Denver-based counselor and coach, Suandria Hall, joins Chuck and Brady to unpack her Life After.
Suandaria's father was a preacher. So much of her life was entrenched in church culture, filled with rules and expectations. After learning beyond what the Bible could offer, she became interested in why people do what they do. She landed on counseling with an emphasis on religious trauma. Though her religious trauma experience didn't begin until leaving the community, she became a mental health provider for those leaving the faith. She helps people set boundaries, have healthier relationships with forgiveness, and become empowered to be who they are without indoctrinated expectations.
In this episode, they also discuss:
To get in touch with Suandaria, visit her website, mychoicemypower.com.
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Uncomfortable Confessions (Preacher‘s Kid x Sexual Exploration) with Ronna Russell
Black Nonbelievers (Religious Family x Black Church Culture) with Elle Reneé
Ambiguous Loss (Grieving x Counseling) with Janice Selbie
Dying Out Loud (ALS x Secular Fortitude) with Dave Warnock
Unloose (Queer x Creativity) with Nightlightr
Many Love (Polyamory x Authenticity) with Katelyn Boyles
Born Again Again (Campus Ministries x Deconstructing while Married) with Katie + Joe Bauer
Parenting Forward (Raising Kids x Ethical Values) with Cindy Wang Brandt
Everyone‘s Agnostic (Ex-Pastor x Rebuilding Community) with Cass Midgley
Lost in Translation (Bible Translation Industry x Being Free to Love) with Doug Demick
You Are Your Own (Embodied Trauma x Healing) with Jamie Lee Finch
Contact Evangelism (Childhood Religious OCD x Intention Communities) with Nikki Mayeux
Cults Inside Out (Deprogramming x High Pressure Communities) with Rick Alan Ross
Leaving the Fold (Religious Trauma x Breaking Free) with Marlene Winell, PhD
Religion of Trauma (Biblical Origins x Psychedelics) with Andrew Jasko
Conversion Therapy 2: Going Gay (Ex-Gay Movement x Finding Yourself) with Tim Rymel
The Way I Am (Liberal Christianity x Musical Expression) with Jennifer Knapp
Deliver Us From Your People (Spiritual Abuse x Therapy) with Angie Jay
Exvangelical with Blake Chastain (Season 2 Premiere)
I Thought I was the Only One Season One Finale (Belonging x Deconstruction) with Joey Hill
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