Poema S9 009 | Carissa Explains (Nothing) Deconstruction

TW: Spiritual abuse, evangelicalism, toxic religion

Today I'm joined by Carissa (@carissaexplainsnothing) who courageously shares her story, including her deconstruction and experience of toxic religion.

She talks about her upbringing with evangelicalism, and a path she began to see as already pre-determined and inevitable.

Carissa shares some of the spiritual abuse she experienced, and the grief she experienced leaving evangelicalism behind, and at the end of her marriage. And then she tells us about her experience of deconstruction, the risks and the joys of creating a new life, and discovering who she's always been.