Deconstruct To Curiocity

Ahsaki Chachere is the ceo/founder of ah-shi beauty, the first native American owned and operated luxury skincare and cosmetics brand in the united states. She is a proud dine (Navajo) tribal member and African American woman. the odds were against her as she faced social and economic challenges as a dark-skinned native American. this gave her the fuel she needed to build ah-shi beauty. She gets t...

Dr. Randy Woodley is an activist/scholar, distinguished speaker, teacher and wisdom keeper who addresses a variety of issues concerning American culture, faith, justice, our relationship with the earth and Indigenous realities. His expertise has been sought in national venues as diverse as Time Magazine, Christianity Today, Moody Radio and The Huffington Post. Dr. Woodley currently serves as Disti...

Emily Sauer is a spritely entrepreneur who has always been passionate about creating catalysts that spark human connection. While developing Ohnut (an intimate wearable designed to help women and couples who experience deep dyspareunia) she co-founded the Lady Bits League, founded the Pain Perception Project, and is now launching Pelvic Gym to connect people and professionals from all over the sex...

Election week is about to be hella crazy. Can I say that? Just did. There’s no right or wrong way to process. Boundaries include social media & TV. Make an election night plan now. Figure out how you want to spend the day/night of down to the details. Prep your meals. Practice self-care. It’s okay to not tune in. It’s okay to stuff your face with jalapeño chips & game all night. How you process is...

Kiona, Ph. D., M.S., M.A. is the founder of the award-winning digital platform How Not To Travel Like A Basic Bitch, which was launched in 2016. Seeing the deficits in academia where rarely Brown and Black people are rarely deemed experts in their own cultures and access to higher education is placed behind a huge paywall, she created a platform that does the opposite. She travels the world spotli...

Should your go to person for deconstruction and spiritual discussions be your partner? Can you cultivate a thriving relationship while one deconstructs and the other doesn’t? Is it possible for two people to be in different stages of deconstruction and be together? If the closest people in my life only hear my process as rebellion, how do I invite them in? How do you navigate conversations about c...

Elizabeth Earnshaw (aka Liz Listens) is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Gottman Therapist. She owns A Better Life Therapy in Philadelphia, PA where she and her colleagues have supported hundreds of couples. Elizabeth also writes and speaks on relationships. She shares many of her insights on her Instagram account @lizlistens and within her membership program Love Lessons 365.

Matthias Roberts is a therapist, author of Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms (Fortress, 2020) and host of Queerology: A Podcast on Belief and Being which was recently named as one of the "12 Best LGBTQ+ Podcasts of 2020" by O: The Oprah Magazine and the #1 Podcast to Listen to on National Coming Out Day by Radio.com. He holds two master's degrees, one in theology and cult...

Crystal Cheatham is the CEO & founder of @ourbibleapp 🙏🏽 She received her MFA from Antioch University & is an LGBTQ+ rights activist with a focus on religious liberty. Since 2011 Crystal has worked simultaneously as a ghostwriter and queer rights activist with groups such as Soulforce and the Attic Youth Center. As an entrepreneur Crystal is the founder of two projects: Follow the Red Balloon an...

Jon Steingard - you probably know him as the singer for Hawk Nelson. As of late, he has been deconstructing his faith in public. He is curious about matters of faith and spirituality... any of this sound familiar? @jonsteingard @laurendeleary @adam.budnick

Colby is passionate about helping people come more alive. About seeing us wake up to the truth about who we really are: loved children of God. Some of the ways He does that is with his books: (UnClobber and The SHIFT). He also co-pastors a church, Sojourn Grace Collective, with his wife & co-hosts a podcast with his wife (The Kate and Colby Show). They are raising four sons: ages 15, 14, 10, & 8....

Fifi Buchanan began her career journey as mechanical engineer, and now works as a copywriter, content creator, and voice actress. She currently lives in Southern California,  where she enjoys writing and podcasting for her own brand as well as others. Fifi hosts a lifestyle improvement podcast called Wonderfully Made, where she uses storytelling, soothing sounds, and personal experiences to help o...

Reverend Sarah Heath is a speaker, pastor, author, podcaster, designer, actress, dancer, & science nerd. She is an ordained United Methodist clergywoman who loves to use her unique experiences to teach others to lead with authenticity, reframe their stories, build relationships with people who are different than them, connect the spiritual and the ordinary, and renew their space in a way that rene...

Mini Series: revisiting some of our most popular episodes thus far - reassessing our OWN deconstruction. How have our perspectives & languaging shifted over just one year? Today we dive into our episode “Recovering From Purity Culture w/ Linda Kay Klein. (Season 2, Episode 7). To listen to that full episode, click here: https://anchor.fm/deconstructpod/episodes/Recovering-From-Purity-Culture---Lin...

Mini Series: revisiting some of our most popular episodes thus far - reassessing our OWN deconstruction. How have our perspectives & languaging shifted over just one year? Today we dive into our episode “What To Make Of Worship & God Within Us” (w. Madison Morrigan Hedlund), Season 2, Episode 4. To listen to that full episode, click here: https://anchor.fm/deconstructpod/episodes/What-to-make-of-w...

The Podcast is ONE years old now! And for a season, we are revisiting & reevaluating some of our most popular episodes thus far. We are ever changing, ever growing & evolving. We are reassessing our OWN deconstruction. Where do we land on certain topics even just one year later? The same? Or have our perspectives & languaging shifted over time? Today we dive into our episode “Purity Culture, Josh...

Jo Luehmann was born and raised in Colombia and is a pastor with a masters degree in ministry and theology. She speaks and teaches about decolonizing church, theology, spirituality and faith, as well as the importance of dismantling white supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism both individually and collectively. @jojuehmann https://linktr.ee/joluehmann

Allison Del Fium is co-host of the What The Faith podcast, a space for the faith curious, helping people become more interested in the journey than the destination, more passionate about conversation than conversion and more driven by empathy than by division. After meeting and falling in love with an ex-cult member, Allison now navigates and thrives in a mixed faith relationship. @allison_delfium...

Discussing our families opinions of our deconstruction. podcasts that more specifically dive into the important conversations around racial equality & justice. 1619 - The New York Times About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge Code Switch - NPR The Diversity Gap - Bethaney Wilkinson Intersectionality Matters! - Kimberle Crenshaw Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast - Race Forward Pod For The Cause - The Leadershi...

Tyler George is one half of the pop/soul duo “The George Twins”. A band with over 13 Million views on YouTube & 70,000 Monthly listeners on Spotify. Tyler grew up a pastors kid and over the last couple years has been deconstructing the difference between religion & spirituality through the lens of Christianity. @tylergrahamgeorge

Kaitlin Curtice is a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation, a Christian, and a poet who speaks on faith and justice within the church as it relates to Indigenous peoples. She most recently released a book called Native. It’s a book about identity, soul searching, and the never-ending journey of finding ourselves and finding God. As both a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin shares...

Brooklyn is a curious human-being in the midst of her deconstruction. Born and raised LDS, she left the church with a quick turn around and deep dive into Evangelical Christianity. Now, she has been released from any religious label and introduces herself as an Aries, enneagram 3, and sexuality advocate. Some topics we covered: What does it mean to be Mormon and what are some key principles to liv...

This is J. He’s another fellow creative here in Nashville. He is a writer, artist, coach, & brand developer. He is passionate about helping artists build their brand without losing their soul. He’s an enneagram 9 and an all around amazing friend. He has also gone through a deconstruction phase of his own. In our conversation with him... we discuss reframing spirituality through empathy and curiosi...

How did Adam become a feminist? How he responds to Lauren’s social media trolls... andddd more @laurendeleary & @adam.budnick

Josh Scott is the lead pastor at Gracepointe church here in Nashville. Gracepointe is an affirming, progressive Christian church. WHAT IS PROGRESSIVE CHRISTIANITY?? Who is it for?? josh@gracepointe.net