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May 2026

May 26, 2026

I Finally Cried

I Finally Cried Reflections on My Health Event I realized the other day that I...

May 01, 2024

It’s Going to be Okay

It’s Going to be Okay (From our new book, Evolving From Religious Trauma. June 4th) Audio...

March 2024

March 29, 2024

Focusing on Somatic Healing

Focusing on Somatic Healing Amanda Baker, director of the Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress...

March 20, 2024

Healing from Trauma 3 – Darkness & Shadow

Healing from Trauma – Darkness & Shadow (an excerpt from our book, Leaning Forward) In...

March 16, 2024

Healing from Trauma 2 – Going Inside & Trusting Ourselves

Healing From Trauma – Going Inside & Trusting Ourselves (An excerpt from our book, Leaning...

February 2024

February 22, 2024

Returning Home to Heal Trauma

Returning Home to Heal Trauma What we are learning about trauma is not necessarily that...

December 2023

December 29, 2023

How to Speak Women with Susan Cottrell

How to Speak Women Susan Cottrell is an international speaker whose TEDx talk has 1.6...

December 11, 2023

Tending the Wounds of Religious Trauma with Rebekah Drumsta

Tending the Wounds of Religious Trauma I was lucky to create a conference called Leaning...

September 2023

September 24, 2023

Beginning Your Inner Work

Beginning Your Inner Work Several years ago, after spending about 20 years in organized religion...

June 2023

June 16, 2023

Doing the Hard Work (Guest Post)

(Guest post by my wife, Laura Forehand) Leaving organized religion has opened up so many...

May 2023

May 25, 2023

Healing is Feeling

Yesterday, I heard someone talking on social media. They were wondering whether getting angry would...

April 2023

April 24, 2023

Faith in a Hypothesis

Early on, in most versions of Christianity, disciples are taught to have faith in the...

April 21, 2023

Anatomy of an Explorer

I have always been adventurous. I've written about it several times before but the phrase...

March 2023

March 20, 2023

Trust Yourself

More and more, I believe the best question I could ask someone that is deconstructing...

February 2023

February 25, 2023

Progress Report from the Desert

As many have said before, out here in the desert, it's easy to get classified...

February 20, 2023

Evolving Beyond Christianity

Before I even get started, I know even the title might be a trigger for...

December 2022

December 08, 2022

Anyone Else Ever Feel Down?

Any one else ever feel DOWN? Me too! Anyone else ever tell yourself the wrong...

November 2022

November 18, 2022

The Church is Out of Space

Recently I listened to a discussion about a book I'm involved with called Parenting Deconstructed....

November 09, 2022

Listening to Each Other

Last night, Laura and I recorded a podcast where we were reviewing one of my...

July 2022

July 14, 2022

Going Within by Kyle Butler

(This is a guest post by my friend, Kyle Butler) About a year or so...

March 2022

March 22, 2022

The Mystery Within

It's finally here! Every time I release a book it seems like I'm having a...

February 2022

February 11, 2022

The Hard and Necessary Work

(much of this content is inspired by what I've...

June 2021

June 15, 2021

The Pain We All Must Face

Some of you may not know that I was a former pastor for 20 years....

May 2021

May 23, 2021

How Feelings Help us Evolve

Consider this wisdom from Eugene Gendlin “What is split off, not felt, remains the same....

February 2021

February 23, 2021

Hearing, Doing, Being

(from the introduction to my new book, Being -- out in April) I learned the...

February 11, 2021

Ignoring it Never Makes it Better

All of us potentially have trauma! Religious people are not exempt. In addition, religion often...

January 2021

January 27, 2021

Three Days Later – Lily Holmes

A post by my daughter Lily Holmes (who I call LB) The constant impending doom of...

January 26, 2021

Walls Walls Walls

I am currently stranded away from my home because of the snow. No big...

January 05, 2021

Bypassing Our Pain

"Let me be crystal clear; if you've faced a tragedy and someone tells you in...