Post-Religion Growth Articles
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3 Ways Accessing Anger Can Support Religious Trauma Recovery
While anger is often demonized or suppressed in high control religions, accessing it in a healthy, balanced way is often a critical component of making progress in your religious trauma recovery.
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Making New Friends After Leaving Your Religious Group
When you leave a high control religious group, you’re not just stepping away from a belief system. Most of us also face the reality of losing a significant social network. For those who grew up in closed-off communities, finding new…
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How Comparative Suffering Sabotages Religious Trauma Recovery
Have you heard of comparative suffering? It’s a term Brené Brown discusses quite often in her work on shame and vulnerability, so it’s been swirling around the personal-development world for a while now. However, it’s still something I see people doing…
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Quitting Religion Doesn’t Mean You Quit Being a Fundamentalist
High control religious groups are fundamentalist by nature. My personal experience has been with Evangelical Christianity, but my professional experience has shown me that many religious groups are embedded with varying degrees of fundamentalism. What I have discovered in both…
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The Complete Guide to Setting Boundaries with Religious Family Members
In this guide, I share essential steps for setting boundaries with family after leaving a high-control religion. You will learn how to clarify your values, identify your needs, and communicate boundaries effectively to foster healthier relationships while prioritizing your well-being.
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How to Navigate Relationships with Religious Family Members
One of the most frequent questions I get as a religious trauma therapist is how people should go about navigating relationships with their religious family members once they themselves have left the church. Yikes! This is a tough one. On…