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Raised to Obey
This podcast discusses experiences of sexual abuse, religious trauma, purity culture, and emotional neglect. These converstations are honest and direct, but never graphic. Listener discretion is advised.
Episodes
Raised to ObeyEpisode 28: Rest, Reflect & Believe
***Trigger WarningIn this episode, we talk about affirmations, manifestations, and learnin to believe in the things we want for ourselves. We remind ourselves…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 27: Breaking the Picture-Perfect Cycle
*** Trigger WarningWhat people saw from the outside wasn't always what was happening behind closed doors. In this episode, we talk about the families and…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 26: Breaking the Cycle...Again
*** Trigger WarningHealing isn't always a one-and-done process. In this epsiode, we talk about why we sometimes have to release the same emotions and patterns…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 25 Releasing and New Moon Rituals.
*** Trigger WarningIn this epidose, we talk about the reality of releasing the same wounds more than once and why that's a natural part of growth. We share a…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 24: Love, Conditioning, and Healing
*** Trigger WarningIn this episode, we explore how control can be disguised as care, how many of us learned to earn love through compliance, and the lasting…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 23: Answering the Personal Questions We've Faced So Far
***Trigger WarningThis conversation is honest, emotional, and deeply reflective. We talk about finding your voice after years of slience, the unseen work of…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 22: Breaking the Cycle
***Trigger WarningHow much of our energy is spent preparing for converstations, conflicts, and situations that never actually happen? In this episode, we talk…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 21: Signs, Synchronicities, and Unexpected Answers
***Trigger WarningWhat starts as a conversation about being healers and navigation life's challenges takes and unexpected turn. We discuss the ways the…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 20: Finding Friendship After Healing
***Trigger WarningWe talk about how healing can transform our relatinships, why we outgrew old friendships, and how we found a safe and supportive connection…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 19: The Childhood We Needed
***Trigger WarningIn this episode we discuss the complicated frief of recognizing what was missing from our own childhoods and how that influenced the way we…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 18: Healing Through the Craft
***Trigger WarningIn this episode, we discuss how witchcraft has helped us heal, find balance, and become more grounded. We talk about the power of rituals…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 17: Trusting the Craft
***Trigger WarningIn this episode, we talk about identifiying as witches and discovering what the craft means to us personally. We explore intuition, learning…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 16: When Women Aren't Protected
***Trigger WarningIn this episode, we dive into the harsh reality of how women are often left unprotected and unsupported. We talk about distrubing online…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 15: Faith, Fear & Letting Go of Religon
***Trigger WarningIn this episode, we unpack our different upbringings-one in a doomsday, apolcalyptic chruch and the other in a Catholic household. We talk…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 14: More than a Size: Boundaries, Healing & Choosing Ourselves
***Trigger WarningIn this episode, we talk about letting of of the pressure to fit into a certain size-physically and emotionally-and learning to accept…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 13: Triggers, Truths & the Friendship We Didn't Expect.
*** Trigger WarningIn this episode, we talk about the things that still trigger us, our complicated realtionship with our mothers, and the strength it took to…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 12: When the Teenage Inner Child Appears
Trigger Warning***In this episode of Raised to Obey, we talk about how our teenage inner child unexpectedly showed up this week. We reflect on the motions that…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 11: The Cost of Boundaries
Trigger Warning***In this episode of Raised to Obey, we talk about the difficult reality of setting boundaries--even when it means creating distance from close…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 10: Choosing Vulnerability
Trigger Warning***In this episode of Raised to Obey, we talk about what it meas to allow ourselves to be vulnerable and to share our stories openly. We discuss…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 9: How Trauma Showed up in Our Adult Lives
Trigger Warning***In this episode of Raised to Obey, we talk about how the experiences of our childhood followed us into adult life. From relationships and…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 8: Healing the Inner Child
In this episode of Raised to Obey, we talk about the inner child- the parts of us that were shaped by fear, silence, and religion. We explore what healing…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 7 : Filling in the Blanks
Trigger Warning***In this episode of Raised to Obey, we pause to look back at the conversations so far. We recap the stories we've shared, reflect on what's…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 6 : The Teenage Years Part II
Trigger Warning***In this epsiode, we dive into our teenage years - the rules and the rebellion. The quiet and no-so-quiet ways we pushed back. We talk about…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 5: The Teenage Years part I
Trigger Warning***This one is about becoming rebellious - not just in behavior , but in thought. About finding our voices, testing boundaries, and starting to…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 4: What Silence Cost Us
Trigger Warning***In this episode we continue sharing what happened-and what it did to us.We talk about the aftermath:the shame we carried, the ways we coped…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 3: Breaking the Silence
Trigger Warning***(Ignore the fact that I start off saying this is the second episode)In this episode we begin speaking openly about what happened to us.For…
Raised to ObeyEpisode 2 : Why We're Speaking Now
Trigger Warning***In this eposde, we begin naming what happened, questioning what we were taught, and exploring how faith, fear, and 'good girl' condtioning…
Raised to ObeyIntroducing ourselves
In this first episode of Raised to Obey, we share who we are and why we're done staying silent. Raised thousands of miles apart in strict religious homes, we…
Raised to ObeyTrailer
A quick overview of two Gen X women who came together and have more in common than they ever thought possible. From sexual abuse as small children to learning…