EPISODE 050 | Escaping the Control of Spiritual Abuse

Spirituality

Jun 9

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I love talking to Sarah. While listening, picture her energetically waving her hands as she talks. She’s such a fun, insightful personality with lessons to share. Typically, Sarah prides herself on being the comic relief for a group, but we do get really serious.

We discuss the importance of personal values, integrity, and expressing your authentic self. Then, we go on to not only explore what spiritual abuse is in all forms, but Sarah really opens up about her own experience of spiritual abuse ranging from the foundation being laid as a child to how it manifested through adolescence and into adulthood. Sarah talks about the feelings that arose, what trauma-bonding means within a community, and what it was like letting go and getting out, even including estrangement.

You’ll learn how to recognize spiritual abuse as a form of control and manipulation; the difference between spirituality and religion; and if you’re going through something similar to what Sarah describes, she tells you how to get out of the toxic situation. Our sincere hope is that through Sarah’s story, you’ll find the strength to escape spiritual abuse too.

About Sarah

But, today, we talk to Sarah Gates of Nashville, Tennessee who is a technical writer for a living, but more importantly is a lifelong learner, free spirit, investigator, observer, adventurer, and survivor of spiritual abuse.

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