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takes a moment, but it has a big impact on Emily Maynard here again for part two.

Emily was with us last time. A quick refresher. If you have not listened to Part 1, which you should, but if you haven't listened,

Emily is a licensed marriage and family therapist here in California.

She is also EMDR certified.

She works a lot with religious trauma.

I can check her website out, which we will have linked in the bio.

And today we're going to dive into a couple different topics. The first one being warning signs

that may be indicating you're in a dysfunctional church organization or ministry. And Emily is also

going to reference not only John's story, but some other

episodes that she's listened to to kind of highlight some of the things she's talking about.

So welcome back, Emily. Thanks for having me back. It's great to see you all again.

Well, wonderful. Well, let's dive right in because this is a totally light subject. So talk to us

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