Isolated but Not Alone: Spiritual Grooming

Isolated but Not Alone

On today's episode, I'm pausing our discussion on structural therapy to address a current situation that is having a profound impact on me that has all kinds of intersectionality within the rural and isolated communities in which I have interaction and reside. I'm going to dive into the difficult and complex topic of spiritual grooming, which I believe often leads to sexual abuse. Spiritual grooming has become an epidemic in evangelical communities and is often subtle affecting children and adults. It is subtle because it uses our spirituality against us, and causes us to distrust ourselves and our buddies in order to trust others who claim that what they are saying comes from God. On this week's episode, I'm going to take the listeners into a current example of where spiritual grooming is suspected and talk about its profound effects on the family and the individual.

Intro/Outro music & Transition Sounds, ambient-atmospheric-4947, found at https://cdn.pixabay.com/download/audio/2021/06/07/audio_cdfb955189.mp3?filename=ambient-atmospheric-4947.mp3

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