Recovering From Religion

E122: Nudist Life - What It Is & Why It Can Be Good For You w/ Gwen Blodgett


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Nudist life, what it is, what it isn’t and how to explore it. The discussion will also include key aspects of nudism and how these can be healing from shame.


Gwen Blodgett spent the majority of her life in a fundamentalist evangelical background living and teaching extreme religious ideas, was a missionary, pastor‘s wife, Christian bookstore owner, gospel clown and a teacher and advocate of purity culture. Gwen lives full-time in a clothing optional community and frequently goes days without clothes. She is the host of Gwensday, a weekly talk/music show on Nude Radio. She has found the principles of nudist lifestyle enjoyable and a source of healing for her own religious trauma. Gwen joined RFR as a helpline agent in the summer of 2019 and currently serves on the RFR board and as the project director for RFR 3.0 an initiative to improve the technology used at RFR.

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