Uncertain

S4:E10 - An Adoptee’s Journey of Self-Discovery with Harrison Mooney

Katherine Spearing

Harrison Mooney’s memoir Invisible Boy isn’t just a story of the experience growing up in an abusive, fundamentalist Christian household, it’s also the story of growing up in that space as an adoptee with parents who were a different race.

Harrison Mooney is an award-winning writer and journalist from Vancouver. Prior to penning his debut memoir, Harrison worked for The Vancouver Sun for nearly a decade as a reporter, editor and columnist. His writing has also appeared in the National Post, Yahoo, The Guardian, and Macleans. He lives in East Vancouver with his family.

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S4: E9 - The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery with Mark Charles

Katherine Spearing

Mark Charles is a speaker, writer, and consultant. The son of an American woman (of Dutch heritage) and a Navajo man, Mark teaches the complexities of American history regarding race, culture, and Christendom in order to help forge a path of healing and conciliation for the nation. In 2012, Mark hosted a public reading at the US Capitol of the buried apology to Native peoples in the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill given by the 111th Congress. He is the co-author of the book, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, and he authors the blog Reflections from the Hogan. He is a co-founder of the Would Jesus Eat Frybread? college-conference series and has served on the boards of the Christian Reformed Church of North America and the Christian Community Development Association. In 2020 Mark ran as an independent candidate for the presidency of the United States, advocating for a Truth and Conciliation Commission – a formal and national dialogue on issues of race, gender, and class.

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S4:E8 - The Myths of Purity Culture with Lucy Rowett

Katherine Spearing

Lucy Rowett is a sex and intimacy coach for smart, passionate, and soulful women and vulva owners. 

She’s a sex geek and passionately believes that your pleasure is your birthright. 

In this episode we discuss the myths (lies) we were told about our bodies, sex, and sexuality through Purity Culture.

Find out:

·      Does sex really create a soul tie?

·      Are men really more visual and women more emotional?

·      Is solo sex cheating on your partner?

·      Is masturbation addictive?

·      And much more!

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S4:E7 - Trauma and Purity Culture with Lucy Rowett

Katherine Spearing

Lucy Rowett is a sex and intimacy coach for smart, passionate, and soulful women and vulva owners. 

She’s a sex geek and passionately believes that your pleasure is your birthright. 

In this episode:

• How purity culture impacts our view of our bodies

• How purity culture impacts our view of our sexuality

• How the trauma from purity culture can show up during sex

• How the trauma from purity culture can show up in everyday life

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Uncertain is a podcast of  Tears of Eden, a community and resource for those in the aftermath of Spiritual Abuse. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please take a moment to like, subscribe, or leave a review on your favorite podcasting listening apparatus.

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S4:E6 - Power and Control in Spiritual Abuse with Connie Baker (A Most Loved Episode)

Katherine Spearing

Today’s guest, Connie Baker, will be our Speaker at the RetreatCon and we are excited to introduce her to you. What we appreciate most about Connie is she is gifted at meeting survivors of Spiritual Abuse wherever they are at on their faith journey, whether they wish to retain connection to faith or not and all the places in between. It’s what Tears of Eden also seeks to do, so we knew she’d be a perfect speaker for our very first in-person event.

 You might recognize this episode from Spiritual Abuse Awareness Month in 2022, Connie Baker’s episode was one of our most listened to episodes of last year. And when you listen to it, you’ll probably understand why.

 Extra trigger warning for this episode as it deals with sexual abuse and suicide ideation.

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Uncertain is a podcast of  Tears of Eden, a community and resource for those in the aftermath of Spiritual Abuse. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please take a moment to like, subscribe, or leave a review on your favorite podcasting listening apparatus.

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S4: E5 - Trauma in the Pews with Janyne McConnaughey, Ph.D

Katherine Spearing

New episode out today, discussing with Janyne McConnaughey, Ph.D., her book Trauma in the Pews

In this episode we discuss:

• How trauma impacts a person’s interaction with the church and spirituality

• How the church often unknowingly re-traumatizes survivors

• The potential danger for putting knowledge about trauma in the hands of ministry leaders

Janyne McConnaughey, Ph.D., award winning author and trauma-informed advocate, lived with the effects of childhood sexual abuse from the time she was three years old until she entered therapy and began her healing journey at the age of sixty-one. Realizing healing was possible for survivors, she first authored three memoirs describing the effects of childhood trauma and the paths to healing. Her most recent publication is Trauma in the Pews: The Impact of Trauma on Faith and Spiritual Practices. Janyne’s passion is encouraging other survivors of childhood trauma to seek healing. She is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tabor College (Masters in Education: Neuroscience & Trauma) and serves as Board President for the Attachment & Trauma Network (ATN). Janyne builds on her forty-year career in teaching, teacher education, and an expertise in early childhood development to help educators, caregivers, and church ministry workers understand and apply trauma-informed practices. Janyne, her husband Scott, and rescue dog Weber live south of Seattle and enjoy spending time with children and grandchildren.

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Uncertain is a podcast of  Tears of Eden, a community and resource for those in the aftermath of Spiritual Abuse. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please take a moment to like, subscribe, or leave a review on your favorite podcasting listening apparatus.

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S4:E4- BITE Model and the Christian Patriarchy Movement with Cait West

Katherine Spearing

Yes, it’s an episode about abuse, and the cultish upbringing of the stay-at-home-daughter movement (aka Christian Patriarchy Movement), but you might find yourself laughing along with us at the absurdities of things we once believed. Grab a cup of coffee and settle in.

In this episode we discuss how God and the Bible were used to control:

• Our Behavior

• The Information we received from the outside world

• What Thoughts were good and what Thoughts were bad

• As well as what Emotions we could and could not have

Steve Hassan’s BITE model.

Cait West is a writer and editor in Grand Rapids, Michigan with publications in the Reveler, Religion Dispatches, Fourth Genre, and Hawaii Pacific Review among others. She serves on the editorial Board of Tears of Eden and her forthcoming memoir on escaping the Christian Patriarchy movement will be published in 2024.

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Uncertain is a podcast of  Tears of Eden, a community and resource for those in the aftermath of Spiritual Abuse. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please take a moment to like, subscribe, or leave a review on your favorite podcasting listening apparatus.

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S4:E3 - Encountering an Abusive Church After Growing Up in an Abusive Home

Katherine Spearing

Today's guests are Nikki G and Sarah Yaw. Nikki and Sarah are both colleagues in the spiritual abuse recovery realm and work as trauma recovery coaches. This is a round table discussion to highlight how someone who grew up in an abusive home might interact with the experience of encountering an abusive church in adulthood.

In this episode we discuss: 

• How we might interact with the church when we grew up in an abusive home.

• How our experience of the church as abusive might impact us in light of our developmental trauma. 

• How healing from trauma gives us resources to spot and navigate abuse in other spaces. 

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Uncertain is a podcast of  Tears of Eden, a community and resource for those in the aftermath of Spiritual Abuse. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please take a moment to like, subscribe, or leave a review on your favorite podcasting listening apparatus.

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S4:E2 - Spiritual Abuse & Parenting with Ginny Barker

Katherine Spearing

It’s Spiritual Abuse Awareness Month. Ginny Barker opens up about how many Christian parents have been raised to spiritually abuse their children. However, often the parents themselves are spiritually abused.

Resources named in this episode:

Attached to God

Trauma in the Pews

Tears of Eden Review

Confessions of a Christian Parent

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Uncertain is a podcast of  Tears of Eden, a community and resource for those in the aftermath of Spiritual Abuse. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please take a moment to like, subscribe, or leave a review on your favorite podcasting listening apparatus.

You can support the podcast by going to TearsofEden.org/support

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S4:E1 Spiritual Abuse in Church of the Highlands with Liz Leiby

Katherine Spearing

New book on Spiritual Abuse available from the founder of Tears of Eden: A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts: The Subtle, Insidious Nature of Spiritual Abuse and Life on the Other Side

It’s Spiritual Abuse Awareness Month. This first episode of season 4 features Liz Leiby, discussing her letter An Open Letter to Church of the Highlands Ministry School

In this episode we discuss: 

• Spiritual abuse in ministry schools

• Spiritual abuse in evangelicalism

• Ableism

• Fatphobia

• Healing through creativity

Podcast Collaboration Form https://www.tearsofeden.org/form

Uncertain is a podcast of  Tears of Eden, a community and resource for those in the aftermath of Spiritual Abuse. If you’re enjoying this podcast, please take a moment to like, subscribe, or leave a review on your favorite podcasting listening apparatus.

You can support the podcast by going to TearsofEden.org/support

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January 15th - February 5th, 2023 join the first annual Beyond The Wound virtual summit at your own pace. Find support and tools to help you move with confidence beyond your wounds of religious trauma and into a life of freedom and safety. Go to beyondthewound.com to register, and use code: podcast20 for 20% off your ticket. Or email  [email protected] if you need further assistance to make attending possible. No one should have to walk the path of healing alone.