Finding God

What You’ll Hear in This Episode ✨ Recap of Last Week’s Episode A brief reflection on When Praying Feels Hard , exploring how to pray when you’re angry, hurt, or numb and how God meets you in emotional honesty. ✨ How Mental Health Impacts Your Life and Faith Keana explains how anxiety, depression, trauma, and emotional overwhelm affect your mind, body, relationships, and spiritual connection. Yo...

In this revisited episode of the Finding God Podcast, we’re having an honest, compassionate conversation about something many believers struggle with but rarely feel safe talking about — how to discuss church hurt with family members who may not understand, may minimize your experience, or may still be connected to the very spaces that wounded you. Whether you’ve experienced spiritual abuse, manip...

In this powerful episode of the Finding God Podcast , host Keana W. Mitchell explores the emotional and spiritual impact of toxic church culture and how setting boundaries can be a sacred act of healing. Building on last week’s episode about fear-based theology and its effects on mental health, Keana dives into how exclusion, racism, spiritual abuse, and prosperity gospel distort the image of God...

FINDING GOD PODCAST — SHOW NOTES Episode: When Prayer Feels Hard — How to Pray When You’re Hurt, Angry, or Numb Episode Summary In this deeply honest episode of the Finding God Podcast, Keana speaks to the believer who wants to pray but feels stuck — the one who is hurting, angry, numb, or spiritually exhausted. Prayer can feel impossible in seasons of pain, but Scripture shows us that God meets u...

In this week’s episode, Keana explores a question many believers wrestle with but rarely say out loud: What does God’s voice actually sound like when you’re healing? When you’ve walked through trauma, heartbreak, or long seasons of survival mode, your ability to hear God can feel distorted. Not because God has changed — but because your nervous system, your trust, and your internal world are shift...

💛 Episode Summary   In this powerful and deeply healing episode of the Finding God Podcast , we explore one of the most misunderstood truths in Christianity: religion cannot save you but God’s love absolutely can . Many of us grew up believing that God’s acceptance was tied to our performance, our behavior, or our ability to follow religious rules. But Scripture, psychology, and the life of Jesus...

This week on Finding God , we’re dismantling the fear-based belief that God is watching and waiting to punish us. If you’ve ever carried the weight of shame, guilt, or spiritual anxiety, this episode is for you. Keana W. Mitchell offers a trauma-informed, biblically grounded conversation about the true nature of God’s love one rooted in grace, not retribution. We’ll explore how distorted theology...

Episode Summary In this deeply compassionate episode of the Finding God Podcast , Keana explores what it truly means to rebuild your relationship with God after experiencing trauma. Whether your trauma came from childhood, relationships, church environments, or spiritual abuse, this episode offers a gentle, grounded path back to connection with God — without pressure, guilt, or shame. Keana breaks...

In this powerful and healing episode, Keana explores what legalism looks like in the church, how it distorts our view of God, and how to break free from fear‑based faith. If you’ve ever felt like you had to earn God’s love, perform perfectly, or follow endless rules to be accepted, this conversation will help you breathe again. Keana gently unpacks the emotional and spiritual impact of legalism, e...

This week’s episode is one of the most important and tender conversations we’ve ever had on the Finding God Podcast. We’re talking about how to support survivors of child sexual abuse in the church with honesty, compassion, and a trauma‑informed, faith‑centered lens. This episode is for survivors, parents, church leaders, and anyone who wants to help create safer, healthier, more accountable faith...

This week, Keana W. Mitchell invites listeners into a powerful conversation about spiritual restoration and emotional clarity. Many of us were taught distorted versions of God’s character angry, distant, or conditional. These misrepresentations, whether through fear-based theology, religious trauma, or misused scripture, can deeply affect our mental health and spiritual intimacy. In this episode,...

In this week’s episode of the Finding God Podcast , Keana W. Mitchell breaks down one of the most misunderstood and overlooked aspects of child protection in faith communities: grooming and manipulation tactics. These behaviors are often subtle, strategic, and wrapped in kindness, spirituality, or trust — which is exactly why they go unnoticed until harm has already occurred. Building on last week...

In this powerful and necessary episode of the Finding God Podcast , host Keana W. Mitchell begins a 4‑part series on how to prevent child sexual abuse in the church . Building on last week’s discussion about understanding abuse within faith communities, this episode shifts the focus toward proactive, faith‑centered prevention. Keana approaches this sensitive topic with compassion, clarity, and bib...

Episode: Understanding Child Sexual Abuse in the Church Episode Summary In this powerful and necessary episode, we explore the realities of child sexual abuse in the church — how it happens, why it continues, and what we can do to prevent it. This conversation is grounded in compassion, education, and truth, without graphic detail or sensationalism. Using insights from Darkness to Light’s Stewards...

Episode Summary In this deeply compassionate and grounding episode of the Finding God Podcast , Keana explores what it means to heal from abuse that happened in religious environments spaces that were supposed to reflect God’s love but instead became sources of fear, shame, or control. This conversation gently unpacks how spiritual abuse shows up, how it impacts our emotional and spiritual lives,...

🎧 Episode Summary: In this powerful episode of the Finding God Podcast , host Keana W. Mitchell explores how fear-based theology belief systems rooted in shame, punishment, and conditional love can deeply impact your mental and emotional well-being. Building on last week’s episode, Relearning God’s Character , Keana unpacks the psychological toll of viewing God through a lens of fear and control,...

Episode Summary This episode explores what happens when the place meant to nurture your soul becomes the source of your deepest wounds. Keana unpacks the reality of spiritual trauma , why it’s often hard to name, and how the body, mind, and spirit respond when harm is done in the name of God. Drawing from the work of leading trauma experts, this conversation helps listeners understand their experi...

In this week’s episode of the Finding God Podcast , Keana W. Mitchell explores what it truly means to worship without fear for those healing from religious trauma, spiritual manipulation, or environments where worship felt pressured or unsafe. This gentle, trauma‑informed conversation guides listeners back to the heart of worship: connection, honesty, and safety in God’s presence. Keana begins wit...

This week on The Finding God Podcast , we’re revisiting an important conversation that resonated deeply with listeners when it first aired. In this episode, Keana W. Mitchell explores a topic that is often overlooked or misunderstood in faith communities: the difference between healthy, spirit‑led giving and financial abuse . Many believers have experienced pressure, guilt, or manipulation around...

 This week on the Finding God Podcast, we’re stepping into a tender and deeply important conversation: how to reconnect with God after experiencing religious trauma . If you’ve ever felt afraid of God, unsure how to pray, or disconnected from your faith because of harmful church experiences, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and a gentle path forward. Religious trauma can distort your view...

In this first Friday Q&A session, Keana answers listener questions about hearing God’s voice without pressure, performance, or spiritual rituals. Building on this week’s full episode, “How You Can Hear God’s Voice Without Rituals,” this conversation brings clarity, compassion, and practical guidance for anyone who has struggled to discern God’s voice especially after legalism, spiritual abuse,...

In this episode, Keana explores a freeing and deeply healing truth: you can hear God’s voice without rituals, pressure, or spiritual performance. Many of us were taught that God only speaks when we pray a certain way, behave a certain way, or follow a specific formula. But God’s voice isn’t earned, it's received through relationship. This conversation builds on last week’s episode, Recognizing...

In this gentle and deeply honest Q&A session, Keana responds to listener questions from the episode “Why God Isn’t Wanting to Punish You.” This conversation is for anyone who grew up afraid of God, anyone healing from spiritual abuse, and anyone who still feels like God is disappointed in them. Keana explores questions about fear‑based theology, misinterpreted scripture, shame, trauma response...

So many of us grew up believing that God is disappointed in us, angry with us, or waiting to punish us for our mistakes. In this episode, Keana gently unpacks where those beliefs come from — childhood conditioning, religious trauma, guilt, and misinterpreted scripture — and replaces them with the truth of God’s character: restorative, compassionate, and deeply loving. Through biblical examples, em...

In today’s Q&A session, Keana explores what legalism really is, how it shows up in church culture, and why it can be so damaging to your emotional and spiritual well‑being. If you’ve ever felt like you had to earn God’s love, be perfect, or follow endless rules to be accepted, this conversation offers clarity, compassion, and a path toward healing. This episode builds on last week’s message, “...