About this episode

Kate Johnson discusses her experiences with trauma and the process of deconstructing her evangelical upbringing.

Content warning: child abuse, religious abuse, religious trauma, child sexual abuse material, image-based sexual abuse, financial abuse, emotional abuse, mental abuse, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and suicidal ideation. Kate Johnson is a survivor, writer, poet, and occasional humorist whose work explores the process of deconstructing the evangelical beliefs and structures in which she was raised. A wordsmith who has also lived with a parent on the sex offender registry, Kate shares about the impact of her trauma, shame, grief, and estrangement. Her goal is to offer people inspiration and awareness amidst their own personal deconstruction process. The Broken Cycle Media team is incredibly appreciative of Kate's energy, time, advocacy, and her willingness to discuss hard truths in order to help ease others' trauma and lift their shame. Kate on Substack: https://substack.com/@katejohnsonwrites Kate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katejohnsonwrites/ Kate on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katejohnsonwrites For a list of resources and non-profit organizations that can help, please visit http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources

People in this episode

Guest: Kate Johnson

Topics covered

• survivorship
• religious trauma
• deconstruction
• child abuse
• mental health
• advocacy

Keywords

• child abuse
• religious abuse
• trauma
• deconstruction
• mental health
• advocacy
• survivor

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Broken Cycle Media, Something Was Wrong

Books & works: Substack, Instagram, TikTok

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