religious trauma
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Check your baggage
Read more: Check your baggageChanging Paths: unexamined baggage𧳠đđźđđ This is an excerpt from my book, âChanging Pathsâ: âChanging your religious or spiritual path can result in unexamined spiritual, emotional, and intellectual baggage from your previous tradition, which can cause all sorts of issues from depression to anger. We all need to unpack and deal with our unexamined baggage.…
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We are family
Read more: We are familyChanging Paths challenge day 21 â family There are two types of family â the one you were born into, and the one you choose. If your birth family is problematic for some reason, you can create your own.
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âI wonât kneel for their god anymoreâ
Read more: âI wonât kneel for their god anymoreâJames Gardner Davis has written an amazing reflection on changing paths in response to my guest appearance on the Missing Witches podcast. Their candid discussion of how religious trauma is a catalyst for people to seek out more inclusive spaces, typically outside of Christianity, is so useful for so many people who are seeking out…
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Tattoos, anti-Semitism, and sexual abuse
Read more: Tattoos, anti-Semitism, and sexual abuseThe Walrus has a new article about the Meeting House, a Canadian mega church. Personally I find even the name triggering, as thatâs what the Plymouth Brethren call their churches. So itâs kind of ironic that this one was meant to rise above the scandals of conventional churches.
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Leaving the Mormons
Read more: Leaving the MormonsAn in-depth resource on leaving the Mormons: Recovering Agency: Lifting the veil of Mormon mind control. Luna Lindsey Corbden was born into the LDS Church and left the faith in 2001, at age 26. They live in Washington State and write about topics of interest, including psychology, mind control, culture, and autism. They also write…
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Escape from Scientology
Read more: Escape from ScientologyTW: Scientology, religious trauma. âAt 52, I abandoned everything, every friend, every family memberâ: the top official who escaped Scientology (The Guardian) When he was certain that he wasnât being followed, he caught the tube to the National Portrait Gallery, where he sat on the grass outside and let his heart rate slow to its…
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