STRONGWILLED

What’s the difference between experiencing religious trauma in the church — and being born into it? This episode, we begin to explore what kinds of long-term impacts come from being born into a high control religion like white evangelicalism. 
This episode was initially released for our patreon/website subscribers in May, but we wanted to share it with you this month. 
If you want to hear other episodes about the developmental impacts of being raised in  a high control religion, you can become a paid subscriber at https://www.strongwilledproject.com/ or our STRONGWILLED patreon, where we’r exploring each developmental phase, discussing how religious authoritarian parenting books approached them, what typical development looks like and what the long-term impacts might be from being raised under religious authoritarian parents (in a high control religion).
TW: Sexual abuse, infant loss, neglectful parenting
Check out the website DL mentions, http://www.ezzo.info to hear more critiques of the Ezzos and parenting advice.
We'd love to hear from you all about what resonates and anything you'd add to the conversation! 
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This episode we heard from listeners about what they’ve found most rewarding about being leaving either dysfunctional families, the faith they were raised with – or both. We also talk about what we wished we’d known when we were leaving. 
TW: physical abuse, anti-queer rhetoric
Thank you so much to our community for sharing their experiences! We appreciate your continual support, and your input on this episode!
You can read more about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at⁠⁠⁠ strongwilledproject.com
You can join⁠⁠ ⁠our patreon community⁠⁠⁠ or⁠⁠⁠ at ghost to support this podcast and listen to our series about the developmental impacts of growing up in a high control religion, as well as join our discord community.
You can follow STRONGWILED on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠. You can ⁠⁠⁠follow Krispin on Instagram here⁠⁠⁠ and DL on instagram here. 
As always, this is a survivor-led and survivor-supported publication. If you appreciate our work (and our ad-free podcast!) please consider supporting us financially or sharing about the podcast on your social media channels.

This episode we discuss what Focus on the Family and James Dobson Institute recommending to estranged evangelical parents. We dig into what Dr. John Townsend (Peter Thiel-affiliated author of Boundaries) suggests to parents in order to mend their relationships in a video Focus on the Family published in 2022.
TW/CW: sexual abuse, physical abuse, complaints from estranged parents
You can read more about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at⁠⁠⁠ strongwilledproject.com
You can join⁠⁠ ⁠our patreon community⁠⁠⁠ or⁠⁠⁠ at ghost to support this podcast and listen to our series about the developmental impacts of growing up in a high control religion, as well as join our discord community. 
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Welcome to our new series on estrangement! This episode we discuss what Focus on the Family and the James Dobson Institute are saying about estranged adult children. This episode focus on the reasons given for estrangement, as well as what we think is actually driving estrangement. 

You can read more about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at⁠⁠⁠ strongwilledproject.com

You can join⁠⁠ ⁠our patreon community⁠⁠⁠ or⁠⁠⁠ at ghost to support this podcast and listen to our series about the developmental impacts of growing up in a high control religion, as well as join our discord community. 
You can follow STRONGWILED on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠. You can ⁠⁠⁠follow Krispin on Instagram here⁠⁠⁠ and DL on instagram here.

Krispin talked with Jenai Auman about learning to spot power and abuse dynamics in any group or organization. 
She is author of Othered, and writes regularly on her substack. She also serves on the board of The Reclamation Collective. You can also follow her on instagram.

They talked talked about the Spiritual Power Inventory which you can find on The Reclamation Collective website. They also discussed whether progressive spaces are more or less susceptible to abusive dynamics, and rhetoric used to dismiss progressive movements. 

You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at⁠⁠⁠ strongwilledproject.com
You can join⁠⁠ ⁠our patreon community⁠⁠⁠ or⁠⁠⁠ at ghost to support this podcast and join our discord community and hear about why JD Vance is giving DL hope.
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