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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In this short series, you’ll get to meet each of our board members.
Listen to their stories and backgrounds, and why they chose to serve on the board and support the work at Broken to Beloved.
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Most of us are familiar with fight, flight, and freeze. "Fawn"" may be a newer one for many of us. I first learned about the fawn response from Aundi’s incredible book, Try Softer. She describes it as...
Have you heard of Attachment Theory? Have you ever found yourself lost in the language and terminology? Have you wondered if your less-than-perfect childhood and history of abuse or trauma means you'r...
What do you do when you’ve given your life to a cause and calling, to have only to find yourself walking away?
Steve Carter was named as one of two successors to Bill Hybels at Willow Creek Community...
TW/CW: references to sexual assault
Have you ever had Matthew 18 used against you?
Far too often, the forgiveness passage in Matthew 18:15–17 is weaponized against those who experience hurt and harm...
TW/CW:Â references to suicide and suicidal ideation
According to chaplain J.S. Park, people are ready for the conversation around grief and loss.
I feel like I’ve been swimming in the waters of grief...
Have you ever felt pushed to the margins of a community? Made to feel like you don’t quite belong? Whether it’s for your politics, sexual identity, faith (or lack of it), or for naming bad behavior, w...
Have you ever wondered how to find your way back into healthy relationships after abuse and trauma? By providing clear steps to Name, Frame, and Brave our experiences, Dr. Alison Cook offers practical...
