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
Trauma fundamentally disconnects us.
It can disconnect our brains from our bodies. It can sever relationships and entire communities. Those of us familiar with trauma know it can have a real impact o...
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.
This ...
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.
This ...
If you’ve experienced any amount of spiritual abuse or religious trauma, you know just how confusing, painful and isolating it can be. It can be hard to put into words just how devastating the impact ...
Being a pastor or leader in ministry can feel like an impossible job at times.
The job includes not just spiritual direction and discipleship, but management, finances, counseling, and lots more. Â As...
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...
