Joy Brooks - Faith’s Shadow Side: Facing Spiritual Bypassing (N347)

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Post-evangelical, Reconstruction, Liberation Theology, Religion & Spirituality, Christian Mysticism, Progressive Christianity, Faith Shift, Deconstruction, Evolving Faith, Religious Trauma Healing, Embodied Spirituality, Spiritual Direction, Mystical Christianity, Contemplative Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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In this episode, we speak with therapist Joy Brooks about spiritual bypassing—how well-meaning spiritual beliefs and practices can sometimes mask or avoid the difficult emotions and wounds we all carry. Drawing on psychology, contemplative...

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to Nomad Podcast. I'm Tim Nash, and this is still Nick Thorley.
0:40.8	Good grief.
0:41.8	Over the last two episodes, I've failed to make Nick Christian again, even when we got the big guns out, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Roan Williams.
0:49.8	So I thought instead we'd just return to looking at all the ways that Christianity has messed us up.
0:54.9	I might be a Christian, Tim.
0:56.6	We just don't know, do we?
0:57.9	We're not sure.
0:59.0	Who knows?
1:00.0	Not clear.
1:00.7	It's just not clear.
1:01.2	No.
1:01.7	Today we're talking about spiritual bypassing.
1:04.1	But before all that, Nick, why don't you share some of the trivialities of your life with us?
1:08.2	Well, I've got a new dishwasher.
1:10.0	Yes. Ticking along nicely.
1:11.7	Although my kickboards need replacing.
1:13.7	So after this, my hoping that Tim might saw my old kickboard in half.
1:17.0	So what I can do, mate.
1:18.3	I took Chakley to the vets tonight.
1:20.8	He's put on five, what's it, below a kilogram?
1:24.9	Gram.
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