Working through Creative Blocks and Religious Trauma with Eryn Johnson

In this episode, Eryn Johnson (she/her) talks to us about her journey of being a healing artist and writer. She shares what creative blocks are, how they may show up in our lives and work, and how she has worked through some of her own. Eryn also opens up about her upbringing in the Southern Baptist Church community and some of the trauma endured through those teachings, which motivated her to create her Religious Trauma Workbook. Eryn gives us golden nuggets for validating and processing this often unspoken phenomenon of religious trauma and for checking in with ourselves throughout our process of creating -- particularly for creating healing practices for ourselves and for others. Check it out! How did you become a healing artist and writer? How did you work through creative blocks to share the work you want to share with the world? How have you seen your gender expression transform? What was the motivation for the religious trauma workbook? How has working with religious trauma been part of your healing & self-discovery journey? Resources mentioned in this episode: Eryn’s IG: @erynj_ Eryn’s site: https://www.living-open.com Religious trauma workbook: https://www.living-open.com/religious-trauma-workbook Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HTwfokBSl5bwN_8ODn8XVK9iEP8mlpAy3HMT9lZXyZg/edit?usp=sharing