Religious Gaslighting & Abuse – Part 2 🔎 Religious Gaslighting & Abuse – Part 2 — In this continued conversation, Guest Vangelis Kalogirou, dedicated spiritual seeker, joins Host Tina Huggins, Divorce & “Narcissist Conflict” Grief Specialist, on The Awakening to further explore the realities of spiritual manipulation and religious gaslighting within faith-based environments. Building on the previous episode, they dive deeper into recognizing unhealthy dynamics, understanding how control can be disguised as faith, and finding the courage to reclaim your voice and personal truth. This powerful discussion offers validation, awareness, and compassionate guidance for those seeking healing and a healthier relationship with spirituality. Streamed on https://www.newstreamingnetwork.com/  More About Tina: Tina Huggins, CTA Life Coach certified, CDC Divorce Coach, CDC Transitions Coach, CDC Recovery Coach, TKG Restorative Family Mediator Certified, TKG Family Circle Certified. I have coached for over 30 years coming from the background of law enforcement and self-defense instructor. Tina lived in an abusive relationship ending up with a broken hand, separated ribs, and a dislocated leg from fights during the relationship. Contact Info: coachtinalynn@gmail.com https://divorcecoachspecialist.com/  More about Vangelis: Vangelis Kalogirou. Vangelis is a dedicated spiritual seeker who spent much of his life following the expectations of others before choosing to live his own life, his way. For over 20 years, Vangelis never missed a workout, only the disruption of COVID changed that streak. That period of change led him to release the need for perfection and, for the first time, he became himself. Deeply spiritual and committed to daily inner work, Vangelis chose to see things from a different angle. Vangelis spent many years as a member of a church. That experience formed his current focus: exploring the dynamics of abuse from a different angle and this is what our discussion will be on today. Today Vangelis helps business owners leverage what they already know, clarifying strengths, simplifying practices, and creating sustainable, peaceful growth. His approach blends discipline, compassion, and spiritual insight to support lasting personal and professional transformation.

📣 New Podcast! "Religious Gaslighting & Abuse – Part 2" on @Spreaker #emotionalhealing #faithandhealing #faithrecovery #goingbold #goingsolo #goingsolodirectory #goingsolonetwork #healingjourney #newstreamingnetwork #personaltruth #religiousgaslighting #spiritualabuse #spiritualfreedom

WHY DO CHRISTIANS CALL CONTROL “LOVE”?

If Christian love leaves people wounded, silenced, or used, something has gone deeply wrong. Real love costs something—fake love extracts everything from others and calls it righteous.

#Christianity #FaithCrisis #ChurchAbuse #Deconstruction #SpiritualAbuse

5 Signs You Have #Religious #Trauma

#religioustrauma #exvangelical #deconstruction #religionrecovery #missionarykid #leavingchristianity #faithdeconstruction #CPTSD #spiritualabuse #christianity #jesus #god #agnosticatheist

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Shame-based spiritual systems teach you to fear the Divine, not connect with Them. If your practice makes you feel broken, that's not G-d, that's distortion. You need a map, not a judgement.
#SpiritualAbuse #ReligiousTrauma #ReligiousShame #SpiritualHealing

Religious Gaslighting & Abuse ⛪ Religious Gaslighting & Abuse — Join Guest Vangelis Kalogirou, Dedicated Spiritual Seeker, together with Host Tina Huggins, Divorce & “Narcissist Conflict” Grief Specialist, for a powerful and eye-opening conversation about spiritual manipulation, religious gaslighting, and emotional abuse within faith-based environments. Learn how to recognize harmful dynamics, reclaim your voice, and separate authentic spirituality from control-based belief systems. This episode offers insight, validation, and tools for healing and rebuilding trust in yourself and your faith journey. Streamed on https://www.newstreamingnetwork.com/ More About Tina: Tina Huggins, CTA Life Coach certified, CDC Divorce Coach, CDC Transitions Coach, CDC Recovery Coach, TKG Restorative Family Mediator Certified, TKG Family Circle Certified. I have coached for over 30 years coming from the background of law enforcement and self-defense instructor.  Tina lived in an abusive relationship ending up with a broken hand, separated ribs, and a dislocated leg from fights during the relationship. Contact Info: coachtinalynn@gmail.com https://divorcecoachspecialist.com/ More about Vangelis: Vangelis Kalogirou. Vangelis is a dedicated spiritual seeker who spent much of his life following the expectations of others before choosing to live his own life, his way. For over 20 years, Vangelis never missed a workout, only the disruption of COVID changed that streak. That period of change led him to release the need for perfection and, for the first time, he became himself.  Deeply spiritual and committed to daily inner work, Vangelis chose to see things from a different angle. Vangelis spent many years as a member of a church. That experience formed his current focus: exploring the dynamics of abuse from a different angle and this is what our discussion will be on today.  Today Vangelis helps business owners leverage what they already know, clarifying strengths, simplifying practices, and creating sustainable, peaceful growth. His approach blends discipline, compassion, and spiritual insight to support lasting personal and professional transformation.

📣 New Podcast! "Religious Gaslighting & Abuse" on @Spreaker #emotionalabuseawareness #empowerment #faithandhealing #gaslighting #goingbold #goingsolo #goingsolodirectory #goingsolonetwork #healingjourney #healthyboundaries #narcissisticabuserecovery #religious #religioustrauma #spiritualabuse

I am strange and unusual. Trying to figure me out on your level is vain. You don't know me and I don't know you. All we have is similarities. That is why I find people observing fascinating. You're different.

#depression #spiritualabuse #anxiety #mentalhealth

This is a whole word from Kristen LaValley’s book Growing Up Saved

#spiritualtrauma #churchhurt #spiritualabuse

#Cults #CoerciveControl #cultrecovery #spiritualabuse

Praying for victims/survivors of abuse at this church, and Soul Survivor. Much reflection and action are needed when this church, above all others, was seen to be the exemplar church within the charismatic evangelical tradition in the UK during these decades.

#Anglican #CofE #SpiritualAbuse #Trauma

Call for safeguarding information and listening exercise for St Andrew's Chorleywood Voluntary call for information and listening exercise into allegations of abuse connected to St Andrew’s Chorleywood during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

Sharing this call for safeguarding information at St Andrew's Chorleywood. Important that church leaders inform their communities of this call, especially those in the charismatic evangelical tradition.
#Anglican #CofE #SpiritualAbuse #Trauma
www.stalbansdiocese.org/safeguarding...

Nathanael Reuss Counselling

And breathe! I’ve just left Twitter (X) after 14 years. Hello Bluesky and social ownership! #Anglican #CofE #SpiritualAbuse #TraumaCounselling

Www.nathanaelreusscounselling.com.au

Epstein. Chopra. Same pattern.
Power without accountability.
#EpsteinFiles #spiritualabuse

🎉BIG NEWS! 🎉 In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, the e-book of Fire in the Whole is available FREE on Amazon during February! #exvangelical #antiracism #deconstruction #spiritualabuse

WHEN RELIGION BECOMES TRAUMA

Will we keep calling harm faith? When belief becomes control, fear replaces wisdom and obedience becomes oppression. Healing isn’t losing faith; it’s losing fear.

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#ReligiousTrauma #SpiritualAbuse #ThinkForYourself #FaithAndHealing #Healing

Nathanael Reuss Counselling

Excited to launch Nathanael Reuss Counselling! 🌱
PACFA-registered counsellor specialising in trauma therapy & religious trauma recovery. 20+ years of pastoral care experience meet evidence-based counselling.
nathanaelreusscounselling.com.au
#SpiritualAbuse #ReligiousTrauma #CofE #Anglican

I grew up inside this kind of “love.”
It weaponizes God to justify harm
and calls dissent a sin.

That’s not devotion.
That’s domination.

#ReligiousAbuse
#SpiritualAbuse
#ChristianNationalism
#WeaponizedFaith
#MoralInjury

Benedictine nuns of Montmartre spent 40 years 'under duress,' report finds An independent investigation, commissioned by the congregation of the iconic Paris neighborhood, reported that former prioress general Mother Marie-Agnès ruled through an atmosphere of 'terror and sus...

Benedictine nuns of Montmartre spent 40 years 'under duress,' report finds
www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...

#cults #spiritualabuse #religion #news #religionnews #religionnewsblog

French mother superior bullied nuns at Paris order: inquiry A mother superior for four decades isolated and bullied nuns in her care living in the French capital's Montmartre neighbourhood, a probe showed Thursday.

French mother superior bullied nuns at Paris order

For four decades she isolated and bullied nuns in her care
www.france24.com/en/live-news...

#cults #spiritualabuse #religion #news #religionnews #religionnewsblog

Christian sect investigated by the FBI under pressure to reveal wealth Survivors of a secretive Christian sect, under investigation by the FBI, say it is hiding wealth through trusts, blocking access to abuse compensation.

Survivors of a secretive Christian sect central to a global Child Sexual Abuse investigation are demanding its leaders disclose how much wealth the group controls.

Warning: Readers are advised this article discusses sexual abuse.

#CSA #SpiritualAbuse #Cults
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Protecting children from #SexualAbuse is a good thing right?!? Expecting the #Church, and Christians, and the Christian music industry to do that is not unreasonable, is it?

#CCM #SpiritualAbuse

Colossians 3:20, Embrace Christ's Supremacy : Peter Macinta : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Everyone counts in the eyes of God and that includes children. Among other things, I bring out little-mentioned fact or two about children and the...

Embrace Christ's Supremacy
Colossians 3:20
#podcast : archive.org/details/co-3...
#children #adult_children #obey #obedience #subordination #disobedience #spiritualabuse #kids #prophecy #MacintaMinistries

Colossians 3:20, Embrace Christ's Supremacy : Peter Macinta : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Everyone counts in the eyes of God and that includes children. Among other things, I bring out little-mentioned fact or two about children and the...

Embrace Christ's Supremacy
Colossians 3:20
#podcast : archive.org/details/co-3...
#children #adult_children #obey #obedience #subordination #disobedience #spiritualabuse #kids #prophecy #MacintaMinistries

Misogyny In Our Families, Communities, and Churches. For the Love of Women

If we refuse to self-reflect and accept our own limitations, it becomes far too easy to judge or blame others when they are suffering.

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#Misogyny #SpiritualAbuse #Egalitarianism #Books

Full Interview: Attorney Spencer T. Kuvin Esq. Podcast Episode · Spoiled Fruit: Faith & Power · S1 Bonus · 38m

Interesting to hear about this from a legal perspective:

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#SpiritualAbuse

Episode 120: Navigating Celebrity Culture—How Personas, Platforms, & Profits Are Hurting the Church with Katelyn Beaty Podcast Episode · The Best of You · 09/12/2024 · 52m

Celebrity culture in the #Church:

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#Books #ChurchGrowth #Leadership #SpiritualAbuse #AttractionalEvangelismChurchGrowth #MentalHealth

Mary was looking for a noble life. Instead, she says she was caught in a fringe group Former nun Mary Hughes alleges she was subjected to multiple forms of abuse during her 60 years at a Carmelite monastery in Melbourne.

Former nun Mary Hughes alleges she was subjected to multiple forms of abuse during her 60 years at a Carmelite monastery in Melbourne.

#InstitutionalAbuse #AbuseByClergy #SpiritualAbuse #FemaleAbuser (s)

The Order of Discalced Carmelites
Catholic
Vic
Australia
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In a time obsessed with gatekeeping faith, The Naked Pastor @nakedpastor.bsky.social David Hayward reminds us of this powerful parable.

#TheNakedPastor #Christianity #deconstruction #OpenAndAffirming #MentalHealth #SpiritualHealing #SpiritualAbuse #Christian

Blue Christmas: Breaking generational abuse patterns during the holidays Image by Leonhard Niederwimmer from Pixabay Editorial Note: The following is reprinted with permission from Amber Schultz’s blog. It was originally published on December 25, 2022. By…

"As an adult, I have found that many people with difficult and traumatic childhoods struggle around the holidays." - Amber Schultz

#spiritualabuse #religioustrauma #independentfundamentalbaptist #IFB #cults #deconstruction #exvangelical #holidays #toxicfamily

Learn more about Alan Scott, who renamed the church he stole to "Dwelling Place Anaheim" in this Independent Review covering the time he led the Causeway Coast Vineyard in Northern Ireland
www.vineyardchurches.org.uk/resources/co...

#alanscott #spiritualabuse #dwellingplaceanaheim #vineyard #cults