When the Bough Breaks

Special guest Eli Honeycutt of OdysseyLifeAdventures shares his experience growing up Jehovah's Witness while coming to terms with his sexuality and the estrangement following his separation from the cult.

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Coach, author and speaker Janice Selbie shares her experience of divorcing her religion and the family estrangement that soon followed. 

• https://www.divorcing-religion.com/
• https://www.shamelesssexuality.org/
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGhyTXTIM9kdTJ1jW-Ckb5g  

People can write to Janice at [email protected] 

Her book entitled Divorcing Religion: A Memoir and Survival Handbook https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DP78TZZF

BIO 

Janice Selbie grew up in a Pentecostal family. While at Bible college, she took a deep dive down the fundamentalist rabbit hole and aligned herself with Holdeman Mennonites. She started wearing a head-covering and disavowed jewelry, makeup, and all things secular. 

Around age 40, Janice divorced both her husband and her religion. She went back to school to become a Registered Professional Counsellor and now has a thriving practice as a religious trauma recovery coach.

She is the founder and host of CORT: The Conference on Religious Trauma, and the Shameless Sexuality: Life After Purity Culture conference (happening in Seattle May of 2025). 

In her spare time, Janice hosts the Divorcing Religion Podcast and serves as president of her local atheists, skeptics, and humanists association in BC, Canada.

Stay tuned to the episode for upcoming event information!

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Though our guest Alexander Desmerais suffered the most vile of childhood traumas, and continues to be estranged from any meaningful family bonds, he has developed a productive approach to life that should serve as an example to all of us. He reminds us that no matter how terrible an experience, it is temporary. He goes on to teach us that trauma is as impermanent as we’re willing to do the work to make it.

...Alexander Desmarais is an undergraduate student working to become a counselor. 

...Canadian resources:

...If you need help in Canada please call the suicide hotline. It's open 24/7, staffed with caring people who just want to help. 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)

...To speak with a trained counselor any time, and you're under the age of 25, please call the kids help line at 1-800-668-6868. If you can’t call but have access to the internet, please visit www.YouthinBC.com

...For youth and young adult help and information www.mindcheck.ca is an excellent resource.

...For sexual education resources, please go to www.scarleteen.com. This is an incredible resource for both youth and educators not only to learn how to talk about sex and sex education, but an incredible archive of useful knowledge for people of all ages!

...USA resources:

...If you need help in the US, please call the suicide lifeline 1-800-273-8255 or visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org

...For access to counselling online, visit https://etherapypro.com, or speak to your doctor about options available to you.

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Sometimes the caterpillar blossoms into a butterfly, only for circumstances to remind her that her wings came too late. Kreed Revere shares the story of how estrangement from her daughters forced her to embark on a courageous journey of transformation. Sadly, she’s learning that some damage can’t be undone by doing everything differently. Still, she remains hopeful that the sincerity of her approach will open the door to healing of her strained family relationships.


Books:

When Parents Hurt

Fault Lines

#PTSD  #estrangement  #trauma     #ReconnectionClub #drkarlpillemer

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When the Bough Breaks Podcast welcomes the one and only Seth Andrews


When Seth isn't busy being just a normal good looking guy with great voice, beautiful family and cute dogs, Seth is a podcaster, author and host of The Thinking Atheist Podcast. Seth guests on WTBB to open up about his estrangement experience surrounding his family's faith and offers encouraging words to our hosts and listeners.

To learn more about Seth, just click the following links! We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we had the pleasure of producing it.

http://www.sethandrews.com

http://www.thethinkingatheist.com

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Although AC is no longer on the show, you can still listen to Turn up the AC's "Christmas Gifts" episode
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People organizer and podcaster Starr Mallory guests this episode. Listen as she shares with guest-host AC Bergen how a tragic accident shaped and molded the person she is today. Starr also shares her experience with family estrangement and personal growth. 


Echoes of Resilience Podcast https://anchor.fm/starr-mallory

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Special guest Dave Warnock of “Dying out Loud” shares his story of de-conversion, estrangement and his fatal  ALS diagnosis. Dave shares with us the importance of living our best life even while estranged and living with a debilitating and fatal disease. 

You can learn more about Dave by clicking the link below. 

www.daveoutloud.com

Other resources
https://clergyproject.org
https://www.recoveringfromreligion.org


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 After her father unjustifiably called CPS on her... THREE TIMES,  Briar shares with us how to cope as well as thrive after estrangement. Briar also shares her view on forgiveness and how it had led to a thriving life helping others cope with similar trauma and loss.

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http://www.briarharvey.com

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 AC joins Alexis to bring everyone up to date on his estrangement story. 

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