Ep. 256 - Sacred Spaces or Shackles: Women’s Stories of Religious Trauma in Marriage & Divorce

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Is your body still carrying the guilt and shame handed to you by your faith community, long after your marriage ended?

If you grew up believing that devotion meant self-sacrifice, or were told that leaving an unhealthy marriage was a sign of spiritual failure, you’re not alone—millions of women wrestle with layers of religious and spiritual trauma on top of divorce, questioning their worthiness, their intuition, and their very place in their community. 

The pressure to stay, to submit, and to survive in silence can trap women in cycles of self-gaslighting and keep them isolated in their pain, even as they’re desperate for validation, support, and a path back to a faith that doesn’t demand their suffering as proof of their devotion.

In this eye-opening episode, you’ll hear how spiritual trauma has shown up in real women's bodies, discover practical ways to untangle blind obedience from real healing, and witness courage-filled stories from women who found their voices and reclaimed a loving, authentic relationship with faith after religious harm.

If you’re ready to shed church-induced shame and hear how others have found freedom, strength, and self-compassion, press play now—your story matters, and true acceptance starts here.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hi, love.
Welcome to Dear Divorce Diary,the podcast helping divorcees go
beyond talk therapy to processyour grief, find the healing you
crave and build back yourconfidence.
I'm your host, dawn Wiggins, atherapist, coach, integrative
healer and divorcee.
Join me for a fresh approach tohealing grief and building your

(00:25):
confidence after divorce.
Maybe it wasn't the yelling,the isolation or the fear that
finally broke you.
Maybe it was being told youwere the problem for wanting to
leave.
In this week's premium episode,we're breaking down what the

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spiritual trauma actually lookslike in the body and why so many
Christian women gaslightthemselves before anyone else
does.
We're talking about howbypassing becomes bondage, how
trauma gets confused withobedience, and how to finally
reclaim a faith that doesn't askyou to bleed to be believed If

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your body is still carrying theguilt the church gave you.
Come join us.
You are not too sensitive,you're awake.
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