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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The Overturning of Roe vs. Wade Will Be The Downfall of Evangelical Christianity
Deconstruction· Progressive Christianity· Religious Trauma· Spirituality
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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The Indoctrination That Disconnects You From Your Body
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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The Churches Use of Spiritual Bypassing
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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