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Religious Trauma
The Worst Thing to Happen to Me
Good Christian Girl
When Reputation is Currency
Dear Mom and Dad
"Real" Christianity: The Phrase That Enables Abuse
No Facades, No Apologies
The Great Evangelical Friend-Ditching Epidemic
"I'll Always Be Your Pastor", And Other Christian Threats
Fearing God: The Common Curse of Evangelicals & Exvangelicals Alike
What You Wanted
"Church Parents"
Are You Happy Now?
Born With Your Leg in a Trap
Never Safe for Very Long
How Far Are You Willing To Let Truth Change Your Life? (Exvangelical Edition)
I Lost My Dream Job Because I'm Queer
Church of the Anti-Christ
The Church of Narcissus
Faces of the "Church-to-Abusive-Marriage" Pipeline
Courage and Privilege
Outsourced Parenting
To Those Who Liked Me Better Before
It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think - Until It Does
Practicing Resurrection
The Hero's Journey
Saying No to a "Spiritual Authority"
Sacred Feminine
Healing My Ancestors
Mountain Woman
Caricatured and Erased
Grieving while Evangelical: 0/10 Do not Recommend
Learning to Pretend
The Wonderland Outside
A Subversive Photograph
"Dear Church, ... Sincerely, a Religious Trauma Survivor"
"An Outside Force is Controlling Me" - Excerpts from a Survivor's Diary (Part 4)
"I'd Rather Have Genuine People" - Excerpts from a Survivor's Diary (Part 3)
"I Think I'm Sick" - Excerpts from a Survivor's Diary (Part 2)
"Help me, I'm afraid" - Excerpts from a Survivor's Diary (Part 1)
The Dangerous One
Dear Ex-Best (Evangelical) Friend
Silenced with a Smile
Grief and Religious Trauma
My Story Part 2
My Story Part 1
Losing Religion and Finding Myself
Finding Love in all the Wrong Places
The End of the Familiar
Poetry
Celebrating Myself
Courage and Privilege
The Hero's Journey
The Hill I Chose to Die on
Chasing Snowflakes in Summer
Sunrise and Sunset
The Wonderland Outside
The Me That Never Was
That Scandalous Day
I'll Bet You Miss Me: an Ode to Walking Away
The Dangerous One
Dear Ex-Best (Evangelical) Friend
To Choose and be Chosen
Moments in Grief
Blurred in a Blinding Light
What Happens to you Creates You... And then Owning Yourself again
Mystics, Misfits
Losing Religion and Finding Myself
Finding Love in all the Wrong Places
The World is only as Big as a Human Heart
The End of the Familiar
Grief
What You Wanted
Half of Me is With You
Practicing Resurrection
More than Sadness
Traumaversary
Grieving while Evangelical: 0/10 Do not Recommend
Stories of Legacy
Vows for Eternity
Loving Caleb
Unfamiliar Territory
Grief and the Holidays
Silenced with a Smile
Grief and Religious Trauma
Secondary Losses
My Story Part 2
My Story Part 1
Honoring our Lost Loves
To Choose and be Chosen
Moments in Grief
Blurred in a Blinding Light
Religious Abuse
A Vicious Circle: When Trauma Responses are used to Justify More Trauma
Biography of a Traumatized Person
The Worst Thing to Happen to Me
Good Christian Girl
When Reputation is Currency
Dear Mom and Dad
"Real" Christianity: The Phrase That Enables Abuse
Following Christ got me Kicked Out of Christianity
The Great Evangelical Friend-Ditching Epidemic
"I'll Always Be Your Pastor", And Other Christian Threats
What You Wanted
"Church Parents"
Are You Happy Now?
Cheap Woman
Millions Against One
Never Safe for Very Long
Don't Think for a Second it's about Saving Babies
PTSD
Born With Your Leg in a Trap
Never Safe for Very Long
It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think - Until It Does
Silver Lining... or Gold?
"Dear Church, ... Sincerely, a Religious Trauma Survivor"
The Me That Never Was
"An Outside Force is Controlling Me" - Excerpts from a Survivor's Diary (Part 4)
"I'd Rather Have Genuine People" - Excerpts from a Survivor's Diary (Part 3)
"I Think I'm Sick" - Excerpts from a Survivor's Diary (Part 2)
"Help me, I'm afraid" - Excerpts from a Survivor's Diary (Part 1)
I'll Bet You Miss Me: an Ode to Walking Away
You Reached Through Time and You Stole!
Silenced with a Smile
What Happens to you Creates You... And then Owning Yourself again
Spirituality
Following Christ got me Kicked Out of Christianity
No Facades, No Apologies
How Far Are You Willing To Let Truth Change Your Life? (Exvangelical Edition)
The Hill I Chose to Die on
Sacred Feminine
Sunrise and Sunset
That Scandalous Day
A Christmas Epiphany: Hope in the Darkness
Mystics, Misfits
Losing Religion and Finding Myself
The End of the Familiar
Progressive Christianity
"Real" Christianity: The Phrase That Enables Abuse
Following Christ got me Kicked Out of Christianity
No Facades, No Apologies
How Far Are You Willing To Let Truth Change Your Life? (Exvangelical Edition)
I Lost My Dream Job Because I'm Queer
Taking Pride in Me
Practicing Resurrection
Sunrise and Sunset
That Scandalous Day
A Christmas Epiphany: Hope in the Darkness
Empowered Womanhood
Celebrating Myself
Good Christian Girl
Cheap Woman
Breaking the Ice Ceiling
Sacred Feminine
Healing My Ancestors
Sunrise and Sunset
Mountain Woman
Caricatured and Erased
A Subversive Photograph
Trauma Healing
Good Christian Girl
Dear Mom and Dad
No Facades, No Apologies
Why Me?
Taking Pride in Me
Courage and Privilege
It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think - Until It Does
Silver Lining... or Gold?
The Hill I Chose to Die on
Trauma
Biography of a Traumatized Person
Millions Against One
Silver Lining... or Gold?
Traumaversary
The Me That Never Was
I'll Bet You Miss Me: an Ode to Walking Away
You Reached Through Time and You Stole!
What Happens to you Creates You... And then Owning Yourself again
Gender Trauma
A Vicious Circle: When Trauma Responses are used to Justify More Trauma
Breaking the Ice Ceiling
Sacred Feminine
Healing My Ancestors
Mountain Woman
Caricatured and Erased
A Subversive Photograph
Gender
Celebrating Myself
Taking Pride in Me
Breaking the Ice Ceiling
Healing My Ancestors
Sunrise and Sunset
Mental Health
Celebrating Myself
Good Christian Girl
Fearing God: The Common Curse of Evangelicals & Exvangelicals Alike
Chasing Snowflakes in Summer
Silenced with a Smile
LGBT
I Lost My Dream Job Because I'm Queer
Taking Pride in Me
Sunrise and Sunset
Abuse
Church of the Anti-Christ
The Church of Narcissus
Faces of the "Church-to-Abusive-Marriage" Pipeline
Reflections
When Reputation is Currency
Why Me?
Uncategorized
Biography of a Traumatized Person
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