Healing Ground

A new blog post up today at the Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery - On Building Self-Trust.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVOjrsClUHU/?igsh=MWU3aGR3YWNobzFvbQ==

If you were taught that your heart is deceptive and your instincts can’t be trusted, the concept of self-trust can feel incredibly disorienting. In our newest blog post, CTRR Associate Practitioner Kim Johnson explores what it actually looks like to (re)build self-trust after religious conditioning that taught you to look outward for authority and override your inner compass. Sometimes growth looks like expansion... and sometimes it looks like holding onto the edge of the pool. Ultimately, self-trust isn’t built in the panic zone. It’s built when we honor our limits and move at a pace our nervous system can sustain. Read Kim’s full reflection today 🔗

Hi friends,
I had a lovely conversation about toxic religion with my old friend Jobie at the 3500 Miles Between Us podcast where we talk about birthrights, the BITE model of power and control and how churches colonize our own meaning-making.
Sharing it here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7vlsfon131gHbKFZUDgnMR?si=rnpaD4_bQmmQ5zQPuaeBFg&nd=1&dlsi=62009226383b4e84

# 30 Why toxic faith ruining human connection with God? 3500 miles between us · Episode

https://www.traumaresolutionandrecovery.com/blog/on-the-intersection-of-faith-deconstuction-and-religious-trauma

On The Intersection of Faith Deconstruction & Religious Trauma | Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery Written by CTRR Practitioner Kim June Johnson To learn more about working with Kim, click here .

https://www.traumaresolutionandrecovery.com/blog/to-journey-and-be-transformed

To Journey and Be Transformed: Three Books That Helped | Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery My faith, as I knew it, collapsed over twenty years ago, before the word “deconstruction” was a familiar catch-phrase, before “exvangelical” and “deconversion” were popular hashtags. I was part of a charismatic faith community teeming with young artists and musicians, a community I had s...

https://www.traumaresolutionandrecovery.com/blog/on-cultivating-supportive-practices-beyond-religion

On Cultivating Supportive Practices Beyond Religion | Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery I was sitting in the pastor’s office for my weekly mentorship. I had been hired as the youth pastor in a small evangelical church and mentorship was part of my job description. I asked my pastor a question about meditation; I was drawn to it, and wondered why it was not discussed more. The pastor....

How My Unexpected Discovery of the Eastern Mind-Body Approach Helped Me Reclaim My Life | Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery Written by CTRR Practitioner Kim June Johnson To learn more about working with Kim, click here .

Just sharing an article + audio practice up today over at The Centre for Trauma Resolution and Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery's blog.

Hello Dear Body: Reclaiming Embodiment After Religious Harm | Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery What is Embodiment? As a trauma practitioner who works primarily with the tools of embodiment, I get asked this a lot. Stated simply: embodiment is a way of living aware of and informed by the felt-sense of the body. In the years I spent in various religious spaces, I was not taught to honor the f

Local community . . . I'll be teaching a FREE afternoon Mindfulness Workshop for parents + teens, Saturday Feb 17th, offering tools to help with stress reduction and connecting to the tension in the body for more mindful decision-making and self-awarenss.

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