You Are Not Alone After Religion

You Are Not Alone After Religion

Leaving the close community of religion can feel like leaving the safety of a warm nest. If part of leaving your religion meant leaving friends, and even family behind, it can feel like you’ve plunged into the deepest, darkest cave. Your voice echoes around you, the...
Releasing the Good Girl

Releasing the Good Girl

A Reclaim Sister Circle Message – Shared in Circle Nov 13, 2022 As women, we were told quite explicitly what our role was: to be the good girl. We were also instructed on how to fulfill that role. Humorously enough, the roles we were given, and instruction on how to...
Reclaiming Self-Love Outside Religion

Reclaiming Self-Love Outside Religion

Love. It’s one of the first high concept words we learn, and we learn it early. We loved our stuffed animals, the weeds in the yard, apples, the park, and our friends. We loved things others didn’t love, and hated things that others loved. Yet, still, we grasped this...
Build Self-Worth After Leaving Religion

Build Self-Worth After Leaving Religion

I have been out of Mormonism for a few years. Long enough that I can laugh at who I was as a member, not so long that I have recovered from the brainwashing. I wish I could tell you that once you leave a cult, the brainwashing goes too. I wish I could say it’s...
8 Reasons Women Need More Play

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...