Tag: relationships

• Nobody Told Us We Were Allowed to Feel This

  A reflection on the hidden wounds of religious trauma — and the community that forms when someone finally says it out loud (This post contains affiliate links. See my full disclosure on my Resources page.) “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” — Rumi I wrote a post this past week about…

  Sara McGuire

  May 11, 2026

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  codependency, codependency recovery, cptsd, cptsd recovery, cult recovery, deconstruction, faith transition, healing, healing from religion, high control religion, leaving the church, love, mental health, relationships, religious trauma, religious trauma syndrome, secular recovery, spiritual abuse, you are not alone

• Father Wounds.

  “So much of what we learn about love is taught by people who never really loved us.” – r.h. Sin I watched the movie “The Shack” on Netflix for the second time. I weep when I watch this. The main character, Mac, is in a car accident on his way to possibly confront his young…

  Sara McGuire

  February 5, 2022

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  abuse, anxiety, emotional healing, emotional wounds, father, fear, God, inner child, intimacy, love, lover, marriage, mysogynist, patriarchal, rage, rejection, relationships, sex, slave, therapy, trauma, unavailable men, vulnerability