Seeking Truth & Grace w/Erin Burchwell

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Erin Burchwell is a Columbus, Ohio-based florist, designer and illustrator. She grew up as a faculty kid on the campus of Bob Jones University, an extremely conservative Christian college known for its strict rules and controversial beliefs. In 2014, Erin interviewed with GRACE, an independent ombudsman who reviewed the University’s mishandling of sexual assault reports. She and others chose to break their anonymity in the report when the school fired the GRACE team. Erin manages her own floral business specializing in events, décor and commissioned murals. Some of her work was recently featured online by Architectural Digest this year. She has illustrated three children’s picture books about Ohio and enjoys visiting schools and teaching students about publishing. Erin’s commitments extend well beyond her business. She is a dedicated volunteer teacher and fundraiser for many organizations including nursing homes, women’s prisons, after-school programs, and children’s museums. She lives with her husband, Jason, her daughter Gracie, and two dogs, Fred and Mose. In this engaging and important conversation, Erin details her experience as a "Faculty Kid" growing up on the grounds of the notorious Bob Jones University. She explains how the patriarchal and authoritarian culture of the organization was even more intense for the children of staff members. Erin goes on to share with Rachel how her own personal experiences motivated her to participate in the third-party investigation that came to be known as the GRACE report. Before You Go: Rachel explains how the unrealistic expectations and labor exploitation of the administration became easier to recognize as harmful after it was revealed that serious abuse was regularly covered up. Follow Erin on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/erin_burchwell/?hl=en Follow her shop at: https://www.instagram.com/thebloomshoppe/?hl=en All of Rachel's free informational PDF documents are available here: www.rachelbernsteintherapy.com/pdf.html All of Rachel's video lectures are available for purchase here: www.rachelbernsteintherapy.com/webinar.html To help support the show monthly and get bonus episodes, shirts, and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Prefer to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link: www.paypal.me/indoctrination Connect with us on Social Media: Twitter: twitter.com/_indoctrination Facebook: www.facebook.com/indoctrinationpodcast Tik Tok: www.tiktok.com/@indoctrinationpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/indoctrinationpodcast/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/rachelbernsteinlmft You can always help the show for free by leaving a rating on Spotify or a review on Apple/ iTunes. It really helps the visibility of the show Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:13.6	Hi, everyone.
0:14.8	I wanted to remind you that if you are interested in downloading any information that might be of interest to you
0:23.3	from my website with subjects that I think would be of interest to you, please go to
0:28.5	rachel Bernsteintherapy.com and find some things there. And also, you can find some
0:36.6	webinars that you're able to pay for to order.
0:42.5	And they are for people who have been involved in cultic groups or have been in relationships
0:48.7	with controllers.
0:49.9	And another one for the loved ones, the friends and family, those who want to know how to reach out and help their loved one who is in a bad situation or has come out of one and needs extra support.
1:03.9	I also want to make sure that you know about the support group that I run every other week on Zoom.
1:11.5	You can find out about it also on my website.
1:15.1	And if your situation, an experience that you've had,
1:19.6	qualifies for this kind of support group,
1:22.1	where you've been involved in a cult or in a relationship with a controller,
1:26.0	and you want to be able to get some support or you
1:29.1	are the family and friends of someone who has been involved in a situation like that and you want
1:35.1	to be a part of the support group to hear from some of the former members to see what
1:40.4	helped them leave and what they're needing since they left. It is a really wonderfully
1:45.6	supportive support group and it is something that I've been doing for many years and it's quite
1:53.4	gratifying and has been a very useful tool for a lot of people but also helps pierce the
2:00.1	isolation that a lot of people are feeling also helps pierce the isolation that a lot of people are
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