Janyne McConnaughey, PhD
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 3, 20232 min
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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