Hey, friends. This episode is a heavy one, and we want to ensure you're fully prepared before diving in. We recommend finding a quiet space, away from kids and distractions, to be present with us for this episode.

All three of us have dug deep, sharing hard truths about our lives and the different traumas we've experienced. Unfortunately, for some of our stories, religion and spirituality are intertwined with significant abuse. It felt right to open up about much of our past in this episode for the first time.

Please use the skipper notes and trigger warnings provided below to protect your peace. While we're excited to be known more deeply by those who watch and listen to us, we understand that these experiences can be unpleasant to hear. We ask for your respect as sharing our stories was one of the scariest things we've ever done. We hope that if this episode helps even just one person in the world, we will have made the positive impact we've always dreamed of.

Skipper notes:

BEGIN - 00:06:50 Opening conversations

00:06:50 - 00:12:00 - Subject matter + Trigger warnings

00:12:00 - 00:32:00 - Bailey beginnings

00:32:00 - 00:42:00 - First church memories

00:42:00 - 00:52:00 - When did you "accept christ"?

00:52:00 - 01:23:00 - When did your perception of "church" begin to shift?

01:23:00 - END - What does faith look like today?

Trigger warnings: Child s**ual abuse, child molestation, suicidal ideation, purity culture, religious homophobia