Healing from Spiritual Abuse: The Hidden Gifts of Your Recovery Journey

If you've walked away from a church, ministry, or spiritual community that caused harm, this episode on spiritual abuse recovery is here to support your healing journey. Spiritual trauma healing is uniquely challenging because it affects your mind, identity, community, and relationship with God. In this faith-based counseling show, Elisha guides you through five hidden gifts of healing from spiritual abuse: discernment, boundaries, reconstructed faith, your voice, and compassion.Drawing from clinical research, Scripture, and personal growth stories, this episode offers profound insights and practical tools, including the C.A.L.M. Protocol—a four-step framework with journaling prompts to support your overwhelm recovery and nervous system healing.References include The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, Psalms 22, Isaiah 61, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, and Philippians 1:9-10. Whether you’re navigating religious trauma syndrome or faith deconstruction, this episode encourages your personal development and spiritual burnout recovery.