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Adrianne Allen
Mar 47 min read
El desordenado proceso de la curación: detonantes y experiencias correctivas.
Creo que pensé que una vez que dejara mis situaciones de abuso espiritual, hablara de ellas, me tomara un descanso y volviera a una...
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Adrianne Allen
Mar 46 min read
El desordenado proceso de la curación: el tortuoso camino de reincorporación.
El proceso de volver a participar en una iglesia después de dejar una que ha sido espiritualmente abusiva, ha sido MUCHO más largo, lento...
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Lindsey Medenwaldt
Mar 29 min read
Bitterness: Releasing Resentment and Finding Peace
I honestly thought I had moved past it all, but about a month ago, I was a couple of hours away from the place where it all went down...
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Adrianne Allen
Feb 197 min read
Healing’s Messy Middle: Triggers and Corrective Experiences
I think I believed that once I left my spiritually abusive situations, talked through them, took a break, and re-entered a solid church...
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Adrianne Allen
Jan 296 min read
Healing’s Messy Middle: The Winding Road of Re-Engagement
The process of re-engaging at a church after leaving a spiritually abusive one has been MUCH longer, slower, and more difficult...
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Lindsey Medenwaldt
Jan 288 min read
Undue influence: What it is, how to protect yourself from it, and how to recover if you’ve been targeted
To be frank, undue influence is unbiblical. It is immoral and unethical. It strips a person of their value and autonomy...
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Lindsey Medenwaldt
Dec 19, 20246 min read
The Holiday Blues and Hope
Tis the season when we are surrounded by messages of merriment and all things glittery... And yet, many of us lament.
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Adrianne Allen
Dec 19, 20247 min read
Healing’s Messy Middle: Taking Time
Many of us have internalized the message that we should simply not allow difficult things to affect us.
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Lindsey Medenwaldt
Nov 27, 20245 min read
Finding Hope in Sanctification
It’s probably not a surprise to you that the words of God have been misused and abused since the beginning.
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Adrianne Allen
Oct 22, 20248 min read
Spiritual Abuse in a Small Town Church
If anyone should have been able to recognize and call out spiritual abuse, it was us. But, as obvious as it was, it came on so slowly and...
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Guest Author
Aug 21, 20244 min read
Sunday Service on a Spiral.
I woke up early, ready to attend the church service. I was ready in good time, prepared breakfast, and we headed to the church. As we parked
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Michael Wright
Apr 30, 20245 min read
First Hand Experience of Spiritual Abuse Tactics (bE+)
Shortly after I started working for a Christian Bible camp, I got called into the Executive Director’s office. I had always wanted to...
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Naomi Wright
Sep 10, 20229 min read
How do I Support Someone Who is Hurting From Religious Abuse?
Whether we are aware of it or not, we all more than likely know someone who has or is experiencing religious harm on one level or...
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Naomi Wright
Jan 17, 20225 min read
Are you afraid to ask questions about your religious beliefs? Why you should and 5 steps to start.
Have you ever wanted to ask a question in your religious environment, but felt you couldn’t because you knew something would be at stake...
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Naomi Wright
Dec 26, 20214 min read
Sometimes the grief doesn't surface until after the jolly has quieted.
Christmas is over. Maybe you’re thinking, “I made it. I survived another holiday season fairly well intact.” You met every expectation of...
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Naomi Wright
Dec 11, 20214 min read
Ready, set, HEAL! Your healing process is not a race, nor a competition.
In our fast-paced, fit-it-all-in, sleep-when-we-die American culture, there never seems to be enough time to do anything thoroughly. We...
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Naomi Wright
Nov 17, 20215 min read
Maybe a song can change your life, but a song can for sure inspire you to change your life
“What song has changed your life?” I heard this question asked of someone yesterday and hours later, found myself thinking about my own...
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Naomi Wright
Jul 19, 20215 min read
The life-changing moment that altered the future of generations and landed them in a religious cult
He loved to sing. He had a rare singing voice that could have opened many musical doors had he chosen to knock on them. Tears would fill...
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Naomi Wright
May 10, 20213 min read
A High Schooler took a risk and can teach you to do the same
In my 12th grade Honors English class, each of us students had to give a 2-minute speech. The topic was chosen for us by the teacher,...
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Naomi Wright
Mar 1, 20213 min read
The transition from hiding to sharing can feel like an identity crisis
Is “identity crisis” the best way to describe it? At the very least, an interaction I recently had certainly conjures the ghost of an...
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