Spiritual Trauma in Relationships | Freeing ourselves as Exvangelical, Exmormon, ExCatholic, Ex JW women

What if the messages high control religions taught about sex and relationships were never truly about love? 

This episode dives deep into how high demand religions contribute to spiritual trauma and religious abuse, shaping harmful beliefs about your worth, your body, and what you owe in relationships. We deconstruct the brainwashing from "Why Buy the Cow if He Can Get the Milk for Free?"

If you've felt like love was transactional or that your value depended on purity or obedience, you're not alone. This episode supports those recovering from abuse in high control religious groups by helping rewrite these damaging narratives.

You’ll learn how these distorted teachings impact your self-worth, how transactional thinking around sex and marriage forms, and how religious trauma continues to influence your life. Most importantly, we’ll explore what healthy, equal, and mutually supportive relationships look like beyond these old rules.

Listen now to release spiritual trauma and step into partnerships built on respect, equality, and genuine connection. This episode is especially empowering for exvangelical, exmormon, excatholic women and anyone on the journey of recovering from spiritual abuse within high demand religions.

Tags: Religious trauma, spiritual abuse, deconstruction, exmormon, exmo, exvangelical, recovering catholic, excatholic, former jehovah's witness, women's empowerment, feminism, leaving religion, self-worth, high demand religions, high control groups, high control religion, cult, cult recovery, brainwashed, high demand religion, spiritual trauma, church abuse.

Writer and Host: Clare Corado

Voiceover Talent: Jason Kirkover

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