Let's talk about differentiating. Let's talk about being different. There are 5 things I've noticed as I've dared to own my differences relating to my changed beliefs and I go into them in detail in this podcast.

1. Expect alone time. 

2. Expect an unpaved road.

3. Expect to make generational change -- you leader you.

4. Expect trauma responses.

5. Expect and lean into the thrilling parts.

Thanks for listening my Faith Crisis Friends. Follow along @coachjosiejohnson on IG and DM me there for private coaching.

Let's break up the grief, the questioning, and the life transitioning with some fun this week.

What sounds fun to you?

What was the first thing to come to mind when you stopped to answer that question?

Really, what was your answer?

Plan and prioritize that thing.

Make it happen.

I share some ideas of fun activities to try in this episode and encourage you to come up with your own. "Fun" may sound trivial and nonsensical, but it is so important to break up the other emotions of faith crisis and transition. Create a little oasis for yourself no matter where you are in the process.

Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to coach with me at www.faithcrisiscoaching.com.

In this episode, I'm talking to those in the dark night of the soul. We're discussing depressive symptoms that can come with faith crisis and how to work through them. I mention suicide ideation and refer to 988 (the US's national suicide prevention hotline).

Disclaimer: I am not a therapist or psychiatrist. I am speaking from my personal and work experience, my trauma-informed life coaching certifications, and my research. I believe normalizing talking about these topics and sharing the expertise I do have is important to make mental health more accessible. If you work with me and we need more tools in our mental health tool belt, I will refer you out as needed. 

Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

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St. John of the Cross Poem where the term "dark night of the soul" came from: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/157984/the-dark-night-of-the-soul

Article with more information on dark nights of the soul: https://theapeiron.co.uk/the-dark-night-of-the-soul-understanding-amidst-the-absence-of-meaning-3494cb193bc2

Faith Crisis TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_miller_thriving_and_building_community_after_a_faith_crisis

Lonliness and physical pain: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/202012/how-loneliness-increases-pain#:~:text=Loneliness%20was%20%E2%80%9Csignificantly%20associated%20with,(from%201.8%20to%201.5).

Clip from Pixar's The Good Dinosaur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96lLPwmUhpM

Executive Functioning podcast episode: https://www.strugglecare.com/podcast-rss/01

More on executive functioning: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/executive-function/

The church isn't all good or all bad. It's both. At certain times in our lives, it's useful to categorize the church as either all good or all bad, but when you want to, considering how it's both can help you grow through your faith crisis and heal/prevent damage in your relationships with your believing loved ones. I'm sharing what I love about the church in this episode and encourage you to do the same. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

PS: Thanks for being patient with me as I figure out the timing of getting these out every Sunday at noon AZ time. It's taking me a little bit to get in a rhythm and I appreciate your understanding.

It's important to choose the thoughts we practice and repeat to ourselves on purpose. We've been taught what to think about people in faith crisis and what to think during a faith crisis. The brain is currently running those in in the background like white noise. In this episode, I share 11 thoughts and mantras you can practice thinking instead as you grow through this experience.

NOTE: For the part about how to make a mantra work for you if you don't believe it yet, a simple way to take a mantra and adjust it to fit you is to add something to the beginning. Like, if it's difficult to believe "I'm not the only one" you could think "Maybe I'm not the only one" or "It's possible I'm not the only one" or "I'm considering that I might not be the only one" or "People I trust say I'm not the only one." That could help ease you into the new belief.

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In order to do all of the emotion processing work I've taught you about in the last 3 episodes, we have to feel like we have ownership over and positive relationships with our own bodies. I'm opening up this week to share some of my story regarding body love and reclamation. We get personal. We talk about sexuality, patriarchy, the diet industry, and religious conditioning. Don't listen to this one with kids in the car. If you want to learn how to connect better to your body and to stop delegating authority over it to someone else, listen in.

Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

PS: Thanks for being patient with this episode being released 3 days late. I'll address that next week. Still expect these every Sunday at noon AZ time.

There are so many emotions that come up during a faith crisis and transition. Because of that, we're doing a 3 part series on emotions. I’m going to teach you how to feel better. Today's episode is focused on how to use movement to process emotions in a more loving, effective way.

Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

There are so many emotions that come up during a faith crisis and transition. I’m going to teach you how to feel better today. We're doing a 3 part series on emotions. Today's episode is focused on how to use music to process emotions in a more loving, effective way. Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

There are so many emotions that come up during a faith crisis and transition. I’m going to teach you how to feel better today. We're doing a 3 part series on emotions. Today's episode is focused on the mindfulness piece. We’ll talk about what emotions are, how we normally process them, and how we can process them in a more loving and effective way.

Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.

Today we’re talking about disappointing people. In a faith crisis and transition, it’s normal to be disappointing people frequently. It’s common to be disappointing our spouses, parents, children, friends, extended family members, and ward members. We’ll talk about what happens when you think the thought “I’m going to disappoint them” (spoiler: you typically disappoint yourself), why not wanting to disappoint people makes sense, and five ideas to remember when you’re about to do something that might disappoint someone. 

Hang out with me on Instagram @coachjosiejohnson and learn how to work with me at faithcrisiscoaching.com.