Emancipate Your Mind

I had never heard the term "cognitive dissonance" before going through religious transition, but once I learned what it was it really helped me understand my experience in the church and my difficulty changing behaviors after leaving.

It also helps me have more understanding and even compassion for those who discount my personal experience with religious trauma syndrome and my extensive research on mental health and church history because it creates cognitive dissonance for them against their existing beliefs.

In this episode, we talk about how cognitive dissonance happens, how you can recognize it in your own life, and the 4 options you have to resolve the conflict and live a more harmonious life.
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A NEW WAY TO HEAL IS COMING THIS WEEK!

Tune into my Instagram stories @Emancipated Molly this week to hear about a revolutionary and more accessible way to heal religious trauma. I'm SO excited to share it all with you!

If you are in religious deconstruction and you're ready for intensive support with recovering your sense of self trust and confidence, you're going to want to tune in.

If you want clarity on what you believe, value, and want now and how to use that knowledge to build a future that feels perfect for you...this announcement is for you!

If you've wanted to help others heal but you haven't known how to help or haven't wanted to deal with the backlash from the religious community, this is something you'll want be a part of!

What we'll create together won't just get you serious results in moving your self confidence forward, but also will be the first step in creating affordable healing for thousands that will come after you.

Are you ready to break some religious trauma chains with me???
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WANT MORE SUPPORT HEALING AFTER RELIGIOUS TRANSITION?

If you'd like to be part of an online community where we take the podcast topics and pull them apart for discussion and further learning, talk about all the religious transition things, and just enjoy each other's company, join my free "Emancipate Yourself" Facebook group at this link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/370375144009891

Or if you want to follow me for religious and psychological insights, commentary on events in the world, links to other people doing great work related to religion, and little windows into my real life, follow me on Instagram or Reddit @EmancipatedMolly , TikTok @EmancipatedTeri , or Twitter @EmancipatedTeri. 

If you have a question or want to talk about further coaching support, please email me at [email protected] 

This episode was inspired by a debate I had with a childhood friend over the word "indoctrination" a few months ago.

She believes that we can't teach children morals or how to live happy, successful lives without indoctrinating them.

That didn't feel right to me. So, in true nerd fashion, I researched it.

This episode is basically what I found from a wide array of sources, both faith promoting and purely scientific. 

You get to decide if you believe indoctrination is necessary or if there's a way to educate others that is just as effective, but perhaps more ethical.
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SOMETHING REVOLUTIONARY  IS COMING!

Last week I announced that I'm working on a tool that will make healing from religious trauma more accessible and affordable than ever. I believe that healing from religious trauma shouldn't be a luxury item and should be accessible, affordable, and easy to understand for all.

But I'm going to need help to make it as useful to as many people as possible.

If you'd like to be one of the 5-15 founding members of this venture and be intimately involved in creating the content with me, please send me a quick email at [email protected] or send me a message on Instagram @emancipated molly or on the Facebook group page (link is below) to be considered.
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WANT MORE SUPPORT HEALING AFTER RELIGIOUS TRANSITION?

If you'd like to be part of an online community where we take the podcast topics and pull them apart for discussion and further learning, talk about all the religious transition things, and just enjoy each other's company, join my free "Emancipate Yourself" Facebook group at this link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/370375144009891

Or if you want to follow me for religious and psychological insights, commentary on events in the world, links to other people doing great work related to religion, and little windows into my real life, follow me on Instagram or Reddit @EmancipatedMolly , TikTok @EmancipatedTeri , or Twitter @EmancipatedTeri. 

If you have a question or want to talk about further coaching support, please email me at [email protected] 

This week we're digging into undue influence or mind control.

Why?

Because one of the bigger concerns I hear from people who have left high demand religion is the fear that they'll fall prey to deception, misinformation, or undue influence again.

So many of us can't understand why we couldn't see the coercion clearly and actually believed we were operating from 100% free will when in the organization. And because we can't understand how we got enmeshed in the first place, we're worried it'll happen again.

In this episode we discuss what undue influence is and how to help protect yourself or someone you love from being controlled in the future.

Knowing how to best keep yourself safe will give you peace of mind and will help you begin to trust yourself more, which will aid in healing from the indoctrination and control you've already experienced.

This knowledge extends not only to religious control, but control in interpersonal relationships as well.
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SOMETHING REVOLUTIONARY  IS COMING!

This week I announced that I'm working on a tool that will make healing from religious trauma more accessible and affordable than ever. I believe that healing from religious trauma shouldn't be a luxury item and should be accessible, affordable, and easy to understand for all. 

But I'm going to need help to make it as useful to as many people as possible.

If you'd like to be one of the 5-15 founding members of this venture and be intimately involved in creating the content with me, please send me a quick email at [email protected] or send me a message on Instagram @emancipated molly or on the Facebook group page (link is below) to be considered.
___________________________________________________________________________

WANT MORE SUPPORT HEALING AFTER RELIGIOUS TRANSITION?

If you'd like to be part of an online community where we take the podcast topics and pull them apart for discussion and further learning, talk about all the religious transition things, and just enjoy each other's company, join my free "Emancipate Yourself" Facebook group at this link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/370375144009891

Or if you want to follow me for religious and psychological insights, commentary on events in the world, links to other people doing great work related to religion, and little windows into my real life, follow me on Instagram or Reddit @EmancipatedMolly , TikTok @EmancipatedTeri , or Twitter @EmancipatedTeri. 

If you have a question or want to talk about further coaching support, please email me at [email protected] 

I hear this exclamation more times than I can count in my line of work. 

And while there's something that makes us shy away from looking at whether we may have been victim to authoritarian control, there's also something liberating about understanding why we made some of the decisions we did.

This podcast looks at Steve Hassan's BITE Model of Authoritarian Control and talks about my own observations about these control mechanisms in Mormonism.

Being aware of what authoritarian control looks like helps us better free ourselves from its grasp now and be aware of these tactics in the future.
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WANT MORE SUPPORT HEALING AFTER RELIGIOUS TRANSITION?

If you'd like to be part of an online community where we take the podcast topics and pull them apart for discussion and further learning, talk about all the religious transition things, and just enjoy each other's company, join my free "Emancipate Yourself" Facebook group at this link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/370375144009891

Or if you want to follow me for religious and psychological insights, commentary on events in the world, links to other people doing great work related to religion, and little windows into my real life, follow me on Instagram or Reddit @EmancipatedMolly , TikTok @EmancipatedTeri , or Twitter @EmancipatedTeri. 

If you have a question or want to talk about further coaching support, please email me at [email protected] 

Have you ever wondered why you went along with certain things while you were active in your religion?

Have you ever experienced something traumatic at church and felt like it was your own fault because you willingly participated?

Do you find yourself holding yourself to religious promises you made when you were younger or feeling guilty for breaking those promises?

This episode will peel back the methods that were used to influence many of us in high demand religions and family systems to make decisions we may not have otherwise made.

Understanding the difference between consent and coercion was a big stepping stone to giving myself compassion for decisions I made when younger and freeing myself in the present to make different decisions without guilt or shame.

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WANT MORE SUPPORT HEALING AFTER RELIGIOUS TRANSITION?

If you'd like to be part of an online community where we take the podcast topics and pull them apart for discussion and further learning, talk about all the religious transition things, and just enjoy each other's company, join my free "Emancipate Yourself" Facebook group at this link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/370375144009891

Or if you want to follow me for religious and psychological insights, commentary on events in the world, links to other people doing great work related to religion, and little windows into my real life, follow me on Instagram or Reddit @EmancipatedMolly , TikTok @EmancipatedTeri , or Twitter @EmancipatedTeri. 

If you have a question or want to talk about further coaching support, please email me at [email protected]