In this episode of Life After Church, Dr. Vanessa R. Brooks sits down with Gen Z and Millennial guests to unpack why so many young adults are walking away from traditional church—and what they’re finding instead. From spiritual identity to church trauma, this honest conversation explores how faith is evolving across generations.

If this conversation resonates with your story, it’s time to take the next step.Dr. Vanessa R. Brooks created Religious Trauma Recovery: Reclaiming Your Mind, Voice, and Inner Truth to help you heal from toxic religious experiences, release guilt and fear, and rediscover your authentic self.

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What happens when a pastor walks away from the very system that shaped her?In this powerful conversation, Rev. Karla shares her deeply personal journey of deconstructing from Christianity, leaving church leadership, and learning to trust her inner truth again. Together, we explore what it really means to disentangle from religious trauma, redefine spiritual identity, and move from survival to integration.Whether you’re questioning your beliefs, grieving the loss of community, or rebuilding life after church — this episode will remind you that you’re not alone, and your healing is holy.📖 Get Rev. Karla’s book: Deconstructing: Leaving Church, Finding Faith on Amazon and explore her work:https://revkarla.com/links/learnmore?fbclid=IwVERDUAM1Fd5leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHoThyX_q7zadpKO_GOvXJ1jB-NFdxnT6RG6ooESvadzNrRS-ndOvBSOfxqYr_aem_jSyjLr-UdS67gSUdKeJoZA📝 Take the Religious Trauma Assessment — start understanding your journeyhttps://ladyceo1.typeform.com/to/lefdL1kj📚 Explore the Religious Trauma Recovery Course — reclaim your mind, voice, and inner truthhttps://dr-vanessa-r-brooks.mykajabi.com/offers/tQvbEAHd🎙️ Life After Church 2.0 Podcast — The conversation for those rebuilding life after church.

Laura was raised in church and ended up married to a Pastor. She shares her lived experience with the church, being the wife of a pastor, and religious and childhood traumas!

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Enjoy this beautiful and pure conversation with Tie Davidson who shares some personal yet powerful experiences with religion and his journey to freedom!

I had an amazing time chatting with Andrew Pledger. He says he was raised in a cult and tells his story of religious trauma. 

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Arianna Scott is a PK and was committed to service to the church and God. She is a beautiful soul who I have the privilege of knowing and mentoring for years. She is a kind,  empathethetic and brilliant soul. In this conversation she shares a candid and transparent journey of her personal lived experiences of the pain of deconstructing and rebuilding her faith and spirituality. 

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I had an amazing time conversating with Kamai Curry as she talks about how her life went full circle from Spirituality to Christianity to Atheism to back to Spirituality. She talks about the need in her life to not only examine and deconstruct Christianity but her need to do the same with Spirituality. This was a fascinating conversation.

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Aubrielle Raymond tells her story of deconstructing her faith and finding her self!!!

Gideon Brown was a preacher/pastor in the Pentecostal church, chaplain in the U.S. Army and a hospice chaplain. His story is raw, pure, and heartfelt!

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