What better way to kick off the year than an episode with Marla Taviano! Check out her first episode on the podcast here to hear the backstory behind living wholeFARTedly, and about her amazing trilogy: unbelieve, jaded, and whole. In this episode Marla and I talk about being creative as a way to heal, looking back at our past selves, and Marla’s cool goal of being on 50 podcasts for her 50th year!
Check her out on Instagram(s) or her website, and most of all, go buy read and ENJOY her cool cool books 😎
Website: https://itsmemarla.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marlataviano/
White Girl Learning Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whitegirllearning/
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Not again… Right? That’s what we’re all thinking over at the Dauntless Media Collective. So we got together to talk about our grief, our anger, and our sadness about the election results on November 5th. We don’t have answers, but grieving together can feel better than grieving alone. So, come sit in your uncomfortable feelings with us.
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Nate co-hosts the Full Mutuality podcast with his wife Gail, and he co-founded the Dauntless Media Collective with their friend Jessica, who hosts the Leaving the Village podcast.
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Nate co-hosts the Full Mutuality podcast with his wife Gail, and he co-founded the Dauntless Media Collective with their friend Jessica, who hosts the Leaving the Village podcast.
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Gail (she/her) is an EXvangelical who is passionate about processing religious trauma and creating spaces to help people heal, deconstruct and decolonize harmful beliefs. She wants to be as determined in her dismantling as she was in her dissonance. She is a Canadian who just assumed American citizenship ready to move and roll up her sleeves to make a difference.
Trigger warning: childhood abuse and domestic abuse
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Listen to Nate and Gail’s Ash Valentine’s Day episode here, and check out my episode on Full Mutuality here!
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Janice Lagata (she/her) is a writer, musician and matron saint of cats who is passionate about using humor to tell the truth about heavy things. Her work consistently laces themes of race, religion and gender with threads of witty wordplay and hopeful skepticism. In her capacity as an “exvangelical” person, she is known for being a vocal critic of evangelical megachurch culture in general and the hillsong brand specifically because she believes (almost) everyone involved deserves better.
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April Ajoy (she/her) is a content creator and podcast host who uses humor to shine light on harmful, toxic, and sometimes just weird traits of American Evangelicalism. After growing up an evangelist’s kid entrenched in Christian Nationalism and working in conservative Christian media, she saw the harm caused firsthand. Still a Christian, she uses her platform to expose the dangers of Christian Nationalism while promoting a more inclusive faith. She’s been married to Beecher for 10 years and they have two daughters together.
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Daniella Mestyanek (she/her) Young, scholar of cults, extreme groups and extremely bad leadership. Daniella is the author of Uncultured, a critically acclaimed memoir of growing up in the children of god cult and then going into the cult of US Army. Daniella holds a masters in organizational psychology from Harvard, and is working on a second book called The Culting of America
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Sarah McCammon is an NPR Correspondent and author of “The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church.”
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Katrina Ford grew up in a missionary family in Africa. She is now a motivational speaker and life coach that specializes in religious trauma, academic sabotage and good girl syndrome.
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D.L. Mayfield (they/them) is a writer who authored 3 books in christian publishing. Their current project is a substack and podcast centered on helping survivors of religious authoritarian parenting called STRONGWILLED. They also have a newsletter focused on late diagnosed neurodivergence called healing is my special interest.
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Janice Lagata is a Black exvangelical girl, shaking off a white evangelical world. She is a writer, musician, side hustler, cat/person, and christian REVENGELICAL.
Janice shares her thoughts and reflections on the current political happenings in the US. Namely, Joe Biden stepping down as the presidential nominee and Kamala Harris stepping in.
Connect with Janice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godhasnotgiven/?hl=en
Other Black content creators to follow:
Elizabeth Booker Houston: https://www.instagram.com/bookersquared/?hl=en
Luuvie Ajayi Jones: https://www.instagram.com/luvvie/?hl=en
Dara Starr Tucker: https://www.instagram.com/daratuckerb/?hl=en
Ijeoma Oluo: https://www.instagram.com/ijeomaoluo/?hl=en
Amanda Seales: https://www.instagram.com/amandaseales/?hl=en
Kristian A. Smith: https://www.instagram.com/thekristianasmith/?hl=en
Join the Conversation on Discord: https://dauntless.fm/discord
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hello_deconstructionists/ | Email: hello.decons@gmail.com
Learn more about Amy's music:
Amy's Website: https://www.amyazzara.com/ | Foray Music: https://www.foraymusic.com/ | Amy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyazzara/
Jayne Sugg is a fourth grade teacher by day and a recording artist by night. She is part of the Good Shepherd Music Collective, a group of musicians based out of New York City who write and record songs about God, peace, and acceptance.
Listen to Jayne Sugg on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1oV0JYpKkMGtfFXZhUF7CP?si=12hqdCLQTDmSie2J5C6jfA
Episode with Marla Taviano: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0GLzWh0JAiDPOjjDJU9rpP?si=YhtznsbASceefBL_9Fa0fg
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hello_deconstructionists/ | Email: hello.decons@gmail.com
Learn more about Amy's music:
Amy's Website: https://www.amyazzara.com/ | Foray Music: https://www.foraymusic.com/ | Amy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyazzara/
Dr. Laura Anderson–a licensed psychotherapist, trauma resolution coach, religious trauma consultant, speaker, author, and educator. I am on a mission to provide religious trauma-informed support and resources to survivors of and those helping survivors of religious trauma, adverse religious experiences (AREs), faith deconstruction, cults, spiritual abuse, and leaving high demand/high control systems.
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Website: https://drlauraeanderson.com/ | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlauraeanderson/
Get your copy of When Religion Hurts You here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/when-religion-hurts-you-healing-from-religious-trauma-and-the-impact-of-high-control-religion-laura-e-phd-anderson/19692233?ean=9781587435881
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hello_deconstructionists/ | Email: hello.decons@gmail.com
Learn more about Amy's music:
Amy's Website: https://www.amyazzara.com/ | Foray Music: https://www.foraymusic.com/ | Amy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyazzara/
Moriah (they/she) is a psychologist-in-training who specializes in working with LGBTQIA+ individuals, young adults, and healing from trauma (relational, religious, medical, etc). They utilize a relational psychodynamic approach to therapy, along with feminist psychology and LGBTQIA+ affirming psychology. She is passionate about making mental healthcare and information about mental health accessible and equitable. They are currently completing their training through a placement at a university counseling center. You can follow Moriah on Instagram @mconantpsychology.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hello_deconstructionists/ | Email: hello.decons@gmail.com
Learn more about Amy's music:
Amy's Website: https://www.amyazzara.com/ | Foray Music: https://www.foraymusic.com/ | Amy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyazzara/
Sarah Hunt (she/her) is a mental health and sex therapist based in West Michigan. She loves helping others recover from purity culture and sexual shame and learn how to access and trust their intuition. She is a queer exvangelical who is passionate about access to sex education, sleeping in, and her cat.
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Website: https://www.youbloomtherapy.com/ | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youbloomtherapy/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hello_deconstructionists/ | Email: hello.decons@gmail.com
Learn more about Amy's music:
Amy's Website: https://www.amyazzara.com/ | Foray Music: https://www.foraymusic.com/ | Amy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyazzara/
Naveh Riles (she/her) is a 27 year old from Arizona who is passionate about healing, and helping others heal from religious trauma. And today she’s doing that by sharing her own experience here on the podcast!
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Amy's Website: https://www.amyazzara.com/ | Foray Music: https://www.foraymusic.com/ | Amy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyazzara/
Four Jennifer Knapp fans review the Kansas 25 album!
Holly Daly, Holly Collins, Bethanee Riddle, and Maggie share their thoughts on the Kansas album then and now. We talk through our previous understandings of the music, some of the ways we've reimagined it, and of course Jennifer Knapp's glorious vocals!
*Music shared with permission*
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The Dot Com: https://jenniferknapp.com/ | Patreon: https://jenniferknapp.com/patreon/ | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferknappmusic/?hl=en
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Jennifer Knapp is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, author, speaker and advocate. In her rich musical career, she has earned four Dove Awards and two Grammy nominations. With a considerable fan base and critical and commercial success, Knapp walked away from music in 2002 at the height of her career. After a seven-year hiatus she returned in 2010 with a renewed passion for music. As the first major artist in the Christian music world to speak openly about LGBTQ identity, her unique position created opportunities for national dialogue. In 2012 Knapp founded the non-profit organization Inside Out Faith, through which she continues to speak and perform nationally as an advocate for LGBTQ & faith issues. A true Renaissance woman, Knapp recently completed a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School.
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The Dot Com: https://jenniferknapp.com/ | Patreon: https://jenniferknapp.com/patreon/ | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferknappmusic/?hl=en
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hello_deconstructionists/ | Email: hello.decons@gmail.com
Learn more about Amy's music:
Amy's Website: https://www.amyazzara.com/ | Foray Music: https://www.foraymusic.com/ | Amy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyazzara/
My guest today is Kristi (she/her) who shares about her faith journey on her instagram account: @kristiannhyde. Kristi is a late blooming bi woman in a hetero-passing marriage with two beautiful children. She has a love for reading, writing, and home renovation shows. And her favorite thing to do is laugh.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristiannhyde/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hello_deconstructionists/ | Email: hello.decons@gmail.com
Learn more about Amy's music:
Amy's Website: https://www.amyazzara.com/ | Foray Music: https://www.foraymusic.com/ | Amy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amyazzara/