by Deborah Cox | Sep 7, 2025 | anger, Becoming More of Your True Self, body psychotherapy, cultural healing, dissociation, Feel Better, getting grounded, Relational Cultural Theory, Relationships, religion, religious abuse, Wife Material, Women
In When the Body Says No, physician Gabor Maté reveals a hard truth: when we silence our emotions, our bodies eventually speak for us—through illness. Autoimmune disease, chronic fatigue, even cancer often emerge in people who have spent years denying their own anger,...
by Deborah Cox | Jan 12, 2021 | anger, cultural healing, Relational Cultural Theory, religion, religious abuse
So Many Sick People A sea of sick people. Not bad people. Just regular people who’ve joined at least one cult. I believe that bad religion, religious abuse, and spiritual trauma hurt the individual, the community, and the world. Right now, the United States has...
by Deborah Cox | Mar 10, 2018 | Becoming More of Your True Self, Feel Better, following inspiration, Relational Cultural Theory, Therapy, Women
Here’s a story about being inspired and suppressing it. This morning I got behind a slow-moving Buick on a major thoroughfare. I encountered the same dark green Buick, ten minutes before, when I was crossing a downtown street. On foot, I got up close and looked...
by Deborah Cox | Aug 1, 2016 | Becoming More of Your True Self, Create Art, Write and Heal
Toxic Faith & Political Abuse Spiritual practice should calm and ground you – so you feel hopeful, refreshed, more generous, and more compassionate. Religion and philosophy should promote ever-increasing access to your wise mind or Higher Self. But some...
by Deborah Cox | Jul 25, 2016 | Mood
How do I know if I’m in an abusive church? Religious abuse keeps us quiet because of the beliefs that support it. In fact, if you have difficulty with your faith tradition or your church, you probably think it’s YOU with the problem – not the spiritual guidance...
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