Tag: shame
(2) That’s the Fear Talking
“That’s the fear talking.” I could feel myself sinking deeper into the couch, whether physically or metaphorically, I could not tell. My therapist had been on a mission, it seemed. No more coddling. She was still talking, but I could barely hear her. “You’re going to have to push through the fear to get to…
INTRO: The Gospel of Fear and Shame: Reframing the Conversation about Religious Toxicity
Religion, at its best, is designed to offer us healing and an invitation into wholeness, an undivided life. Religion, at its best, is a program of release to take us out of the prison of fear and the bonds of shame. At its best, all religion is a very specific technology of freedom communicated to…