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The Broken to Beloved Podcast is for anyone who’s been affected by spiritual abuse, religious trauma, or church hurt and is looking for practical resources to move toward healing and wholeness.

I’m your host, Brian Lee, and I’m so excited to share these conversations with you.

I want this to be a place for deep and meaningful conversations around spiritual abuse and religious trauma. I want to provide you with language to name your experiences and validate your stories, and to give you practical tools that move you toward healing and wholeness.

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Recent Episodes & Show Notes

043: Finding Hope and Healing in our Scars with Dr. Diane Langberg Mar 25, 2025

How can the Church transform from a place of harm to a sanctuary of healing and truth? How do we learn to recognize the wolves among the sheep when it's hard to tell the difference? How can anyone hol...

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042: Safeguarding the Church against Sexism and Abuse with Dr. Andrew Bauman Mar 18, 2025

How have harmful religious teachings about gender reinforced sexism and silenced women's voices in Christian communities? Dr. Andrew Bauman discusses his extensive research on the impact of sexism and...

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041: Ordinary Women of Faith and Ministry with Beth Allison Barr Mar 11, 2025

What if the church has been telling women the wrong story about their spiritual gifts for centuries? Historian and author Beth Allison Barr and I dive deep into the forgotten narratives of women's min...

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040: Making Sense of Your Story by Engaging Past Pain with Adam Young Mar 04, 2025

What if the key to understanding your present lies buried in the stories of your past?

In this episode, I talk with Adam Young about his new book Make Sense of Your Story and the transformative power...

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039: Compassionate Awareness and Soft Words for Hard Days with Aundi Kolber Feb 25, 2025

What if pushing harder isn't the answer? Author and trauma therapist Aundi Kolber shares how the surprising path to healing often means doing the opposite of what we've been taught.

In our conversati...

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038: Moving from Sexual Shame toward Sacred Play with Sam Jolman Feb 18, 2025

In this episode, we dig into how most men never got a proper "sex talk"— just rules about staying pure and anatomical basics, without any guidance on how to handle feelings, desires, and attraction in...

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037: Sacred Silence and Finding God Through Mystery with Liz Charlotte Grant Feb 11, 2025

Ever wondered what happens when a birth doula becomes a biblical scholar? In this episode, I chat with Liz Charlotte Grant, whose fascinating path includes helping deliver babies before diving deep in...

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036: Burning a Path to Renewal with Erin Moon Feb 04, 2025

"Burn it all down." It's a common cry heard from many who have experienced spiritual abuse or find themselves disentailing from the disorienting process of deconstruction. And for those who have been ...

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035: Annual Summit Q&A Session Jan 31, 2025

The 2025 Annual Summit is over!

This episode is part of our live Q&A session from Wednesday, January 22 with Amy Fritz and Colby Wilkins, hosted on YouTube Live. We responded to emails sent in with the...

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