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Jared, Allen, and Matt sit down after members of the SBC Executive Committee voted to waive attorney client privilege for the independent third-party investigation of the EC concerning the handling of sexual abuse claims, plus a quick note on news out of OK and NAMB.

BP Report: https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/ec-approves-guidepost-contract-agrees-to-waive-privilege/

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Raven Scott is the author of  Empath and the Narcissist: A healing guide for people pleasers. She focuses on the North Node placement in helping others heal and find their life purpose.

In this conversation, Raven and I talk about how growing up in the church made her more susceptible to narcissistic abuse, what leaving looked like (it wasn't a one-time thing, and that's normal!), and how she has healed. Raven offers practical tips on learning to stand up for yourself.

Resources

Raven's website (and free healing guidebook!) https://www.unlockyourdestiny.net/offers

Raven's Instagram: @unlockyourdestiny.ravenscott

My review of Raven's book:

Raw, authentic, and practical -- Raven Scott delivers a powerful look at the life of an empath, how it so easily leads into the clutches the narcissist, and provides powerful tools to help the empath heal, grow, and live the life they're meant to live. In each chapter, Raven explores treasures lost, human elements at play, and "gifts from the emotional toolbox." She weaves in metaphysical concepts such as the chakras, or energy centers, and astrology, providing brief overviews and resources to learn more. In "Empath & The Narcissist," Raven Scott holds a lantern to those walking an otherwise dark path, providing not only the light of her own journey, but the tools needed to help others find their own way.

Find her on: Tiktok at CourtneyCariniADHDDo you have a walking rainbow in your life? I do. Her name is Courtney. We met on the playground in first grade and have been friends ever since. Courtney is the funniest, smartest, kindest, most colorful person I know, and being able to record a conversation with her was pure magic!

Courtney and I have lived a lot of life together or parallel to each other. We survived a week in the woods with only Annie Lennox to listen to, multiple church camp trips to the Florida beaches, a trip to London and Paris that she won on The Ricki Lake Show, and many many things in between or since all of that.

In Part One of our conversation, Courtney shares her experience of being diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 38 and how she has been able to reinterpret her childhood in light of that diagnosis. We also go deep into our experiences with love, self-love, and narcissistic abuse. This episode is raw, funny, and--IMHO--a must-listen.

Guest: Courtney Carini

Music by Curtis HarrisArtwork by Jennifer Shockey

Episode 4 is all about the Four--Enneagram Four. Charlie Barker (my brother in law!) and I are both Fours and we do Big Feelings. Charlie goes deep about the dissonance he felt growing up in the church (Noah's Ark, anyone?!), recognizing the bleed over into dissonance in his relationships, and learning to embrace the chaos and beauty of his inner voice. We explore the ability to maintain relationships while distancing ourselves from the old stories that had once been at the center of those relationships. We chat about learning to listen to our bodies as a source of truth and knowing. And we laugh about becoming friends after years of being family.

Funny, explorational, honest, and at times slightly awkward, this episode is for those who, as Charlie says, recognize that their brains are trying to believe something their bodies simply can't.

As Charlie has come to embrace his Most True Self, he has self-published a book, continues to write and perform music, and has been able to embrace his life in its entirety.

Charlie's website is www.tinystudio92.com 
His book, Wind Walker, can be found on Amazon.

To learn more about the podcast, check the website, www.mosttrueyoupodcast.com.
Learn more about the host, Kelly Irene, on Instagram @ikellyirene

Many people who go down the road of deconstructing their faith end up finding a way to reconstruct it somehow. Spoiler alert: I did not rebuild. 

This episode covers my thoughts on choosing not to rebuild, calling out the bullsh*t of silencing victims in the church, and recognizing the exclusion of others and the threat of eternal torture as a mirage meant to control others.

A hope-filled recognition of pain,  healing, and beauty, this episode is for all who have felt excluded, silenced, shunned, shamed, or harmed in any way by the church.

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Instagram: @ikellyirene