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Tears of Eden w/ Katherine Spearing MA, CTRC

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8566 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Katherine Spearing is a Certified Trauma Recovery Coach and the founder of “Tears of Eden”, a nonprofit supporting survivors of Spiritual Abuse, where she hosts its' affiliate podcast, “Uncertain.” Katherine is also the host of the “Trauma & Pop Culture” podcast. As a writer, Katherine has penned several nonfiction articles and is also the author of the historical romantic comedy, “Hartford”, a novel that challenges gender roles in a patriarchal society. It’s a story that Katherine says should appeal especially to fans of Jane Austen. She has been a guest on a number of podcasts, and a guest speaker at multiple events. In this honest and revealing conversation, Katherine opens up to Rachel about growing up in the "stay-at-home daughter" movement. She details her early skepticism of the patriarchal teachings she learned as a child and explains how she started to plot her escape from the toxic culture of high-control religion. Before You Go: Rachel offers insights into how patriarchal Christian teachings can have long-term negative impacts on members of all genders. She goes on to explain how to safely incorporate teachings from the Bible that may still resonate with faithful survivors after leaving behind a toxic church culture. You can find more info on Katherine and her work at: www.katherinespearing.com 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.

0:13.8

Hi, everybody. Once again, thinking about everyone around the world and all the people who have been affected by the news, by not only

0:23.6

war and terrorism, but by earthquakes and other tragedies that people need to be supported through.

0:35.7

So we are sending all of our good wishes here from the show to everyone out there who needs

0:42.1

to hear it right now.

0:43.5

And to all of you who might be suffering in one area of the world that has been hit hard.

1:00.8

Thank you. I want to also thank our listeners in Poland.

1:10.1

Again, very interesting place for me to think about people listening to this show because of my family's history there.

1:13.6

It's very much appreciated and I'm so interested to hear from you to let me know what speaks to you from that part of the world.

1:21.9

So for today, we have Catherine Spearing. She's a certified trauma recovery coach and the founder of Tears of Eden,

1:30.2

a non-profit supporting survivors of spiritual abuse where she hosts its affiliate podcast, Uncertain.

1:37.7

Catherine is also the host of the Trauma and Pop Culture podcast and as a writer.

1:42.7

Catherine has penned several nonfiction articles and is also the

1:45.8

author of the historical romantic comedy Hartford, a novel that challenges gender roles in a patriarchal

1:53.1

society. Hmm, go figure why that's a subject. It's a story that Catherine says should appeal

1:59.2

especially to fans of Jane Austen.

2:02.1

She has been a guest on a number of podcasts and a guest speaker at multiple events,

2:06.4

and you can find more info on Catherine and her work at catherinespiering.com.

2:15.3

Here's Catherine now.

2:16.5

Here's Catherine now. here's katherine now today on today on the show i have katherine sparing with me i'm so happy to have you here. I want you to be able to talk about

2:37.7

your experiences that led to all of the work that you're doing now and your own show,

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