ReligiosiTea

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! Someone survives the unsurvivable, the scans look clean, the symptoms vanish, and the doctors can’t give a satisfying reason. That single gap in explanation is where faith often rushes in and where the Vatican builds a case for sainthood. We take you inside the strange, fascinating overlap of religi...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! Content Note: This episode touches on mental health, religious disaffiliation, family stress, and folk healing practices, including a brief discussion of an attempted exorcism. Ever wonder what happens when a devout Catholic upbringing meets a restless, science-first mind? In this episode, we sit do...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! In this Long Steep, we brew gratitude slowly and intentionally—through theology, psychology, and lived experience. No buzzwords, no toxic positivity, no “be grateful for your trauma” energy. Just real tea. We start with what gratitude actually is : a state, a trait, an act of reciprocity shaped by c...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of parental death, grief, childhood emotional hardship, spiritual disappointment/anger toward God, anxiety, depression, and references to ghosts/hauntings and spirit work. Please listen with care and step away if you need to. In this episode of Relig...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! Content Warning: This episode discusses symptoms and impacts of psychosis, including hallucinations, delusions, cult dynamics, moral panics, religious trauma, and references to mass suicides and violence. It also touches on stress, trauma, and contemporary political upheaval. Please listen with care...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! What happens when traditional religious spaces no longer feel authentic? Marie's spiritual journey takes us from Catholic pews and saint cards to a deeply personal practice centered on finding the divine within herself. The tension between our need for connection and our need for authenticity d...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! This episode discusses heavy themes related to war and religion, including: Graphic descriptions of mental health impacts such as PTSD, depression, moral injury, and substance use Mentions of death, grief, and suicide Discussion of bombings, displacement, and healthcare collapse References to Christ...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! In this Long Steep episode, Adren Warling unpacks the legacy of Francis, the chaos of Trump’s papal cosplay, the rise of Pope Leo XIV, and what it all means for public health, queer dignity, climate collapse, and the politics of salvation. From ordo amoris to holy smoke, this is where theology meets...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! Content Warnings: This episode contains discussions of: Mental health struggles , including depression and anxiety Religious trauma and themes of spiritual disconnection Paranormal experiences and supernatural encounters Death and illness , including family health crises Guns and references to firea...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! In this episode of ReligiosiTea , host Adren dives into the complex relationship between prayer, cognitive processes, and health outcomes. From its mental benefits to the potential for stress reduction, prayer can shape how we process emotions and handle challenges—even in clinical settings. Adren a...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! Lucy's faith journey unfolds like many roads less traveled—winding, marked with detours, yet always finding its way back to a divine center. As a Christian attending a Baptist church, she describes herself as "more spiritual than anything," embodying a relationship with God that trans...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! (Content Warnings) This episode touches on themes of homosexuality, brief mention of sexual assault, and religious trauma. These themes might be difficult for some listeners to hear. Please be advised.  (Description) This episode was actually the first episode ever recorded for ReligiosiTea! Even be...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! This episode introduces your host for the ReligiosiTea Podcast Adren Warling. This episode gives an overview of Adren's own religious history, the motivations for stating this podcast, the origination of the name, and what to expect as the podcast rolls out.  Follow me on Instagram and Threads:...

Spill your ReligiosiTea directly with the show host! Let us know your reactions, stories, and more! Welcome to the first Quick Tea Spill episode.  This episode discusses recent executive orders from President Donald Trump in February of 2025. Particularly the executive orders on the establishment of a White House Office of Faith and on the Eradication of anti-Christian Bias.  These orders leave a...