Ep. 235 - Dr. Cristy Carr "Reclaiming the Forgotten Self" pt. 2
The Deconstructionists
John Williamson
4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
What happens when the version of you that survived… isn’t the version of you that’s whole?
In Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Cristy Carr, we move deeper—beyond awareness and into the work of healing. Together, we explore what it looks like to reconnect with the parts of ourselves that were silenced, shaped, or suppressed by trauma, religious systems, and the need to belong.
This episode isn’t about quick fixes or easy answers. It’s about the slow, often uncomfortable process of becoming whole again.
Dr. Cristy Carr is a therapist, speaker, and author of The Forgotten Self. Her work focuses on trauma, identity formation, and helping individuals reconnect with their authentic selves—especially those navigating faith transitions and deconstruction.
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| 0:00.0 | When you remember that you are actually a beautiful soul, deeply, deeply loved, you can come back to who you truly are. |
| 0:08.4 | And you can come back to what, I don't know if you've heard of Dr. Lisa Miller, she's done research out of Columbia about spirituality is our innate birthright. |
| 0:17.6 | Every single person is designed to have a connection with the divine. And this |
| 0:24.4 | is what spiritually severs. So when you heal from this, you can come back to this forgotten self |
| 0:29.5 | and realize that you are a beautiful soul, deeply loved, deeply worthy of love. and that's the healing process. |
| 0:40.6 | Welcome to The Deconstructionist podcast. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm your host John Williamson. |
| 0:44.6 | And we are back with part two. |
| 0:46.7 | And if part one was about recognizing the self we lost, then part two is about what it |
| 0:52.6 | looks like to find it again. |
| 0:57.0 | Because once you start pulling on those threads, questioning beliefs, rethinking identity, letting go of certainty, you don't just lose something, |
| 1:02.0 | you actually create space. |
| 1:04.0 | But space can be uncomfortable, even disoriented. |
| 1:07.0 | So what do you do with it? |
| 1:09.0 | How do you begin to build, not from pressure of fear, |
| 1:12.9 | but from something more honest? We are back with Dr. Christie S. Carr, continuing our conversation |
| 1:19.3 | around her book, The Forgotten Self. In this episode, we explore what it actually looks like |
| 1:24.2 | to reconnect with your inner self, the role of embodiment, awareness and |
| 1:28.4 | healing, and how to move forward without needing to have everything figured out. And just a quick |
| 1:33.7 | reminder, if you want to go deeper with us, our new Patreon is now live with exclusive content, |
| 1:39.6 | bonus episodes, and educational videos. You can find that link in the show notes. And if you want to support |
| 1:45.1 | the show in another way, check out our merch store. Now shipping worldwide. We've got some really |
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