Holy/Hurt Podcast

Episodes

1. 8

   Ep 8: Unsettling Ourselves

   The series up until now has focused on individuals who have experienced spiritual trauma, but that has left some questions unanswered: what about those who perpetuate or are complicit in spiritual trauma? What about those of us who may not even know that has been the case? What about systemic...

   Sep 6, 2023

   1h 25m
2. 7

   Ep 7: Meaning & Mending

   Often without knowing it, the contexts we come from shape our definitions of healing, sometimes leaving us crafting a definition of trauma recovery informed by the black and white thinking, rigidity, or individualism we are trying to heal from. This episode is all about healing. Instead of...

   Aug 30, 2023

   1h 17m
3. 8

   Core State Meditation

   This week, we’re sharing a meditation from Dr. Hillary McBride that helps us to connect with our core state. You can also check out the recorded Instagram Live conversation between @hillaryliannamcbride and @sanctuarymentalhealth which is now posted on our Instagram feed. We return to episode…

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   Aug 23, 2023

   15m
4. 6

   Ep 6: Seeing & Believing

   When a function of spiritually traumatic environments is to tell us that we are broken and in need of healing, and healing we are told looks one specific way, beginning to piece together a future on the other side of that can feel confusing. What is healing, and what is just a recreation of the...

   Aug 16, 2023

   1h 20m
5. 5

   Ep 5: How We Feel

   Although for many people it was the ideal, there is an individual and systemic cost to feeling the responsibility to save the world. Although it helps for a time, and may even be praised for being spiritually mature, being disconnected from normal human emotions has an impact on an individual. In...

   Aug 9, 2023

   1h 12m
6. 4

   Ep 4: All In The Family

   When spiritual trauma infuses our growing up years, it can be hard to identify it as trauma. We might find ourselves asking, how could it be trauma if it feels normal? And how can it be trauma when what happened in our family looks like what happened in so many other families? In this episode we...

   Aug 2, 2023

   1h 00m
7. 3

   Ep 3: Shards Of Glass

   Sometimes trauma happens as a result of a single event, with a distinct before, during, and after. More often than not, spiritual trauma happens in complex, layered ways over a long period of time. In this episode, Dr. Hillary McBride talks about the legacy of spiritual trauma in our mind-body...

   Jul 26, 2023

   53m
8. 2

   Ep 2: The Ecological System

   Even though the impact of trauma is felt most obviously in each individual, through the symptoms that show up in their thinking, feeling, and sensing, what causes such trauma, and the impact of it, spreads far beyond the individual. In this episode, Dr. Hillary McBride describes how spiritual...

   Jul 19, 2023

   1h 08m
9. 1

   Ep 1: The House Is Haunted

   Is spiritual trauma real? And if so, what is it? In the first episode of this podcast, Dr. Hillary McBride introduces the definitions of trauma in a more general sense, and spiritual trauma more specifically. Trauma in all forms creates a kind of shattering, with a legacy of fragmentation that...

   Jul 12, 2023

   1h 03m
10. 1

    Trailer - Holy/Hurt: A Podcast Exploring Spiritual Trauma and Healing

    What is spiritual trauma? How does it impact us? And are there paths toward healing? In this series, Hillary McBride (PhD, RPsych, RCC) explores these questions, sharing her research, clinical experience, and embodied approach, and engaging with other mental health professionals and people with...

    Jun 19, 2023

    5m