Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
What Came Before Trauma in the Pews?
Trauma in the Pews invites us to choose a new way--to engage in the chaos and discomfort of story. Reading her "Brave Series"
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Feb 254 min read
Healing Religious Trauma: Listening to My Own Advice
The day Trauma in the Pews published my focus shifted, and I began living out an unhealed portion of my story...
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Dec 30, 20234 min read
Trauma in the Pews: The Memory Behind the Metaphor
The most unexpected parts of 2023 were my struggles with the success of Trauma in the Pews and all the opportunities it brought me.
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Dec 15, 20233 min read
How is the Shaming of Self a Form of Religious Trauma?
This is the last of the series of teachings and only one aspect of Religious Trauma. Have religious teachings impacted how you lived your...
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Dec 8, 20233 min read
How Do Fear-Based Teachings Cause Religious Trauma?
This is the second of the teachings in a series of three and only one aspect of Religious Trauma. What do you fear? As a survivor of...
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Dec 1, 20234 min read
How Can Teachings Cause Religious Trauma?
How did the idea of the heart being dark or dirty became so prevalent in some religious cultures?
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Nov 24, 20234 min read
What is a Religious Trauma Identity Crisis?
Religion isn’t simply something we believe. For many of us, it was our entire life and our identity is tied to it.
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Nov 17, 20233 min read
How Can Religious Trauma Rob Our Sense of Self?
What is a healthy sense of self and how can religious trauma impact it?
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Nov 10, 20232 min read
How Do Authoritarian Leaders Cause Religious Trauma?
How can we recognize abusive religious systems disguised as spiritual communities?
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Nov 4, 20233 min read
How Can Beliefs about Children Cause Religious Trauma?
Nothing says innocence any better than a newborn baby! ... What we believe about this baby is where the seeds of Religious Trauma can begin.
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Oct 27, 20233 min read
Did Religious Trauma Impact Your Childhood?
When is it Religious Trauma? Several consistent themes occur in the lives of children who grow up in religious communities.
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Oct 20, 20233 min read
What are the Different Types of Religious Trauma?
Why is trauma that occurs in religious contexts so difficult to heal? One explanation was offered by a woman who emailed me after...
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Oct 14, 20233 min read
Is Religious Trauma Impacting You?
It was a difficult story of rejection, betrayal, and abandonment—all within a religious context.
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Oct 6, 20233 min read
What is Religious Trauma?
Recognizing, naming, and healing religious trauma can be a long arduous journey. Five years ago, I would not have acknowledged religious...
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Oct 3, 20232 min read
Why Talk About Religious Trauma?
As people began sharing their stories of trauma, the ripples of healing began to spread from one person to the next as more and more...
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Sep 17, 20234 min read
McMusing: My Life in a Hot Air Balloon after Healing Childhood Trauma
Ten years ago, my life felt more like a jet plane coming in for a crash landing than a hot air balloon gently floating in the air.
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
May 28, 20232 min read
McMusing: It is Hogwash!
Our nation can never be any greater than how we care for the least of these.
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
May 16, 20235 min read
McMusing: Who Chooses your Chair?
For several years I have been posting my morning musings on Facebook and it is probably time to be more intentional (my word for this...
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jan 1, 20233 min read
2023: INTENTIONAL
Could there be anything anymore intentional than a chair placed in the middle of a field? The storyteller in me wants to create a...
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Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
Jul 31, 20224 min read
#3 Trauma-Informed Ministries: The Hurting Child (Republished)
Republished as resources to accompany the soon to be published book, Trauma in the Pews: Impact on Faith and Spiritual Practices, August...
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