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  • 423 – Survivor Stories – Dr. Leona Stucky

    423 – Survivor Stories – Dr. Leona Stucky
    Oct 1 2025
    A couple of years ago, a group of women encouraged me to read women’s stories. They echoed each other’s sentiments that men, especially pastors, tend to read theology and leadership books, but ignore stories about women’s experience. Instead of reading the stories, Laura and I interviewed and listened to women who had experienced toxic religion, […]
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    1 h y 28 m
  • 422 – Steve & Dorthy Halley – The River of Cruelty

    422 – Steve & Dorthy Halley – The River of Cruelty
    Sep 24 2025
    The Family Peace Initiative (FPI) is a certified battering intervention program operated by Halley Counseling Services, P.A. Presently, FPI operates more than 25+ groups in communities throughout the state of Kansas. Along with direct service, the staff of the FPI conducts training through workshops and conferences focusing on battering intervention facilitation and battering motivation. FPI […]
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    1 h y 2 m
  • 421 – The Religious Trauma Collective

    421 – The Religious Trauma Collective
    Sep 18 2025
    Australia and New Zealand The Religious Trauma Collective We are therapists who have personal and professional experience with religious harm and the trauma that can come from losing your worldview and identity, where it was once found in faith. We see a significant gap in understanding of this harm and this particular trauma, there is […]
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    57 m
  • 420 – Deconstruction Questions – 10-15

    420 – Deconstruction Questions – 10-15
    Sep 10 2025
    Finding Truth starts with asking good questions Are you serious about deconstruction and asking bigger questions? If that’s the case, this book was created for you. As a former pastor, I made the mistake of deconstructing a bit and then trying to start something new, as I was trained to do. The problem with that […]
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    53 m
  • 419 – Deconstruction Questions – 1-9

    419 – Deconstruction Questions – 1-9
    Sep 3 2025
    Finding Truth starts with asking good questions Are you serious about deconstruction and asking bigger questions? If that’s the case, this book was created for you. As a former pastor, I made the mistake of deconstructing a bit and then trying to start something new, as I was trained to do. The problem with that […]
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    48 m
  • 418 – Learning to Celebrate Yourself

    418 – Learning to Celebrate Yourself
    Aug 28 2025
    Chapter 9 of 24 This was a big lesson for me. Celebrating my accomplishments is something that I look forward to during every project, but it’s hard for me to do. Several guides in my life, including my current therapist, have reminded me of this fact. This issue is a sticky situation I find myself […]
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    43 m
  • 417 – Learning to Trust Yourself

    417 – Learning to Trust Yourself
    Aug 20 2025
    Chapter 8 0f 24 Organized religion and many other institutions operate under the mistaken belief that we cannot trust ourselves due to our inherent flaws. We often think leaders possess a unique ability that distinguishes them from others, leading us to defer to and submit to them. In these organizations, both actual and perceived hierarchical […]
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    53 m
  • 416 – Learning From Survivors

    416 – Learning From Survivors
    Aug 13 2025
    Chapter 7 of 24 “Just listening is what turns a victim into a survivor.” – Christine Ristaino When we ask women who have survived abuse and narcissistic relationships within organized religion what men can do to help the situation, they almost always express a desire for men to listen to their survivor stories. Religion encourages […]
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    53 m