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3 Things Ex-Christian Women Need
If you’re an Ex-Christian woman or other Ex-Religious woman, there are three important things to focus on as you navigate this new world.
Trying to Drop the Yoke of Perfectionism
This post is exceptionally passionate and, therefore, curse words abound. You’ve been warned, you adorable human, you!* Some got straight A’s. Some never swore or revealed their shoulders. Some never dated. Some joined extra-curricular activities and clubs. A few may...
Seeing Beyond the Likes: Ditching Social Currency for Well-being
Sitting on my hard bunk bed in the middle of a hostel in the heart of Taichung, Taiwan, I took a deep breath and clicked ‘delete.’ In the blink of an eye, I became invisible to the world. My likes, my “friends”, my entire identity suddenly vanished. And yet as I sat...
Balanced Through Nature: How Nature Gives Us Exactly What We Need
The natural world is a magnificent one. Full of life, functioning in ways we are still attempting to understand. Personally, while I always had a great love of animals, plants seemed to be relatively ignored. I didn’t mean to ignore them, but I was never taught about...
8 Reasons Women Need More Play
If you were born a woman, odds are extremely high that you were raised as one. This means certain beliefs, values, expectations, etc. were forced upon you as a child, and have stuck with you all your life. These beliefs shaped how we saw the world and ourselves and...
Am I in a cult? 20 Signs to Know for Sure
This may seem like a dumb question, but as someone who unknowingly grew up in a cult, I can tell you it’s definitely NOT a dumb question. No one in a cult knows they’re in a cult. Asking the question is brave, not dumb. And those who are brave enough to ask the...
9 Ways to Reclaim Your Female Body From Religion
If you’re female and grew up in organized religion, you are all too familiar with the rules governing your body. Let’s start the list, in case anyone here isn’t familiar. In most organized religions, especially cults like the LDS church, women: Aren’t permitted to...
5 Most Sexist Lies Religion Made Me Believe
Limiting this list to five was quite the challenge. From birth to age twenty-seven, I grew up in a cult by the name of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or Mormonism). Say what you will about organized religion and cults, but these sexist beliefs are...
Reclaiming Sisterhood: Why Women Need Other Women
Sister is a word that has come to have many different meanings in my head. First, I think of my biological sister. I think of all the things that “sister” implies: boy talk, sharing clothes, telling secrets, and of course, passing down vital information. How to...