The Life After Podcast

Don‘t Be a Dick (Ethics x Real Life) with Rev. Dr. Sheri Pallas

Rev. Dr. Sheri Pallas (activist, ally) joins the show to discuss "God" (and why she uses quotes), how an injustice done by a church toward her family pushed her to care deeply about religion, and her perspective on Deconstruction Culture as someone who left fundamentalism years ago ("deconstruction legacy," I'm calling it 😉).
Find Sheri's website at sheripallas.com and her YouTube channel at youtube.com/FiresideCreators.
 
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The RED Flags of Ted Dekker (Christian Celebrity x Grooming) with Emily Dukes

Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of sexually predatory behavior and the retelling of a racial, anti-fatness comment
 
Emily Dukes joins The Life After to tell how her love for Christian fiction put her on the path to be groomed (use of privileged relationships to normalize exploiting a young person's body) by novelist Ted Dekker, what she's discovered about herself, and how she's pushing back.
 
This episode begins with Brady retelling his experience of being groped by a trusted church friend during the beginning of his deconstruction.
 
 
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Chuck‘s Goodbye (Reflection x Show‘s Future) with Chuck Parson

Welcome to The Life After Podcast Season 3!
Chuck Parson joins the show one last time as co-host to catch up, announce his departure, and tease his next steps.
Stay tuned this season of The Life After Podcast for more important conversations with courageous people about deconstructing Christian beliefs!
 
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Bonus Catch-Up Conversation: Alice Grecyzn

Alice Grecyzn (actress and upcoming author) re-joins Chuck and Brady to update her life since the recording of the last episode months and months ago.
 
Follow her important work helping deconstructors at www.daretodoubt.org.
 
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Dare to Doubt (Courage x Self-Discovery) with Alice Grecyzn

Alice Grecyzn (actress and upcoming author) joins Chuck and Brady to discuss her life after homeschooling as a PK, the Toronto Blessing (a charismatic movement in the 90's), and an almost-wedding pressured upon her by prophecy.
 
Follow her important work helping deconstructors at www.daretodoubt.org.
 
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We Were Sanctified Holy Rollers (Trauma-Informed x Forgiveness) with Suandria Hall

Denver-based counselor and coach, Suandria Hall, joins Chuck and Brady to unpack her Life After.
Suandaria's father was a preacher. So much of her life was entrenched in church culture, filled with rules and expectations. After learning beyond what the Bible could offer, she became interested in why people do what they do. She landed on counseling with an emphasis on religious trauma. Though her religious trauma experience didn't begin until leaving the community, she became a mental health provider for those leaving the faith. She helps people set boundaries, have healthier relationships with forgiveness, and become empowered to be who they are without indoctrinated expectations.
In this episode, they also discuss:
what it means to be "trauma-informed"
growing up in a black church community
forgiveness culture
why it's okay not to forgive and forget
community building after church
To get in touch with Suandaria, visit her website, mychoicemypower.com.
 
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Distanced Socializing (COVID x Meaning-Making) with Chuck and Brady

The Life After Podcast Hosts, Chuck Parson (R) and Brady Hardin (L), take a pause on their backlog of upcoming episodes to have a special, no-guest episode to address Coronavirus.
 
In this episode, they discuss:
-how to keep End-Time anxiety at bay during current events-recommendations for staying busy-grieving-meaning-making-Chuck says "fuzzy red balls" and Brady doesn't laugh-Plus A LOT more!
 
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Sheltered and Exposed (Sexual Discovery x Trusting Yourself) with Victoria Lynn Myers

Victoria Lynn Myers (model) joins Chuck and Brady to unpack her life after!
She grew up in a very strict, Independent Baptist home with many, many rules, but Victoria noticed she didn't value the beliefs over her experience like those around her. When her church community showed obsessions with modesty, she knew there were still horrible sexual abuse occurring.
Her world turned up-side down when Victoria had an empowering sexual experience with someone of the same gender, an act her community strictly forbade as shameful and wrong. That wasn't Victoria's experience, and she wasn't set on reading from their script. Instead, she left the shelter of her family and church community to experience the world that she was conditioned to fear. When she faced difficulties on her own, including sexual abuse, she had to lean on herself and pulled through victoriously.
Listen to Victoria's brave story of overcoming oppression and showing her true self to the world.
Visit Victoria's website here: victorialynnmyers.com
 
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Growing Smaller (Disordered Eating x Therapy) with Laura M.

CW: Anorexia 
Chuck and Brady are joined by Laura M, who opens up about her childhood struggling in silence with a Fundamentalism-fueled eating disorder.
 
Laura, like many women raised in Christianity, was taught to be silent and smaller. When tragedy struck her family, she developed anorexia out of a need to be seen and to have a feeling of control in a time of uncertainty. The eating disorder became increasingly dangerous, leaving her with the ultimatum: Get well or risk death within 28 days.
 
Listen to Laura's inspiring story of how she gained her life after toxic religion and anorexia with the help of professional therapy. The episode begins with Chuck and Brady's practical mental health advice.
 
To learn more about eating disorders or to find support, resources, and treatment options for yourself or a loved one, visit, www.nationaleatingdisorders.org.
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Bye Jesus (Post-Christian Spirituality x Spiritual Abuse) with Carrie Maya

 CW: This episode includes mentions of race-based physical abuse, racial slurs, sexual abuse, and mention of childhood violence.
Carrie Maya, calling from Australia, opens up to Chuck and Brady about her life after leaving a high-demand Charismatic community, spiritual abuse, and life-long conditioning to submit to authority.
 
A very tumultuous childhood and extreme Fundamentalism positioned Carried to be victimized by self-seeking authoritative voices. First, it was family. Then her pastor. And finally, an intimate partner. Carrie retells how she changed the narrative and discovered help in finding spirituality outside of Christianity.
 
To learn more about Carrie and her book, visit her insta @Hexvangelical.
 
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