We haven’t posted since the “Freedom Convoy.” Here is what we have been processing and experiencing since then. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

As Canadian truckers hold our nation’s capital under siege, we discuss the troubling Christian Nationalist component of the movement, and what it shows us about Christianity in Canada and the US. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

As a critical insider, Wallis uses his unique situation to provide commentary on the social psychology of the organization and raise awareness of how coercion in the group leads to Religious Trauma Syndrome in disillusioned members. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Luke Wilson experienced conversion therapy while studying at Liberty University as an Evangelical youth. Now, he is part of a lawsuit against the US board of education for allowing conversion therapy and other discrimination against lgbtq persons to go on in schools that receive public funding. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Robert of Affinis Humanity joins us for a very informed discussion of how religion affects gender, sex, and race in America. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Anne Jisca's sister Ruth joins us as we discuss the ill-conceived, hurtful, and downright abusive parenting tactics that we experienced, raised within the Evangelical church. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Host of "Post-Mormon Parenting" on Youtube, TikTok, and Instigram, Rachel discusses the complexity of parenting through the deconstruction journey, including how to talk about sex, how to give age-appropriate freedoms, and how to broach the subject that one or both of their parents are no longer "believers." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Host of the Mom Now Podcast, Tia joins us to share her journey of going no contact with her emotionally abusive mother. We discuss narcissism, religion, deconstruction, and finding wholeness after the chaos of being raised in a toxic family system. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

We analyze the tactics of hoovering, gaslighting, blame-shifting, guilt-tripping used to control within toxic religion. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Hosts discuss the realities of experiencing Father’s Day as survivors of narcissistic abuse, who are currently “no contact” and “low contact” with their own fathers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Tatiana discusses religious traumas from her childhood, and how she is seeking a healthier way forwards. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

In honour of Pride Month, Josiah & Anne Jisca talk about becoming allies to LGBTQ+, and the troubled relationship of Evangelicalism to the LGBTQ+ community. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Sheila has published a new book, supported by a survey of 20,000 women -- the largest survey done to date of Christian women's marital & sexual satisfaction! -- in which she discusses the toxic messages many of us received about sex, and how to move past them.  Among the findings of the study are: 47% orgasm gap between husbands and wives discovered. 2x the rate of sexual pain as the general population revealed. 4 common evangelical beliefs uncovered that contribute to the orgasm gap 7 biblical beliefs which help women (and men!) have awesome sex For more from Sheila:  https://tolovehonorandvacuum.com  Twitter: @sheilagregoire Instagram: @sheilagregoire Facebook: Sheila Wray Gregoire --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

A year out from leaving church, Josiah discusses feelings of “the pressures off,” and discusses organic ways to pursue health and happiness. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Anne Jisca recalls the times “before” and “after” joining the cultish homeschool organization ATI: we discuss why people are drawn into these types of groups. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

It has been a surprise to encounter black-and-white thinking, group-think, and “you’re not one of us unless you think like us” attitudes outside of fundamentalism. In recovery groups, of all places! We discuss why this may be, and some ways we can strive to be better. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Our upbringing taught us to fear & suppress the teen years. Why was that? What were they afraid of? As our oldest turns 13, here are some thoughts on how we wish to celebrate, not dread adolescence. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Thoughts and feelings about Christians putting their energy behind fighting for their own rights, rather than advocating for the rights of others... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Discussing our evolving beliefs on these important and complex issues... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message

Out of all of the issues...why do Evangelicals fear feminism so much? What are they afraid of...? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/josiah-meyer/message