Protect Your Noggin

How the wolves tend to deny guilt but sling shame, but also how to have compassion but be wary of those wolves whose lives are a riddle.  First segment: a discussion of the main theme and the distinction between shame and guilt, along with another story of Jeff getting knocked unconscious by a bully. Second Segment: discussion of a powerful lecture from Carl Gustav Jung to Swiss clergy, starting a...

For the first segment, Stacie shares her background in American evangelicalism: the good, bad, and ugly. Then she explains why she got into yoga.  The second segment (about an hour in) is an in depth discussion of research related to the psychological reasons people either minimize abusive behaviors or fail to report them. The most important thing here is that the research suggests that protocols...

Welcome to our first episode. Segment 1: We'll share a bit about our backstory, focusing this time on Jeff's story (Stacie's will be on episode 2). Segment 2: We discuss research from Donald Capps that relates bad forms of religious education to torment in students. Segment 3: We address a listener call about leaving a religious group. We offer and receive lessons in outfoxing religious wolves ref...