Posts tagged religion
When Discerning Between Right and Wrong After Leaving Christianity, Ask Yourself This Question

When leaving Christianity and going through the deconstruction process, you may find it challenging to figure out right and wrong on your own.

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Looking Back, I Can See the First Signs of Religious Trauma. I Just Didn’t Know What Was Happening.

The first time I notice that religious trauma was beginning to affect me was with religious scrupulosity or religious OCD.

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How to Start Making Career and Life Decisions After Leaving Christianity

If this is or could be a struggle for you, please know that there are ways to find some clarity about how to move forward without religion.

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4 Key Changes I Had to Make to Go from Christianity to Spirituality

When I read journal entries from even the time when I was making the transition, I find that I don’t know the person who wrote them.

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How Can You Establish a New Identity After Leaving Christianity?

If your identity was strongly tied to your religion, it’s possible you now find yourself in the middle of an identity crisis.

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The Importance of Self-Discovery When Leaving Christianity for Spirituality

As you uncover your own authentic spirituality, you have to take time to uncover what you truly believe and what spiritual practices feel good to you.

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5 Challenges You May Face When Leaving Christianity for Spirituality (and How to Overcome Them)

It was challenging for me to go from being solid in my Christian faith to establishing my own belief system and living according to it. But I’ve also found it very freeing.

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How Switching from Religious to Spiritual Helped Ease My Religious Scrupulosity

When you’re a religious person who earnestly wants to do the right thing, you become willing to listen to guidance from wherever it comes.

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5 Signs It’s Time to Transition from Being Religious to Being Spiritual

When you become spiritual, you’re open to exploring new forms of spirituality.

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How Religion Taught Me to Take a Passive Approach to Life

The way I understood things before, I wasn’t supposed to make big decisions about my life.

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Two Things I Learned After Leaving Religion Behind

I believe we should try to practice spirituality in a way that feels right to us, not in a way that people tell us we’re supposed to do it.

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