Best Clare Corado Speaking On Religious Trauma Podcasts (2025)

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Parenting After Leaving High-Demand Religions: Why It’s Harder but Healthier 14:38

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Are you worried about how leaving a high-control or high-demand religion might affect your children's upbringing? Many parents fear that without the strict structure of their former faith, their kids may struggle or become "rebellious." This episode challenges those fears, explaining why parenting outside authoritarian religious systems can actuall…

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"You'll only need your degree if your husband dies" | Deconstructing spiritual trauma from high control groups 13:39

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Have you ever been told that your education only matters if your husband dies, and felt something inside you recoil even while you tried to believe it was "godly wisdom"? This episode explores the spiritual trauma women face in high control religious groups and the process of recovering from abuse and harmful conditioning. If you were taught that y…

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Breaking the Rule to Always Say Yes: Reclaiming Intuition from Religious Trauma 15:34

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Why were women taught to always say yes, even when their intuition screamed no? In this episode, we dive deep into how religious trauma and spiritual abuse in high control and high demand religions train women to ignore their inner voice, often at the cost of their safety and self-worth. If you grew up in such an environment, you might have been co…

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Religious Trauma and the Pressure to Have Many Children: Healing Spiritual Abuse from High-Control Religions 15:11

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If you were raised in a high-control faith and still feel guilt around having fewer or no children, this episode offers healing for religious trauma and spiritual abuse pressures. Many women learn to prove their worth through unlimited childbirth, often at the expense of their health, finances, and dreams. In this episode, we explores the motives b…

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Deconstructing "Men are the head, but women are the neck" | Reclaiming your voice after spiritual abuse and leaving a high-demand religion 17:19

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If you grew up in a high-control religion and are recovering from abuse, you might still find yourself self-censoring or managing others subtly instead of expressing your true needs. This episode deconstructs the "men are the head, women are the neck" metaphor, unpacking how it fuels sexism and unhealthy communication patterns that linger even afte…

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“I know this church is true” deconstructed. | The role of blind faith in religious trauma and spiritual abuse in high demand religions 15:48

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What if letting go of the need to be 100 percent certain is the very thing that finally gives you peace? If you grew up in a high demand religion repeating statements like “I know this church is true,” you were trained to prize certainty over curiosity. This episode helps you recognize how that conditioning can fuel anxiety, people-pleasing, and bl…

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Am I Still a Good Person After Leaving Religion? Heal Spiritual Abuse, Trauma, and Shame from High Demand Religion 15:32

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After you left your high-control group, do you secretly worry that leaving may have made you a 'bad' person? Spiritual abuse, religious trauma, and shame from high demand religions can impact our lives long after leaving. This episode speaks to that lingering fear by separating your personal morality from church attendance, so you can stop second-g…

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Deconstructing “Submit to Your Husband” | Women’s empowerment as an antidote to spiritual abuse after leaving high-demand religions 16:34

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Have you ever been told to “submit to your husband”? This episode of Brainwash Be Gone unpacks one of the most damaging and normalized teachings from high-control, high demand religions and reveals how it impacts women’s autonomy, self-worth, and relationships even after leaving religion. If you’ve ever struggled with people-pleasing, self-censorsh…

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Heck yeah, “My Body is a Temple” | What women exvangelicals, exmormons, recovering catholics, and former jehovah’s witnesses need to recover from religious trauma and fully enjoy our bodies 12:59

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Have you ever been told “your body is a temple” in a way that left you feeling ashamed, restricted, or disconnected from yourself? For many of us, this is part of our religious trauma. If you’re healing from high-control religion, rules about modesty, purity, and appearance can linger as anxiety, scrupulosity, and disconnection from your own desire…

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“Motherhood is your highest purpose” can lead to low self-worth and religious trauma. How exvangelicals, excatholics, and exmormon women can choose an authentic life whether they have kids or not. 15:32

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What if your worth has nothing to do with whether you become a mother, how many children you have, or how perfectly you parent? If you were taught that motherhood is your highest purpose, you might still feel pressure, guilt, or confusion when your real life does not match that script. This episode helps you untangle those messages so you can build…

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“Don’t Ask Questions” is a tool of spiritual abuse used by high demand religions; bring back your curious side to heal religious trauma! 14:05

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High demand religions don't tolerate questions. This episode explores spiritual abuse in high demand religions and the importance of reclaiming your curiosity. Were you ever told to stop asking questions about your faith, and did it make you doubt your own judgment? If you've grown up in or left a high-control religion, you may still feel a tug-of-…

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Deconstructing “Marriage is forever” [Women overcoming religious trauma as an exvangelical, exmormon, recovering catholic, or former jehovah’s witness] 18:51

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Explore the impact of rigid beliefs on personal freedom as we discuss the ‘marriage is forever’ doctrine. Have you ever felt trapped by the belief that a promise, especially one about marriage, must be kept no matter the cost? If you grew up in a high-control religion, you were likely taught that breaking vows is sinful or shameful. But what if tha…

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Season 2 Trailer: Deconstructing religious trauma and spiritual abuse for exvangelicals, exmormons, excatholics, former jehovah's witness 0:59

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If you’ve quit a high control, high demand religion, or cult after suffering spiritual abuse and religious trauma, then YOU know, just like I know, how super frustrating it can be to realize that – although we’re physically free – that old psychological conditioning still echoes in our minds over and over, sometimes for years or even decades after …

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The Mirror of Sovereignty 10:21

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Personal development can focus a lot on our own boundaries, our own self care, our own desires... but we can learn so much from observing, recognizing, and respecting the sovereignty of the people around us. Topics: Religious trauma, spiritual abuse, deconstruction, exmormon, exvangelical, recovering catholic, former jehovah's witness, women's empo…

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A Stress-Less Way to Discover your Life's Purpose 9:29

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Maybe the answer to one of life's greatest questions is not a snappy elevator pitch. This episode is about following the clues from the universe to find your next step. Topics: Religious trauma, spiritual abuse, deconstruction, exmormon, exvangelical, recovering catholic, former jehovah's witness, women's empowerment, feminism, leaving religion, se…

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I'm a basic Karen with RBF and ... IDGAF 9:03

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Silly-seeming memes can be surprisingly insidious in their impact on how we live. In this episode, we break down how online humor about women often surreptitiously conveys social rules we are expected to follow but that's not in our best interests. We'll talk about being "Basic," being a "Karen," and "Resting Bitch Face." Topics: Religious trauma, …

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Why You Need to Go "Too Far" 11:07

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Growing and changing can feel new and uncomfortable. This episode talks about one important thing to keep in mind as you're trying to embody new ways of being. Topics: Religious trauma, spiritual abuse, deconstruction, exmormon, exvangelical, recovering catholic, former jehovah's witness, women's empowerment, feminism, leaving religion, self-worth,…

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How to Go with "The Flow" 15:28

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Scheduling your life based on the rhythms of your menstrual cycle can be magical. Each phase of our cycles can be a gift in its own way! Resources mentioned in the episode: https://floliving.com for info about hormone science, MyFlo app, and founder Alisa Vitti www.theroyalshaman.com for info about spiritual teacher Makhosi, aka The Royal Shaman *(…

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From Naive Girl to Wise Woman 19:02

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Naivety in women has historically been celebrated, but there is so much more awesomeness that awaits us when we transition into true, mature womanhood. This episode is about observing how we may have been conditioned to show up in various life scenarios, and what a wise and discerning grown ass adult woman would ideally do instead. Topics: Religiou…

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Making Friends as an Adult 7:29

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Why is it so much harder to make close friends as an adult? This episode is about acting intentionally to recruit some awesome friends in this era of your life. Topics: Religious trauma, spiritual abuse, deconstruction, exmormon, exvangelical, recovering catholic, former jehovah's witness, women's empowerment, feminism, leaving religion, self-worth…

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The Art of Taking Up Space 13:09

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So many of us have been taught that to be a good girl or a polite woman, we have to be physically small and demure. and modest, and just really fold ourselves into the smallest space possible. We learn to shrink ourselves in both physical and more metaphorical ways. And the effect of having been conditioned to do that really holds back our true ess…

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Spoiler Alert: You deserve good things! 6:54

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Yep, you are going to need to increase your tolerance for accepting all the good things in your life! Topics: Religious trauma, spiritual abuse, deconstruction, exmormon, exvangelical, recovering catholic, former jehovah's witness, women's empowerment, feminism, leaving religion, self-worth, high demand religions, high control groups Contact: Hugs@…

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Accepting your authority 10:30

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Recognizing your self-authority is the foundation of living an authentic life. In this episode, we talk about why this is an inescapable truth, what self-authority means, and how to still accept advice in certain contexts. Topics: Religious trauma, spiritual abuse, deconstruction, exmormon, exvangelical, recovering catholic, former jehovah's witnes…

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You are already free (time to embrace it!) 10:09

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Our culture teaches women to believe that we are supposed to have a limited role in society. In this introductory episode, I tell the story of how I went from being a girl in a conservative religious community to a liberated woman living life on my own terms, and why I started this podcast. Topics: Religious trauma, spiritual abuse, deconstruction,…

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Season 1 Trailer: Break free from religious trauma after leaving high demand religions with spiritual abuse 1:07

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So often when we think about feminism, we think about the process of trying to change the patriarchal social and political structures that are outside of us that are impacting our experience. However, we're overlooking completely the realm where we actually have the most power and the most authority to make changes: within ourselves. We can free ou…

Clare Corado Speaking On Religious Trauma Podcasts

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Brainwash Be Gone! | Break free of religious trauma as women leaving high demand religions [Deconstruction of spiritual abuse for Exvangelicals, Exmormons, Recovering Catholics, Former Jehovah’s Witnesses ...

Clare Corado | Speaking on Religious Trauma, Spiritual Abuse, and Leaving High Demand Religions

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Parenting After Leaving High-Demand Religions: Why It’s Harder but Healthier 14:38

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"You'll only need your degree if your husband dies" | Deconstructing spiritual trauma from high control groups 13:39

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Breaking the Rule to Always Say Yes: Reclaiming Intuition from Religious Trauma 15:34

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Religious Trauma and the Pressure to Have Many Children: Healing Spiritual Abuse from High-Control Religions 15:11

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Deconstructing "Men are the head, but women are the neck" | Reclaiming your voice after spiritual abuse and leaving a high-demand religion 17:19

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“I know this church is true” deconstructed. | The role of blind faith in religious trauma and spiritual abuse in high demand religions 15:48

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Am I Still a Good Person After Leaving Religion? Heal Spiritual Abuse, Trauma, and Shame from High Demand Religion 15:32

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Deconstructing “Submit to Your Husband” | Women’s empowerment as an antidote to spiritual abuse after leaving high-demand religions 16:34

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Heck yeah, “My Body is a Temple” | What women exvangelicals, exmormons, recovering catholics, and former jehovah’s witnesses need to recover from religious trauma and fully enjoy our bodies 12:59

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“Motherhood is your highest purpose” can lead to low self-worth and religious trauma. How exvangelicals, excatholics, and exmormon women can choose an authentic life whether they have kids or not. 15:32

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“Don’t Ask Questions” is a tool of spiritual abuse used by high demand religions; bring back your curious side to heal religious trauma! 14:05

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Deconstructing “Marriage is forever” [Women overcoming religious trauma as an exvangelical, exmormon, recovering catholic, or former jehovah’s witness] 18:51

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Season 2 Trailer: Deconstructing religious trauma and spiritual abuse for exvangelicals, exmormons, excatholics, former jehovah's witness 0:59

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The Mirror of Sovereignty 10:21

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A Stress-Less Way to Discover your Life's Purpose 9:29

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I'm a basic Karen with RBF and ... IDGAF 9:03

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Why You Need to Go "Too Far" 11:07

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How to Go with "The Flow" 15:28

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From Naive Girl to Wise Woman 19:02

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Making Friends as an Adult 7:29

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The Art of Taking Up Space 13:09

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Spoiler Alert: You deserve good things! 6:54

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Accepting your authority 10:30

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You are already free (time to embrace it!) 10:09

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Season 1 Trailer: Break free from religious trauma after leaving high demand religions with spiritual abuse 1:07