On today’s episode Laci and I have a dynamic conversation about the many facets of purity culture and how to live life beyond it. She opens up about her experiences and once again we find common ground though our experiences differ.

Today Christine opens up about how she is using comedy to help her heal from fundamentalism and purity culture.

Amy and I candidly discuss purity culture and its ramifications on women, even years after deconstruction.

In this episode, Cathy shares what life was like growing up under purity culture inside of Catholicism. She walks us through her lived experiences and shares the ways she has reclaimed her life including starting an editing business. You can find her on Facebook at Wandering Raven Editing.

On this episode, Ruth shares about her life growing up as a homeschooled evangelical and how she, as a homeschooling mom herself, has been able to deconstruct from the harmful religious teachings and how drastically different she is raising her children.

Today, Amanda opens up about life as a former evangelical and how much purity culture’s teachings affected every aspect of her life, and what she’s doing to further her healing.

Today’s guest is Karla, a Progressive Christian who is working to combat purity culture’s teachings from inside the Christian faith. She opens up about her unique upbringing and shares her experiences with evangelicalism as a Black, pansexual woman. If you’d like to connect with Karla further, you can find her on Instagram at @karla.bug.

In this very first interview, Holly shares about her life for growing up as a homeschooled Evangelical. She takes us through the teachings she lived under, how she started questioning them, and the evolution of her relationships as she deconstructs and heals from purity culture’s teachings.

Before we can learn to trust our instincts we have to unlearn the teachings that our instincts are wicked or untrustworthy. Then we have to reacquaint ourselves with our intuition, something we were born with but lost over the years and through the church’s teachings. This podcast episode is the beginning of a journey to know, love and trust our highest self.