Happy New Year! January is Spirtual Abuse Awareness month, and
so we're kicking off the New Year with a couple of episodes with
Katherine Spearing (@katherinespearing), host of the Uncertain
Podcast (@uncertainpodcast) and founder of the nonprofit Tears of
Eden.
Katherine defines spiritual abuse as "invoking a religious
text or deity as a way to maintain power and control over both
individuals and communities." In this episode, we describe the
multiple systems in Katherine's life that practiced abusive
dynamics--family of origin, churches, the Evangelical system at
large. Katherine talks with us about:
Stay at Home Daughters (7:00)
Women as Property (9:00)
Double Binds of Womanhood (13:00)
Arrested Development (17:00)
Labeling Abuse and Defining Spiritual Abuse Once More
(25:00)
Finding a Voice You Never Had (29:00)
Individuation (31:00)
Phobias and Leaving Cults (39:00)
Silent Patriarchy (45:00)
Tears of Eden and Healing (55:00)
Learn more about
Katherine's work by visiting tearsofeden.org.
We're so grateful for her influence and passion for helping folks
in the early stages of deconstruction!
About the Podcast
Sexvangelicals is a podcast about the sex education the church didn't want you to have, hosted by Julia and Jeremiah, two licensed and certified sex therapists.