Leaving Christian Science
by Leaving Christian Science
Latest episode
Leaving Christian Science: Season 2, Episode 5 - The Birth Episode
Leaving Christian Science: Season 2, Episode 5 - The Birth Episode
About this podcast
This podcast is by a former Christian Scientist (Church of Christ, Scientist as founded by Mary Baker Eddy in the late 19th century), to provide a platform for other former Christian Scientists to tell their personal stories of growing up in and eventually leaving the religion. We'll be discussing childhoods with no medical care, dealing with elderly parents who refuse medical care, and all of the complex psychological issues that result from being in a belief system like this.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 26 episodes
- Leaving Christian Science: Season 2, Episode 5 - The Birth Episode · 1 h 37 min · Season 2 Episode 5In this episode, our guest from Season 1, Jodi, returns to talk about her experiences giving birth at home while still in CS. We compare and contrast our birth stories…
- Leaving Christian Science: Season 2, Episode 4 - Caito · 1 h 14 minIn this episode, Caito discusses the experience of pulling away from Christian Science while still having parents in it, the grief over her mother's death, and the role art and…
- Leaving Christian Science: Season 2, Episode 3 - Brianna · 1 h 33 minIn this episode, Brianna discusses her childhood in Christian Science, her experiences in Sunday School and at Christian Science summer camp, her own health struggles, and the…
- Leaving Christian Science: Season 2, Episode 2 - Judith · 1 h 10 min · Season 2 Episode 2In this episode, Judith discusses her harrowing experience with appendicitis while on a cruise far from home, apocryphal family healing stories (or were they?), and dealing with…
- Leaving Christian Science: Season 2, Episode 1 - Max · 1 h 33 min · Season 2 Episode 1Welcome back! In this episode, Max discusses their experience growing up in CS, working at Adventure Unlimited, battling mental health issues as a teen and coming out as queer in…
- Leaving Christian Science - The Mental Health Episode, Part 2 · 2 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 20Licensed clinical social worker and ex-Christian Scientist Cara returns for part two of The Mental Health episode. In this episode, Cara does a live grounding demonstration you…
- Leaving Christian Science - The Mental Health Episode, Part 1 · 1 h 45 min · Season 1 Episode 18Licensed social worker and former guest Cara returns to answer some questions about mental health posted in our ex-CS Facebook group. Here are some topics covered in this part…
- Leaving Christian Science - Episode 17, Sheri · 1 h 46 min · Season 1 Episode 17In this episode, Sheri discusses childhood ailments and accidents that, left untreated, led to issues later in life, and walking the fine line of maintaining relationships with…
- Leaving Christian Science - Episode 16, Sarah · 1 h 25 min · Season 1 Episode 16Sarah discusses navigating her mother's medical issues and cognitive dissonance, plus battling her own perfectionism as a result of growing up in CS
- Leaving Christian Science - BONUS episode, ex-Mormon Paul · 1 h 10 minIn this bonus episode, I compare and contrast the experience of growing up in a religious community and belief, and subsequently leaving it, with ex-LDS (Mormon) Paul
- Leaving Christian Science - Episode 15, Barbara · 1 h 46 min · Season 1 Episode 15Barbara discusses her boundary-pushing mother, dental trauma, finding empathy for her parents and their own childhood traumas, and finally finding her way out of CS. Below are…
- Leaving Christian Science - Episode 14, Wendy · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 14Wendy discusses leaving Christian Science physically but not mentally early on in life, and finding her way out later with the help of a career in massage therapy and embracing…
- Leaving Christian Science - Episode 13, David · 1 h 20 minDavid discusses growing up in CS with a struggling single dad, experiences at Principia and Adventure Unlimited that made him question, and finding therapy later in life that…
- Leaving Christian Science - Episode 12, Joseph · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 12In this episode, Joseph discusses his difficult family dynamics, life at Prin, and finding his way to a more authentic self with the help of therapy and independent study
- Leaving Christian Science - Episode 11, Emi · 1 h 57 min · Season 1 Episode 11Emi discusses growing up in a dysfunctional Christian Science home, finding a very non-CS career path, and recovering from narcissistic abuse Here are some book recommendations…
- Leaving Christian Science - Episode 10, Todd · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 10Todd talks about his Christian Science youth, navigating a narcissistic relationship, and finding help through learning about psychology and attending support groups
- Leaving Christian Science - BONUS episode, ex-Evangelical Sarah · 1 h 39 minFrom time to time I'll talk with non ex-Christian Scientists as a way of seeing the similarities between these groups and the common pathways out. Today I talk with…
- Leaving Christian Science - Episode 9, Emily · 1 h 55 minThis week, Emily talks about her Christian Science marriage, her mother's Christian Science death, and how pursuing the arts saved her
- Leaving Christian Science - Episode 8, Jodi · 1 h 34 min · Season 1 Episode 8Jodi talks about the process of class instruction and becoming a Christian Science practitioner, grieving her dad, and finally leaving Christian Science and belief entirely. The…
- Leaving Christian Science - Episode 7, Cara · 1 h 20 min · Season 1 Episode 7Licensed social worker and ex-Christian Scientist Cara talks about the institutionalized gaslighting in CS and how this kind of belief system interrupts healthy attachments with…
