Religious Trauma Syndrome

I’ve written before about how when I was still a Christian during my college years, I was very involved with my church’s youth ministry as a youth leader. …

Christian relationships are curious things. I was giving this some thought the other day and I remembered some instances from my life in the Church that got me thinking about how strange Christian relationships can be. …

One common outcome of deconstructing your faith is going through a radical shift in community. Often, religious friends don’t understand your departure from religion, and even though they may have once seemed like lifelong friends, they may choose to no longer associate with you in your new life of disbelief. …

What do you do when you Narcissistic parents do not accept who you truly are? It is traumatizing, and damaging to your self esteem. Learn how to find confidence and healing from religious persecution of queer ( LGBTQ) identity. Today I share a conversation with Intuitive Relationship Coach Christina Douglas…

Faith deconstruction is hard, but there’s no doubt that the internet makes it a little bit easier. Maybe not emotionally, but definitely when it comes to finding new information to help you on your journey. For the first time in human history, all the information you need to completely destroy…

I’ve written before that there often comes a time in the deconstruction process when you need to remove religious leaders from the pedestal you once put them on. This can be a tricky situation because oftentimes these pastors aren’t bad people and didn’t do anything wrong. …

Deconverting from your fundamentalist religion does more than shake up your paradigm and worldview. It actually damages your life on many practical levels as well. I go into his in great detail in my book and on this blog. One of the biggest areas of life that can be damaged…

confessions of a soul trapped in the role of a young mother Today I opened my Instagram feed, and I saw a post that read as follows There is literally no rule that says you have to get married & start a family. How I wish someone had told me…