Who Am I Now?
One of the most intimidating things we face after leaving a toxic situation,( whether it’s religion, your home life, a relationship or a...
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Christina Carlson
Oct 13, 20232 min read
Responsibility, What's That?
Hello Friends, At the start of this week I caught a small cold, and I had this weird opportunity: My subconscious pushed through two...
Christina Carlson
Oct 13, 20232 min read
Human is Enough
Having a lot of thoughts about our Humanity these past few weeks, especially as Eclipse season is approaching (I literally accidentally...
Christina Carlson
Sep 1, 20232 min read
Why is it hard to believe in myself?
Hello friends, and welcome to September. August has been a whirlwind of transition for me. Not in the hectic way, but when it comes to...
Christina Carlson
Aug 22, 20233 min read
Five F*cking Years
Hello Friends, Five whole years. As someone who grew up in a heightened state of awareness, due to trauma (continual overwhelm), Time has...
Christina Carlson
Aug 7, 20232 min read
Old men avoiding being vulnerable
Me too, though. I spent a lot of time avoiding being vulnerable. Or at least I thought that’s what I was doing. I’m sitting here in a...
Christina Carlson
Jul 31, 20233 min read
Where do I Focus in my healing journey???
I spent so many years inside evangelical and fundamentalist religious systems, trying, fighting, to do and be good. I fought to wake up...
Christina Carlson
Mar 4, 20232 min read
There’s this old belief of mine that tends to sneak in
It’s the idea that I need to be someone other/better/more than I am right now to have what I desire. I notice it often with my work and...
Christina Carlson
Nov 8, 20224 min read
Three Small Shifts to Make Big Moves
I will be getting on a plane in less than 24 hours to go and speak in Hawaii. In a career I love, doing work that means the world to me....
Christina Carlson
Oct 12, 20223 min read
Five Things No One Tells You When You Start Your Healing Journey:
1. Instagram captions and quippy sayings won’t do anything for you. I think we all want to learn things and the nature of social media is...
Christina Carlson
Sep 30, 20224 min read
Wild Exvangelical Cocktail of Misery
Two years ago I read a book called the five levels of attachment by Don Miguel Ruiz. In it he talks about how we tend to attach ourselves...
Christina Carlson
Apr 11, 20223 min read
What is asking you to Expand?
Hello beautiful humans, Today I have a new episode out with artist and creative doula Molly. In this episode Molly describes spirituality...
Christina Carlson
Mar 29, 20212 min read
Integration
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...
Christina Carlson
Mar 22, 20212 min read
Good girl
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...
Christina Carlson
Mar 15, 20215 min read
Interview Series! Session One
Please Welcome Kristin Alvarez! "I'M A TEACHER, WRITER, AND MOTHER WHO IS REMARRIED AND RAISING MY CHILDREN (BOTH BY TWO DIFFERENT DADS)...
Christina Carlson
Mar 8, 20214 min read
Surviving
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...
Christina Carlson
Mar 1, 20212 min read
Honoring Endings
I have found it interesting since leaving religion to explore the ideas around endings. Within Evangelicalism it seemed that endings were...
Christina Carlson
Feb 22, 20213 min read
How do I start to love my body?
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,...
Christina Carlson
Feb 15, 20213 min read
Making Friends
In Evangelicalism there was this assumption of friendship. You could join a small group that would meet every week and those people would...
Christina Carlson
Jan 22, 20213 min read
My Journey Out (part of it)
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,...
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