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Is It My Fault? Or Is It the Church’s Fault?
Is my religious trauma my fault, or is it the church’s fault? Did I indoctrinate myself? After all, I enjoyed going to church as a child, and no one forced me to go to church as an adult. No one forced me to go to a bible school, work for a ministry, or use my […]
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What Happened When I Listened to the Church About Purity.
tw: sexual abuse Oh what I wish I could tell my past self- that what happened to you does not mean you’re tainted. You are not dirty. You are not impure. I drew this picture in 2014 a few days after being in a circumstance that I didn’t know how to process. A girl balled […]
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Life Coaching for Religious Recovery and Spiritual Abuse.
I was three sessions deep into my counseling appointments, each time thinking I would come out cured and never needing help again, only to find myself in a bigger mess than when I came in. I started therapy in the hopes that it would help lift my overwhelming burden, that I was not being authentic, […]
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Leaving Church Is Not A Trend Or Movement.
What are some of your favorite trends in your lifetime? Mine are necklace chokers from the 90’s, charcuterie boards, and Tamagotchi pets. My least favorite trends are chunky highlights, ultra thin eyebrows, super high-wasted jeans, and Christians speaking on the behalf of people who have undergone tough situations and chose to leave church. In other […]
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Thirty, Flirty, & Dying.
April 9th I was at work doing a haircut when all of a sudden a wave of tingling heat started from the lower back of my neck, and then overwhelming the sides of my neck and throat. It lasted maybe 10 seconds, while having this feeling I might fall down, faint, or vomit. Somehow I […]
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Filter The Voices.
I know we are well into February and I’m not trying to bring up things from the past to trigger any sort of PTSD but… remember 2020? LOL. Of course you do. It will be a year for the books that’s for certain. Thank God it’s over, right? Because 2021 will definitely NOT have any […]
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Treat Yo Self! (To Counseling)
I’m a HUGE Parks and Rec fan. Ever watch that show? I find it hilarious, innocent, and full of people resolving conflict and loving each other through their flaws. There’s this one episode where this guy named Tom, who thinks he is a total gangster, and this super sassy lady named Donna go on this crazy […]
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The Jungle Kinda Killed Me
There were many times I thought Ecuador was going to kill me. If the intense heat under a tin roof wasn’t going to kill me, then the massive buckets of rain would. I can’t accurately describe to you how loud rain is under a tin roof. One night it was raining so hard, I thought God […]
Series of Expansion
Sharing moments of perspective that caused my heart and soul to grow.
Series of Expansion 