Ruins to Redemption: Real Healing or Gaslighting?

In this episode of "Burning Butterflies," Melissa, Brandi, and Amanda dive deep into their experiences at the Ruins to Redemption Women's Retreat, the first retreat held after a year filled with loss and heartache.   Amanda, who was invited to co-lead by Charlotte, shares how her efforts to make the retreat more appealing to a younger crowd blew up in her face. Melissa praises the retreat's setup, believing it to be an exemplary model for future events, while Brandi hated all of it and expressed her dislike to Charlotte.   Did the retreat truly help the participants heal, or were the ladies merely gaslighting themselves and others by insisting that simply acknowledging the pain and encouraging women to "give it to God" was sufficient for overcoming such profound devastation?   Burning Butterflies is a listener supported podcast. Please check out our Patreon to learn more about how you too can support what we are doing!   Please help us share our story with others! Follow us on FB, Insta or TikTok. Subscribe so you won't miss new episodes and don't forget to leave us a rating!