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When Faith Breaks Your Heart: Healing from Religious Betrayal | The Healing Journey
This episode of The Healing Journey explores the profound and often isolated grief of religious betrayal, offering a compassionate roadmap for those navigating the aftermath of spiritual abuse. Host Melissa Sloan addresses the unique psychological fracture that occurs when a faith community—the supposed source of safety and unconditional love—becomes the agent of harm, exclusion, or silence. This narrative is essential for listeners experiencing cognitive dissonance, toxic shame, or the complex process of leaving high-control religious environments. It validates the confusion and self-doubt…
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