Religious Trauma & Cult Recovery Blog

Religious trauma is a specific kind of trauma that happens within religious or spiritual spaces. That means religious spaces, rituals, beliefs, members, and leaders can all be the perpetrators of trauma. You can read more about what defines religious trauma here. Religious trauma is...

Let’s talk about deconstruction and what the heck that word actually means. This word is probably very familiar to you if you’ve been in the religious trauma world. We like to think of deconstruction as the slow “unbuilding” brick-by-brick of how you previously knew the...

When we first hear the term “codependency”, many of us immediately say, “Nope, not me.  I’m not codependent.” We find many reasons to justify our toxic relational patterns and our overwhelm and exhaustion. In fact, many of us believe this is simply how...

One of the most important components of relationships is the ability to co-regulate. 

Complex Trauma Resources defines co-regulation as “the process through which children develop the ability to soothe and manage distressing emotions and sensations from the beginning of life through...

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Trigger warning: sexual assault

The body and mind work together

You’ve heard us say this at Traumastery but trauma does not just impact...