Think of it like this. We've all grown up with teachings, beliefs and faith that have been passed down to us from others. Whether it's church, religions, parents, teachers, etc.

When you buy-in and live based on these principles, your "religion" becomes apart of you... But what happens when one start to question these beliefs?

There's a breaking of sorts, almost like an identity crisis.

I think a lot of us have dealt/deal with this type of syndrome. For me, I grew up in Christianity and there's a lot of things that were taught to me which I simply don't agree with anymore. I'm lucky I've had some awesome people around me where this questioning led to nothing more than disagreements and sometimes good debates. In many cases though, instead of healing, religion has brought people pain and loneliness.

Should we look at church as bad then? Is religion evil? What about religious people?

I mean, how do we deal with this spiritual aspect of our lives if we don't really vibe with all the teachings? Especially if religion brought us hurt and pain in the past?

Enter Reba and her story.

She suffered from PTCS herself and wanted to fix it. Her spiritual side was suffering so she used a pretty unique project in attempts to face it.

Practice 30 religions before her 30th birthday.

And she accomplished it, but it was more than just checking off 30 religions. To put it simply, she learned a lot- about herself, God, loving others, finding good in things, etc.

There's a lot more I can write but I don't want to give too many spoilers because:

1. Reba wrote an awesome book about her journey called: Post Traumatic Church Syndrome

and...

2. We talk about some of this stuff in the podcast lol.

Talking points:

• How Reba was able to get out of her comfort zone
• What is PTCS?
• Why she started the project?
• Overcoming bitterness, resentment
• Not quitting (even when you want to)
• The different facets of storytelling/being in the present

Big thanks to Reba for coming on the podcast and sharing!