What happens when the cost of being accepted is losing yourself?

In this episode, Emily shares what it means to grow up as a pastor’s kid inside a system that traded love for obedience. From spiritual control to unspoken trauma, her story isn’t about blame—it’s about clarity. It’s about realizing that some cages are built with scripture, and some awakenings begin the moment you start asking “Why?”

Emily breaks open the silence around religious trauma, shame-based purity culture, and what it takes to finally reclaim your own mind. This conversation is for anyone who’s ever been told who they’re supposed to be—and chose to find out who they really are instead.