

Religious Trauma· Spirituality

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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I Don’t Lead People to Jesus…

Coaching· Deconstruction· Growth· Healing· Purity Culture· Religious Trauma· Spirituality· Therapy· Trauma

I know that title can make people cringe, but it’s true. If you’re here reading this because, you yourself are deconstructing, then you probably understand where I’m coming from, but for everyone else let me explain.  I grew up in many evangelical circles. In each and every one I was taught that my job to teach people about Jesus, save…
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What is Religious Trauma?

Coaching· Healing· Religious Trauma· Spirituality· Trauma

I’ve been asked multiple times how religion in general can cause trauma. I get it, it’s hard for some people to see something they have experienced as good and wholesome in a way that’s harmful to others.  Unfortunately, the reality is it can and does. So religious trauma usually comes up when someone starts questioning their long-held beliefs that have…
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Do you know your ACE score?

Healing· Therapy· Trauma

Not too long ago I had an assignment in school where I had to go take the ACE score assessment for myself. Before this class I had NEVER heard the ACE score but quickly became fascinated with it. Ok so what is an ACE Score? It stands for A- AdverseC-  ChildhoodE-  Experiences It was developed after a study of 17,000…
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