Born Again Again

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Who Do You Listen To? Nov 02, 2020

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We were given WAY too much advice.

In today's episode we talk about the importance of being really strict on who's voice you allow into your life. We talk about the abundance of input Christians had in our lives when we were younger and the implications of that.

We also talk news, politics, social media, and the overwhelming amount of voices that we are subjected to every day.

Then we talk about two major ways we've been able to quiet the outside noise and amplify our own intuitions, and how that's impacted our lives.
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Normalizing the Outrageous and Intro to Season 2! Oct 26, 2020

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Season 2 is officially here!

In this episode we examine the process of coming to belief in God/Christianity/Bible/etc. We discuss how the process of going from a human to a Christian is broken into many small, easy-to-swallow stages, and how this process allows normal, logical people to believe in things like speaking made up languages, pretending to drink human blood and eat human flesh, and in an invisible, silent, angry overlord.

In the last few minutes we get really honest with you all. We talk about our plan, passion, and vision for season 2 as well as what the next chapter of this podcast and community are going to look like.

Much love to each and every one of you!

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"I Am Proud of How Humble I Am" Aug 24, 2020

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Can you be proud of your own humility? Did Christianity make us over-analytical? Let's find out!

In addition to a brief update, in this episode we discuss the idea of spiritual materialism, as discussed in Sam Harris's 'Waking Up' app. We talk about how Christian leaders feign humility by bragging about their awareness of their sins, about how being a Christian may have made us overly analytical, about how this spiritual pride is not limited to Christianity, and about our own journey with self-identity.

We wrap up by talking about what spirituality means to us, how even positive practices can become a cage, and what we're doing to avoid that.

Enjoy!

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Let Go Mar 23, 2020

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Does "Let go and let God" make you cringe? Us too.

In this episode we discuss the idea of surrender and what it was like to have a higher power to surrender our problems to. We talk about the security and comfort we found in giving things over to God, and how jarring it was to lose that ability once we left the faith.

To bring it full circle, we talk about the idea of radical acceptance, bringing awareness to our worry and anxiety, choosing more loving thoughts, and about how we're learning to surrender on the other side of religion.

Stay healthy all ❤️

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Does Anyone Really Believe? Mar 16, 2020

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When it comes down to it, does anyone really believe?

In this episode we talk about belief, and how it relates to life in the real world. We talk about the corona virus and how we would have responded to it when we used to be Christian. Is there a line where a person’s faith will inevitably take a back seat to reason?

We finish the episode by talking about the huge (unnecessary) weight of balancing religion and real life, and the great sense of relief we are experiencing on the other side of the impossible standards of Christianity.

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Noah's Ark and the Tower of Babel Mar 09, 2020

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Today Katie is going to read you some Bible stories (is Katie writing this in the third person? yes).

We’re thinking back on our childhood and all the Bible stories we were taught through picture books and children’s Sunday school skits.

The Tower of Babel and Noah’s Ark are two such stories that we never batted an eye at, but now we’re re-reading them to see what we missed.

Coming back to the Bible after taking a break was a shock for us. We talk about how our perceptions of God changed, how there are many details to these stories that were either left out or not understood, and how they pose many, many questions. If you didn’t believe these stories to be literal and assumed they were allegorical…well, you’re lucky. Sometimes it’s hard to come back to what now seems like a fairytale and embrace the fact that you believed it was fully true. Being kind to our inner child is key for us now.

We wrap up by sharing “where we’re at” in this deconstruction process and how our mind has been a little less consumed by our Christian pasts.

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Relationships, People Pleasing, and Discovering Your Intuition w/Tully O'Connor Feb 17, 2020

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Turning the other cheek, being meek, being humble, are not particularly helpful when taken to the extreme.

Today we’re so excited to be sharing a conversation we had with Tully O’Connor.

Tully is a personal development and relationship coach that I (Joe) have been working with over the last few months, and I have been hugely benefitted by my time spent with him.

During this conversation we talk about people pleasing, and how disconnection from yourself, from your intuition, will inevitably cause you to be disconnected in your relationships. We talk about self compassion and the importance of having patience for yourself, and at the end we go through some really practical things we can all do to tame our inner critic, develop more self-compassion and self-connection, and some ways to process through the complex feelings that inevitably come up as we learn to live on the other side of religion.

This was a really helpful conversation for us to have and I think it will be helpful for all of you as well,

Enjoy…

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Am I Smart Enough to Leave? Feb 10, 2020

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We felt like we had to do a lot of studying before we walked away from our faith.

In this episode we talk briefly about Rhett and Link’s deconstruction podcast episodes, specifically about how their story parallels ours and many of yours as well.

Then we talk about how many people feel ill-equipped to leave their faith. We discuss how Christianity can teach you to “lean not on your own understanding”, and how that can keep a person trapped inside a worldview which does not suit them.

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Rhett’s Deconstruction (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/226-rhetts-spiritual-deconstruction-ear-biscuits-ep-226/id717407884?i=1000464459618)

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Exploring Doubt Feb 03, 2020

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We’ve all heard the Christian response: “I went through a period of doubt as well, and the Lord brought me back to him.”

In this episode we talk about this common Christian sentiment, and discuss why it’s so dismissive, belittling, and misguided. We talk about how most people who claim to have “explored their doubts” were likely just trying to ignore their intuition and get rid of their internal red flags.

We always believed that doubt was sin, but how should we relate to it now? What should we do with our doubts about our atheistic views? What if we can learn to love our doubts as we learn to love ourselves?

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Healing Without Recreating Your Trauma feat. The Reclamation Collective Jan 27, 2020

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It’s our second interview, and it’s with the Reclamation Collective!

Today we’re excited to be sharing a conversation we had with 2 wonderful therapists, Kayla Felten and Kendra Synder, who together have formed the Reclamation Collective.

In this episode we cover a lot of ground, but we’re focusing on healing without recreating your trauma. We talk about how codependency can show up in group contexts, about how many of us have given away our power to spiritual leaders in our pasts, the benefits of group discussion in your reconstruction process, and wrap up talking about some practical questions to ask when hiring a therapist.

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