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Inner Light Companion podcast
The Inner Light Companion is a soul-nourishing podcast for those healing from religious trauma, emotional burnout, or spiritual disconnection. Hosted by Tamara Ridge, a therapist turned spiritual guide, each episode offers gentle reflections, guided meditations, and tools to help you reconnect with your inner light and Divine truth. Come as you are—this is a space for quiet healing, sacred storytelling, and deep belonging.
Episodes
19 episodes
Ep. 19 - Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms #10 - Freedom from Manipulation & Coercion: Seeing the Invisible Patterns That Shape Your Spiritual Life
Manipulation inside high‑control religion rarely looks like manipulation while you’re inside it. It looks like love. It looks like protection. It looks like “spiritual guidance.” And for many of us, it becomes the emotional atmosphere we...
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Episode 19
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52:45
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Ep. 18 - Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms #9 - Freedom of Religious Practice: The Wound of Temple Exclusion & Reclaiming Your Spiritual Path
In this episode, Tamara explores one of the most painful but least acknowledged wounds in high‑control religion: the loss of belonging when the Church decides you aren’t “worthy” to enter the temple.From standing outside a loved o...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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25:44
Ep. 17 - Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms #8 - Financial Freedom After Religious Control: Healing the Scarcity Wound
In today’s episode, we’re unpacking one of the most painful and unspoken legacies of high‑control religion: financial fear that lives in the body.For many of us, money was never neutral. It became fused with spiritual worthiness, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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22:02
Ep.16 - Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms #7 - Freedom in Daily Life Decisions: How Survival Mode Quietly Controls Your Choices
For 59 years, I thought I was making my own choices — what to wear, what to eat, when to rest, how to give, how to spend my time. But a few weeks ago, my body revealed the truth: I wasn’t choosing.My dysregulated nervous system was.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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39:38
Ep. 15 - Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms #6 - Freedom of Information & Access: When Forbidden Knowledge Breaks Everything Open
What does it cost when you're forbidden from seeing, reading, or knowing anything outside of the authorized script?In this episode, I share three devastating moments of information control that shattered my trust in church leadership:
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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17:47
Ep. 14 - Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms #5 - Freedom of Association & Relationship: When Leaving Means Losing Everyone
I was standing in my living room, about to leave Mormonism, weighing the cost: Social support? Gone. Community? Gone. Lifelong friendships? Gone.The answer that came wasn't "yes, I can do this." It was: "I can't not."But I ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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31:48
Ep. 13 - Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms #4 - Freedom Over Your Own Body: Reclaiming Bodily Autonomy After Religious Control
Before you listen: Tamara shares more vulnerability in this episode than ever before. Naming what was done to our bodies, as children, as women, as spiritual seekers, is both sacred work—and tough work. If you feel big feelings or body memories...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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28:00
Ep. 12 - Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms #3 - Silenced in the Name of God – Reclaiming Freedom of Expression & Communication
🎙️ This episode is part of the Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms (Episodes 9, 11–17)What if silencing your voice started long before church, marriage, or adulthood?In this brutally honest episode, Tamara Ridge u...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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33:38
Ep 11. - Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms #2 - Freedom of Thought & Belief: When Questioning Becomes a Sin | Religious Thought Control & Reclaiming Your Mind
🎙️ This episode is part of the Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms (Episodes 9, 11–17)In this raw and soul-stirring episode, Tamara Ridge opens up about her journey through an emotionally abusive marriage and a high-cont...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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25:53
Ep. 10 - From Knowing to Feeling: How to Live as God’s Beloved (Even After Religious Trauma)
You know God loves you… but do you feel it?In this powerful capstone to our Spiritual Intimacy series, Tamara Ridge unpacks the journey from intellectually understanding divin...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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42:11
Ep. 9 - Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms #1 -Why I Say 'God' - Reclaming Sacred Language After Religious Trauma
🎙️ This episode is part of the Bonus Series: Reclaiming Your Sacred Freedoms Episodes 9, 11-17)After leaving organized religion, many of us water down our spiritual language to avoid triggering ourselves or others. But what if...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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28:31
Ep. 8 - How I Inherited Yogananda's Original Teachings (And Why You Don't Need Institutional Permission to Connect with God)
How did a former Mormon therapist end up teaching ancient yogic wisdom? In this deeply personal episode, I share my spiritual heritage story—how I inherited original teachings from Paramahansa Yogananda through a direct disciple who lived with ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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32:27
Ep. 7 - Recognizing Divine Messages: How to Hear God Speak Directly to You (Even When Life Feels Quiet)
Episode 7: Recognizing Divine Messages - How to Hear God Speak Directly to YouYour windshield wipers start cycling on their own. A feather falls in your path when no birds are around. The exact thing you've been praying for shows ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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53:28
Ep 6. - When God Feels Distant: Reclaiming Spiritual Intimacy After Religious Trauma
In this deeply personal and transformative episode, Tamara explores what it means to pursue an unmediated, direct connection with the Divine—especially after leaving the confines of organized religion. Drawing from her own experiences of...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:00:35
Ep. 5 - Chasing the Spark: Deepening Your Intimacy with the Divine
What if your relationship with the Divine could feel more real and fulfilling than any human connection you’ve ever known?In this episode, Tamara Ridge explores spiritual intimacy—a lived relationship with the Divine that grows ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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27:03
Ep. 4 - Rain, Thunder, and Sacred Questions: A Friday Night Spiritual Check-In
Why do we feel distant from God—and how do we come home again? In this cozy Friday night reflection, Tamara explores how spiritual intimacy can be rekindled through rest, creativity, and beauty—even in the middle of life’s storms.🌿 Want ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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36:43
Episode 3: The 12 Sacred Intimacies: Why Your Spiritual Growth Feels Stuck (and How to Move Forward)
What if your spiritual plateau isn't a lack of devotion—but an imbalance in how you're connecting?In this inaugural episode of The Inner Light Companion Podcast, longtime therapist and spiritual counselor Tamara introduces the <...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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34:03
Episode 2: What If God Isn’t Who You Think? | Healing Worthiness After Religion
Do you ever feel like you're not enough for God? In this deeply honest episode, Tamara Ridge explores how our upbringing, relationships, and religious past can distort our ability to feel truly connected with the Divine. Throu...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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47:40
Ep. 1 - Welcome to The Inner Light Companion: My Journey & What to Expect
What happens when the foundation of your faith no longer holds? In this first episode of The Inner Light Companion, I invite you into the sacred moment my spiritual journey truly began—not with certainty, but with the...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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28:31