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[Faith] Episode 39: Candice Czubernat - Religious Trauma & LGBTQ+ Christians

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Pete and Jared discuss religious trauma with Candice Czubernat, a therapist and founder of The Christian Closet. Together they identify religious trauma, examine how it especially affects LGBTQ+ people, and explore pathways for healing. Show Notes → ********** This episode is sponsored by AG1. If you want to take ownership of your health, it starts with AG1. Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase at drinkAG1.com/normalpeople. That’s drinkAG1.com/normalpeople. Check it out. ********** This episode is brought to you by Union Presbyterian Seminary. Respond to your call with Union Presbyterian Seminary. Union meets you where you are, with three different platforms for learning, a world-class faculty who will invest in you, a community long after you graduate that supports you and equips you—for service and for leadership. To learn more, visit upsem.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Faith for Normal People, the only other God-ordained podcast on the internet.

0:04.7

I'm Pete Ens, and I'm Jared Bias.

0:10.5

Today on Faith for Normal People, we're talking about religious trauma with Candice

0:16.3

Zubernon. Candice is a graduate of the Moody Bible Institute, interesting, and

0:21.9

the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology.

0:25.0

Candice has been a therapist for 20 years and is the founder of the LGBTQ-plus affirming

0:29.7

online counseling and coaching practice, the Christian closet, which trivia for longtime

0:35.5

listeners was one of our first sponsors.

0:37.7

Yes, right.

0:38.7

Back in the old days.

0:40.1

Back in the day.

0:41.1

She's also the founder and executive director of affirming therapy, a nonprofit whose main goal is to raise money for LGBTQ plus people who can't afford mental health services.

0:50.3

Now don't forget to stay tuned at the end of the episode for quiet time when we will reflect on the episode and what we learned from our conversation with Candace.

0:58.0

Okay folks, let's dive in.

1:01.0

Listen to what's happening inside. Your body is going to show you physically that

1:07.8

something is off. Something is not right here and you can start to learn do you have a stomach ache or

1:14.2

you sweaty is is your throat kind of hurt all of these ways your body are trying to

1:18.9

show you this is not safe you have to begin to do something different than what you've already done in order to try to get a different result. Candice, welcome to the podcast.

1:37.0

Thank you so much.

1:38.0

I'm so happy to be here.

1:39.0

Let's start at the beginning.

1:41.0

What is religious trauma? Well, it's a lot like regular trauma. So

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