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Essays on Religious Trauma & Healing

Reflections on leaving high-control religion, rebuilding identity, and what healing actually takes, written alongside the work of my upcoming memoir, The Runaway.

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When Leaving Is Not Enough

I lived in a high-control religious community for twenty-nine years. When I finally left, I thought I would simply thrive. I was wrong. The habits formed there don't die. They come along with you.

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