Healed-ish
by Jubilee Dawn
Latest episode
103. Raising Good Kids Without the Mormon Church (Ashley's Story)
103. Raising Good Kids Without the Mormon Church (Ashley's Story)
About this podcast
Welcome to Healed-ish! A podcast about the messy, beautiful, and sometimes insane process of healing. Each week, host Jubilee Dawn (@jubileedawns) sits down with survivors of betrayal, religious trauma, catfishing, toxic relationships, and more to unpack the chaos and growth that comes with starting over. These are the stories people don’t always tell — honest, raw, a little funny, and fully human.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 106 episodes
- 103. Raising Good Kids Without the Mormon Church (Ashley's Story) · 1 h 22 min · Episode 103Ashley grew up Mormon, but her family never quite fit the mold. With parents who didn't always follow the church's rules, she struggled to reconcile what she was taught with the…
- 102. Yoga, Pokémon, and Other Demonic Things · 1 h 14 min · Episode 102This week, Ashley and Bailee from Praise Be to Pod join me to talk about all things DEMONIC… or at least, everything we were told was demonic growing up in evangelical…
- 101. The Cult-Like World of MLMs (Brandie's Story) · 1 h 13 min · Episode 101This week on Healed-ish, I'm joined by Brandie, who spent 10 years in an on-and-off relationship with Juice Plus, a multi-level marketing company (MLM), spending over $100,000…
- 100. Ushering in the End Times at IHOP (Brittany’s Story) · 1 h 44 min · Episode 100What happens when you dedicate your life to preparing for the end of the world? This week on Healed-ish, I'm joined by Brittany, who discovered the International House of Prayer…
- 99. Hell Houses: How a Church Convinced a 10-Year-Old She Was Dead · 51 min · Episode 99When Amanda was just 10 years old, a friend invited her to what she thought was a haunted house. Instead, she found herself inside a terrifying staged experience where she was…
- 98. Working Under a False Prophet: Shawn Bolz (Johnny's Story) · 1 h 40 min · Episode 98Johnny spent more than a decade involved with Expression58, a charismatic church in Los Angeles where he thought he had found something beautiful: a creative community, a sense…
- 97. Dear Daddy God.... (Hannah Beck's Story) · 1 h 1 min · Episode 97Comedian Hannah Beck joins me to unpack the lore behind her viral “Dear Daddy God” series, where she reads entries from her extremely religious childhood journals. From judging…
- 96. Gold Dust, Healings & Bad Evidence: Finger of God | Cringe Rewatch · 1 h 20 min · Episode 96This documentary literally helped convince me to go to Bethel. 😂 Finger of God follows filmmaker Darren Wilson as he searches for evidence that God is still performing…
- 95. Faith Over Family: Escaping Jehovah’s Witnesses: Part 2 (Ben’s Story) · 49 min · Episode 95CW: Conversion therapy, homophobia, suicidal ideation, religious abuse Ben was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, where strict rules, purity culture, and the threat of shunning…
- 94. Faith Over Family: Escaping Jehovah’s Witnesses: Part 1 (Ben’s Story) · 1 h 19 min · Episode 94CW: Conversion therapy, homophobia, suicidal ideation, religious abuse Ben was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, where strict rules, purity culture, and the threat of shunning…
- 93. Inside Campus Crusade for Christ: Cru (Rachel’s Story) · 1 h 21 min · Episode 92Rachel didn't grow up religious, but after being introduced to church through a friend, Christianity eventually became her entire world. In college, she joined Campus Crusade for…
- 92. Captivating: Cringe Book Club · 52 min · Episode 92Cringe Book Club has officially arrived to Healed-ish! If you’ve seen the series on my TikTok, you know where this is going: we’re revisiting the Christian books that shaped how…
- 91. Growing up Seventh-Day Adventist (Melissa Duge Spiers' Story) · 1 h 18 min · Episode 91Melissa Duge Spiers grew up Seventh-day Adventist in a world shaped by strict rules, purity culture, and expectations of what it meant to be a good Christian woman. We talk about…
- 90. Youth Camps & Megachurches (Ellie's Story) · 1 h 18 min · Episode 89Youth camp was Ellie’s happy place. She made memories with friends, had powerful emotional experiences, and led worship. But after getting involved in a megachurch, she began…
- 89. Mica Miller & the Death of the Pastor's Wife · 1 h 7 min · Episode 89CW: Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse, and Discussion of Suicide After many requests to talk about Mica Miller's story and Netflix's Death of the Pastor's Wife, Rihanna…
- 88. Conversion Therapy Dropout (Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez's Story) · 1 h 20 min · Episode 88Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez had a passion for ministry, but after a trusted youth pastor discovered his internet search history, he was shamed and forced to leave his church…
- 87. How Church Taught Us to Distrust Our Bodies with Samantha Redondo · 1 h 13 min · Episode 87What happens when you've been taught not to trust your own body? Somatic therapist Samantha (@spiritualembodiment) joins me to explore how purity culture, charismatic…
- 86. Rapture Anxiety, the Pressure to Be Pure & Starting Over (Rebecca's Story) · 1 h 26 min · Episode 86Rebecca grew up afraid of hell, the rapture, and stepping outside of God’s plan. From the pressure to remain pure to a pastor refusing to marry her after she “fell into sin,”…
- 85. Church, Hollywood & Reclaiming Intuition: Part 2 (Katie's Story) · 54 min · Episode 85Part 2 of 2 CW: sexual assault Katie Stone spent her teenage years trying to be the perfect Christian girl, learning to cover herself up, follow the rules, and trust spiritual…
- 84. Church, Hollywood & Reclaiming Intuition: Part 1 (Katie's Story) · 60 min · Episode 84Part 1 of 2 CW: sexual assault Katie Stone spent her teenage years trying to be the perfect Christian girl, learning to cover herself up, follow the rules, and trust spiritual…
