How to Cope With Change
I have been thinking and talking a lot about the process of change lately. We change in small ways and big ways throughout our lives....
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Christina Carlson
- Jun 7, 2021
- 4 min
What matters is what is Integrated.
Raised in religion we were told a very specific set of rules and the principles and or “tenents” of whatever faith system we were a part...
Christina Carlson
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
I was Homeschooled
I was homeschooled. Like I wore little house on the prairie dresses until I was 11 homeschooled. I got my first pair of jeans when I was...
Christina Carlson
- May 10, 2021
- 5 min
How to get over the fear of hell
Getting over the fear of hell can be a big struggle for those of us raised in a fundamentalist evangelical environment. My first memories...
Christina Carlson
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
Exploring Transition
I am Willing… If I were willing what would I do... What could be possible if… Transitions are such a delicate process. We have to be...
Christina Carlson
- Apr 19, 2021
- 2 min
How To Develop a Relationship with Yourself
What does it mean to have a relationship with yourself? What does it mean to have personal intimacy? So many of us who were raised...
Christina Carlson
- Mar 29, 2021
- 2 min
Integration
We need time to integrate. There is this mindset that is very pervasive in a lot of places, and I know it was deeply ingrained in...
Christina Carlson
- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
Good girl
As a middle child born in the Midwest, I got good at being a good girl. I was told early on that I was just “average” when it came to...
Christina Carlson
- Mar 15, 2021
- 5 min
Interview Series! Session One
Please Welcome Kristin Alvarez! "I'M A TEACHER, WRITER, AND MOTHER WHO IS REMARRIED AND RAISING MY CHILDREN (BOTH BY TWO DIFFERENT DADS)...
Christina Carlson
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
Surviving
I was about 10 when I started having panic attacks. As soon as I was cognizant of reality I was being told about hell, and that I would...
Christina Carlson
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Honoring Endings
I have found it interesting since leaving religion to explore the ideas around endings. Within Evangelicalism it seemed that endings were...
Christina Carlson
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
How do I start to love my body?
So many of us who were raised in toxic religious communities were deeply impacted by purity culture (If you’re not sure what that is,...
Christina Carlson
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
Making Friends
In Evangelicalism there was this assumption of friendship. You could join a small group that would meet every week and those people would...
Christina Carlson
- Feb 9, 2021
- 3 min
My Survival Skills
Being raised as a girl within evangelicalism I observed that my options for safety and connection were within relationships. The boys...
Christina Carlson
- Feb 2, 2021
- 5 min
Wildish
It was a hot midwest summer in July and I was getting to go to summer camp! I had been a part of the bible program called AWANA since...
Christina Carlson
- Jan 22, 2021
- 3 min
My Journey Out (part of it)
When I was in the height of my deconstruction I used to take these long walks. I would listen to podcasts like the liturgists, Rob Bell,...
Christina Carlson
- Jan 13, 2021
- 3 min
Overcoming Perfectionism
What pops into your mind when you hear the word perfectionism? So many of us see perfectionism as one very specific thing: everything...
Christina Carlson
- Jan 8, 2021
- 2 min
You are here for more than suffering
Being a woman raised in religion I was told I would suffer and that I would suffer specifically because I was a woman. I was told to...
Christina Carlson
- Jan 8, 2021
- 2 min
Societal Self-Compassion
I don't think we as people, or society as a whole can really move forward until we move away from control thinking. Most of us were...
Christina Carlson
- Jan 8, 2021
- 2 min
Wonder Woman
I watched the new Wonder Woman movie last night and within the first two minutes I was crying. It was like this feeling of relief and joy...
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