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Biblical Womanhood vs Embodied Womanhood: How High-Control Religion Disconnects Women From Themselves
Many women raised in high-control religion were taught to suppress themselves in the name of “biblical womanhood.” This post explores how purity culture, submission teachings, and spiritualized self-sacrifice disconnect women from themselves — and what embodied healing can look like after religious trauma.
When “God’s Plan” Becomes a Way to Minimize Harm
Phrases like “God has a plan” or “everything happens for a reason” are meant to comfort—but for many survivors of high-control religion, they feel minimizing and invalidating. This post explores how spiritual bypassing shows up in religious trauma and why it can make healing harder.
7 Signs You Grew Up in Purity Culture (And Why It Still Affects You)
From promise rings to panic on first dates, these 7 signs capture what it can look like to grow up in purity culture.
Sometimes a Feeling Is Just a Feeling: Understanding Emotions After Religious Trauma
After leaving high-control religion, it’s common to question every emotion. Learn why your feelings aren’t always signs and how to understand them.
Why a Religious Trauma Therapist Won’t Tell You What to Do (And Why That’s Actually the Point)
Many religious trauma survivors feel anxious when their therapist won’t tell them what to do. This post explains why—and how therapy helps rebuild self-trust after high-control religion.
3 Ways Religious Trauma Survivors Minimize Their Trauma
Many survivors of religious trauma minimize what they went through. Here are three common ways this shows up—and why it makes healing harder.