We need time to integrate. There is this mindset that is very pervasive in a lot of places, and I know it was deeply ingrained in...

As a middle child born in the Midwest, I got good at being a good girl. I was told early on that I was just “average” when it came to...

Please Welcome Kristin Alvarez! "I'M A TEACHER, WRITER, AND MOTHER WHO IS REMARRIED AND RAISING MY CHILDREN (BOTH BY TWO DIFFERENT DADS)...

I was about 10 when I started having panic attacks. As soon as I was cognizant of reality I was being told about hell, and that I would...

I have found it interesting since leaving religion to explore the ideas around endings. Within Evangelicalism it seemed that endings were...

So many of us who were raised in toxic religious communities were deeply impacted by purity culture (If you’re not sure what that is,...

In Evangelicalism there was this assumption of friendship. You could join a small group that would meet every week and those people would...

Being raised as a girl within evangelicalism I observed that my options for safety and connection were within relationships. The boys...

It was a hot midwest summer in July and I was getting to go to summer camp! I had been a part of the bible program called AWANA since...

When I was in the height of my deconstruction I used to take these long walks. I would listen to podcasts like the liturgists, Rob Bell,...

What pops into your mind when you hear the word perfectionism? So many of us see perfectionism as one very specific thing: everything...

Being a woman raised in religion I was told I would suffer and that I would suffer specifically because I was a woman. I was told to...

I don't think we as people, or society as a whole can really move forward until we move away from control thinking. Most of us were...

I watched the new Wonder Woman movie last night and within the first two minutes I was crying. It was like this feeling of relief and joy...

Welcome to my Blog! My name is Christina and I am studying to be a Life Coach! I will be taking clients starting this upcoming Spring...

Living with a mindset of self-compassion has to involve letting go of judgments and a judgmental mindset. In my experience a mindset of...

Self-Compassion radically changed my view of myself and relationship with humanity as a whole. Coming from a black and white religious...