What happens when your deepest wounds are intertwined with your body, your faith, and your sexuality—the very things intended to foster joy, life, and connection? Today, we're courageously confronting the silence surrounding sexual trauma within Christian spaces.

Tabitha Westbrook sits down with her friend & colleague, Colleen Ramser, to discuss her new book Body & Soul, Healed & Whole: An Invitational Guide to Healthy Sexuality After Trauma, Abuse, and Coercive Control.

In this episode, Colleen and Tabi discuss:

• Sexual trauma is widespread but rarely discussed in church settings, leaving many Christian women without language to process their experiences
• Purity culture has created harmful frameworks around sexuality, making women responsible for men's behavior and limiting honest conversations
• Understanding trauma responses like reenactments helps shift the question from "what is wrong with you?" to "what happened to you?"
• Scripture on marital sexuality has often been distorted, while true biblical intimacy involves mutual submission, consent, and honoring boundaries
• Healing involves breaking "curses and vows" formed during trauma and building new neural pathways aligned with God's truth
• Arousal templates developed during trauma explain why survivors may be drawn to harmful sexual patterns, but these can be rewired
• The book offers hope for both single and married Christians that sexual healing is possible regardless of relationship status

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