The first time I changed my name I was 4. I went strictly by Katie for a whole year. Insistent upon wearing dresses alone, and that no one call me “Madison” all through Kindergarten. Looking back, maybe it was because my dad and his second wife named their new baby girl Madeline that year...
Read MoreA month or so ago I was in the midst of deep grief (that really began to compound a heavy dose of self-pity, angry that I had to grieve at all). I began obsessing over the ways I’d felt broken. Misunderstood. Rejected. Unsafe. Not belonging. “I suck. I’m the worst, life isn’t fair!!!!!” is usually how these fits sound.
Read MoreI was convinced life was meant to be hard. Relationships like sandpaper. Joy- fleeting Pleasure- sinful My body- bad Ease- not to be trusted Rest- earned. I crumpled up those beliefs, threw them in the fire, watched them burn bright until they were nothing and began again to claim my joy. I choose to believe Heaven was always here.
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I was so honored to be invited to have a raw, honest conversation with Brenda Marie Davies, the soul behind God is Grey - a youtube channel & podcast that champions for sex positive, intellectual and affirming Chistianity. We got to speak on the ways we move through religious trauma, detaching from what we are told…
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