REST: Recovering from Spiritual Trauma
Spiritual Trauma has been defined as occurring when a person's religious experience is stressful, degrading, dangerous, abusive, or damaging.
I am a mother joined by my adult daughter as we discuss our family’s story of recovering from spiritual trauma. In each episode of REST we will share our experience of 17 years in a church community with a high-control culture. Thankfully we are now on a journey toward true soul rest.
We welcome your feedback and stories. You can reach us at the.rest.podcast.info@gmail.com
Episodes
19 episodes
Mother/Daughter discussion of the Sons of Patriarchy interview
My daughter joins me again as we unpack the last episode where I interviewed Peter Bell of the Sons of Patriarchy podcast. We discuss how the exposure of abuse stories by the SOP resonated with our own experiences in that denomination.
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40:12
Guest Interview: Peter Bell of Sons of Patriarchy
In this episode I interview Peter Bell, creator of the Sons of Patriarchy podcast which is described as : “What happens when biblical patriarchy, christian nationalism, and a theology of authority and submission become the pillars of a movement...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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45:32
Season 2 Kickoff
This is the first episode of our second season. You’ll find the bulk of our story in the episodes of season one. I am joined again by my daughter on this kickoff episode as we reflect on season one and share the direction the podcast will take ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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28:04
Book review | How God Sees Women: The End of Patriarchy
I'm going solo again in this episode, reviewing a book by Pastor Terran Williams called
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42:42
Guest Interview with Cait West | Part 2
We wrap up our conversation with Cait West, author of
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28:33
Guest Interview with Cait West | Part 1
We are honored to be joined by Cait West, author of RIFT: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy. My daughter and I dialog with her about the book and the story behind it, as well as our shared connection to the same high control d...
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31:28
Book discussion: "RIFT" | Part 2
In this episode we continue with part 2 of our book review of the new memoir by Cait West called RIFT. We pick up with discussing the views both in the book and in our former congregation around singleness, courtship, and marriage.If you...
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27:56
Book discussion: "RIFT" | Part 1
In this episode we discuss a new spiritual trauma memoir called RIFT. The author grew up in the same denomination that we left and therefore we each find her book insightful and relatable.
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29:21
"How did I get here?"
I'm going solo in this episode, sharing the story of my life that led me to join a high control religious (HCR) community. Our stories always lead the way and to attune to them and their power over our choices is to gain clarity.Here ar...
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Episode 11
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28:52
Guest Interview | Part 3
This is the final installment of my conversation with a former member of the same church we left. In the past two episodes she has shared some of the reasons they were attracted to the church in the first place as well as aspects of her c...
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Episode 10
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26:18
Guest Interview | Part 2
In this episode I continue my conversation with another former member of the same church community we left. She shares in particular how she suffered under religious trauma as a child in a patriarchal home and how it both impacted and cla...
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Episode 9
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24:00
Guest Interview | Part 1
In this episode I am joined by a guest who was also a member of the same high- control church. She shares her family's attraction to the community in the first place and what were some of the initial red flags that ultimately led to their depar...
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Episode 8
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31:08
"Is it all in my head?"
In this episode we discuss the uncomfortable feeling of cognitive dissonance we experienced in our high control religious culture. Intense self doubt and feelings of confusion characterized many of our years there as the black-and-white teachin...
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Episode 7
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29:04
Roles of men & women | Patriarchy
In this episode we discuss the roles of men and women in the church as well as the presence of patriarchy. As always, we welcome your comments and feedback at: the.rest.podcast.info@gmail.com
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Episode 6
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44:02
Education & Homeschooling | Part 2
In this episode we pick up where we left off from Episode 4 discussing Education & Homeschooling (Part 1) . The perspective of a child raised in a high control church culture is again insightful, rare, and essential. We would l...
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Episode 5
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24:00
Education & Homeschooling | Part 1
In this episode we will be discussing how our church's high control culture affected how families educated their children. The perspective of a child growing up in this environment is particularly critical to know, as it is often overlook...
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Episode 4
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27:34
A typical Sunday morning at church
In this episode, we discuss the format of our church's Sunday services, Sunday School, and style of worship music from the perspective of a child- one that is often overlooked and dismissed.
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Episode 3
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