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Losing Our Religion
by Zac Gandara | A CounterCulture Society™ Production
Losing Our Religion with host Zac Gandara is a wild often comedic ride alongside a community of diverse humans each seeking their desired life and ideal experience away from the dogma and exclusivities they may have been raised to believe.
Episodes
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EPISODE 234: HBO's Alabama Snake Film: Bryan Storkel
Bryan Storkel! Bryan is a director and producer known for his featured works on Netflix, HBO, ESPN, Fox, and more. Most recently, Netflix's THE LEGEND OF COCAINE ISLAND (2019), which is now being made into a narrative film at Netflix with Will Ferrell and Bryan serving as Executive Producer. His...
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What Happened to the Podcast?: Zac Gandara
There hasn't been a new podcast episode for six months. What happened? Where is the show going now? Will it continue? How is Zac doing? What has Zac been doing? There is a lot to catch up on. Most importantly, there is a new episode coming out tomorrow with Bryan Storkel! Bryan is a director and...
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THINKING THURSDAY: Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable: Luvvie Ajayi: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. This is an excerpt from TEDWomen Talk in 2017. Luvvie Ajayi isn't afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you.…
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EPISODE 233: I Don't Have to Be Triggered By That Anymore: Michelle Young
Michelle is an event and experience producer for companies, brands, and events around Coachella, SXSW, The Grammy's, and everything in between. She has her own company to support artists, build community, and support the arts to give back. She comes from a Christian past and shares about her…
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Where Does Empathy Come From?: Zac Gandara
I am not the first person to reiterate that we have an empathy crisis in our world. We've created walls of privilege to shielded ourselves from the pain and struggles of humanity. The only way to understand is to embrace, and listen while feeling uncomfortable. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: WHITE...
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THINKING THURSDAY: The First Step to Becoming an Ally to Fighting Racial Injustice: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. It seems like so many people are finally waking up to the reality that has been going on for centuries. We have a big problem with institutional racism. How can you...
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Best Of Episode: White People Homework for Black Lives Matter Allies: Tori Glass
In place of our regularly scheduled episode, due to current events around George Floyd's murder, I want to reintroduce Tori Glass. Tori is an anti-racist educator, writer, content creator, and prolific tweeter. She is teaching people Dr. King called, "People of Goodwill," how to do the work that…
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Why Are Christians Finally Speaking Up About George Floyd and Black Lives Matter: Zac Gandara
Racism has been prominent in America for centuries. But when Colin Kaepernick kneeled at football games most of American Christianity mocked him in anger. Now George Floyd, another black human in a long list of dead black Americans murdered at the hand of the police has seemingly awoken some...
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THINKING THURSDAY: The Theory of Cultural Determinism: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. When you're ready for change is when change is possible. When you want it and can let go of the things that are holding you back from the life you want, this is when...
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EPISODE 232: Rebuilding the Foundations of Your Reality: Michelle Young
Michelle is an event and experience producer for companies, brands, and events around Coachella, SXSW, The Grammy's, and everything in between. She has her own company to support artists, build community, and support the arts to give back. She comes from a Christian past and shares about her…
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: How to Change When Everyone Else Says You Can't: Zac Gandara
The Theory of Cultural Determinism states that we as humans are either infinitely malleable and able to change, or we are programmed by our culture and cannot move outside of that programming. I think both are true. What do you think? Can you change, or not? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING…
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THINKING THURSDAY: The Part of You You've Hidden Away is You: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. The shadow self is spoken about by Carl Yung, Richard Rohr, June Singer and so many others in the spiritual and psychological world. It is the part of us we've...
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EPISODE 231: Covid-19 Relationship Dynamics: Josh Black and Haven Yates
Josh and Haven from the Play Party Podcast join me to talk about how Covid-19 has changed our relationship dynamics and forced us to deal with internal traumas we didn't know we had. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: I help you work through the Grief of Past Lives. Empowering...
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: How to Embrace Change and Make Changes: Zac Gandara
Alan Watts said, "The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." We talk about how to do this and how to handle both changes we can control and changes we cannot. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: It's time for change....
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THINKING THURSDAY: Stop Betraying Yourself for Them: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. So many of us come from upbringings where we were taught to ignore our feelings & bodies. Growth meant the suppression of both. This messed a lot of us up. Your...
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BEST OF!: Jesus Chakra & Porn: Seth Taylor
This episode was recorded in 2015. So much has changed since then, in the world, on this show, in Seth and I both. We had a volatile meeting at first caused by past triggers of mine which I didn't know I had and I certainly didn't know how to heal. This episode sparked a great friendship.…
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: We Don't Need to Honor Those Who Are Not Honorable: Zac Gandara
Many of us grew up with the obligation to honor parents, authority, family members simply because it was the culturally pressured thing to do. This led to a lot of silenced abuse. I no longer believe we need to honor those that are not honorable. Love and forgiveness are for us, honor is for…
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THINKING THURSDAY: Why am I not Progressing Like I Was?: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. With COVID-19 we have been thrown into a situation we cannot control. Many of us are struggling. We're waiting, hoping for things to get back to "normal." We used to...
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EPISODE 230: Science, Religion, and No Longer Fearing Death: Jeremiah Drouillard
Jeremiah is the type of person we need in these times in history. He is a brilliant critical thinker and teacher of critical thought. We need this today to navigate our lives, discern our truths through constructs built around us, and taking the reigns of our lives our own way. MENTIONED IN THIS...
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Why Are They Threatened by My Story?: Zac Gandara
If your story threatens the life someone else has built to protect themselves from knowing their own trauma, not only will they rewound us by rejecting our story, but they will rearrange the story to fit their narrative so they can remain safe. Is their safe healthy? No. It's denial. Written by...
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THINKING THURSDAY: How to Change Your Life: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. You never know what tomorrow will bring. But you do know what steps you can take today to move towards the tomorrow you want to come. What step can you take today?...
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EPISODE 229: Underneath the Pain, I Found Myself: Jeremiah Drouillard
This is one of those episodes that could be listened to over and over again. Jeremiah grew up in the Detroit Michigan area. Born into a Christian family he thought he knew how the world worked. After his mother's tragic passing. The grief and pain began his journey of asking the questions that…
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: There Is No Such Thing as Being Too Sensitive: Zac Gandara
If someone ignores or shames you for your reactions, that person might be capable of gaslighting you. That's the person you don't want around. Also, we take a call from a fellow Loser, Robert who wants to encourage us and share a bit of his story. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Gaslight Effect…
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THINKING THURSDAY: Am I Being Selfish?: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Often, when we are healing, we can become confused. We aren't used to tending to ourselves and our own needs. This makes us question if we're doing things "right."…
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EPISODE 228: White People Need Homework: Tori Glass
Tori is an anti-racist educator, writer, content creator, and prolific tweeter. She is teaching the folks Dr. King called, "People of Goodwill," how to do the work that is theirs, in their communities. Anyone who aspires to allyship and accountability is welcome to join her. MENTIONED IN THIS...
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Why Are We Protesting Social Distancing?: Zac Gandara
Have you seen these protests against social distancing? Signs that read, "Social Distancing is Communism." Is this real life? What are we doing? How can we help one another? Can we get better? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: It's time for change. WEEKLY-ISH EMAIL: Coaching,...
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THINKING THURSDAY: How to Know When You're Healing: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Growth is seen when we're simultaneously angered by someone's actions while also being able to look within with curiosity to see why were angered. What do you think?...
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BEST OF! Life is Weird, Love is Weird, It's Hard, We Can Change!: Nave
A lesbian with a heart of gold that loves humans and prays? Nave, raised in a commune, with a traumatic past that she scarcely remembers. Through it all, she continues to find healing and kick life in the ass. She's a genuinely fantastic human with a heart of tough gold. You will be inspired and...
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Some Days We Need to Pull Back and Cry. Other Days We Need to Press Harder While We Cry: Zac Gandara
Healing isn't easy. Growing, changing, transforming all things we want. Well, some of us want. It's not easy. Some days we just need to pull back and cry, other days we need to press through while we cry. Only you know the difference. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: COACHING WITH ZAC GANDARA: It's…
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THINKING THURSDAY: Indoctrinated Parenting Vs. Liberated Parenting: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. How to parent my kids while deconstructing and deconverting. One of the most common questions I receive is, "How do I parent my kids after leaving religion?"...
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EPISODE 227: Tend to Your Own Garden. How to Take Care of Yourself: Lily VonTrapp
Lily VonTrapp, science by day, boudoir model and burlesque by night. How to Take Care of Yourself: Continuing our conversation from last week about adult dating. We get down to the root of it all. Tending to our own garden. How are we tending to our own needs and healing so that we can even be…
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Why are Religious Services Being Exempt from Quarantine?: Zac Gandara
We chat about a satirical article that has real news behind it. Some southern governors in America have exempted religious services from their shelter-in-place orders, arguing that COVID-19 won't harm Christians. When we all just realize that there is only one team we're all on no matter what we...
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THINKING THURSDAY: Let's Talk About Tiger King: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. I'm not kidding when I say the Tiger King documentary on Netflix was triggering. Not in a religious PTSD way, but in a way that reminded me of how cults operate.…
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EPISODE 226: Adult Dating is Like Going to the Dump: Lily VonTrapp
Lily VonTrapp is back. In the science world by day and the burlesque world by night. From performance art to modeling, to parenthood, and her love of humans she is a wonderful soul to be in touch with. We deep dive into our relationship cycles and insecurities and come out laughing. MENTIONED IN...
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Things We May Be Grieving at the Moment: Zac Gandara
If you're being extra hard on yourself during this period of uncertainty, I hope you show yourself compassion and kindness. Grief is tough because you can't force it. Grief processes on its own timeframe. The only productive way to heal grief is to focus on the basics of being present with it?...
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THINKING THURSDAY: How to Survive Quarantine with a Narcissist or Toxic People: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. We're quarantined. Some of us are in better situations than others in this current reality. Here are some ways to help yourself and others survive during this time...
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EPISODE 225: Making Friends, Losing Friends, and Drinking A Lot: Amy Miller
Amy Miller is hilariously endearing. Like most guests she has a religious past but with an interesting twist. We chat about love and relationships, friendships, and wonder how many of us ex-Christians have used alcohol for therapeutic and comic relief. Amy Miller, a comedian seen on Comedy…
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Ran Out of Toilet Paper and My Butt is Still Clean: Zac Gandara
Do we really need to be hoarding toilet paper? Are our butts that important or are we having zero-risk bias? While it's true that COVID-19 includes diarrhea amongst its symptoms, so does Taco Bell, and way more people get that every day. Why the sudden urgency? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The real...
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THINKING THURSDAY: One Way We Can Thrive on the Coronavirus Pandemic Changes: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Healing our own pain and trauma that leads to anger is hard enough, but when someone is projecting theirs onto us in anger it's tough to respond constructively.…
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EPISODE 224: Starting Your Entire Live Over: Jonathan Bowles
Jonathan is back and we're taking a deep dive into our strange meditative experiences and how our Christian pasts have caused anxiety and fear into our new experiences. Jonathan is a fiery, former pastor, who's been through the wringer and come out like a freight train full of…Just listen, you'll...
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Jim Bakker, Snake Oil, Corona Virus, and Finding Peace: Zac Gandara
This is a crazy time, we're all feeling it, f*ck the snake oil salespeople that would take advantage of us. Here's some hilarious meltdown about it all with some encouraging words and daily help. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Televangelist Jim Bakker Sued Over Fake Coronavirus Treatment : NPR NEW...
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THINKING THURSDAY: I Don't Want to Talk About Covid 19 Coronavirus but: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. The fear is real for many. I know we are hurting, let us do so in ways that heal and create spaces of comfort and peace for ourselves and others as we find our way...
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EPISODE 223: A Freight Train of Religious Trauma Healing and Encouraging Laughter: Jonathan Bowles
Jonathan is a firey, former pastor, who's been through the wringer and come out like a freight train full of…Just listen, you'll get it. He's an entrepreneur, coach, existential wanderer, shamanic dreamer, encouragement monster and we share some wild rides and loads of laughter of how we've…
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: How to Heal Anger and Grief from Time Lost in Religious and Childhood Trauma: Zac Gandara
"I'm Angry and Grieving the Life I Wasted!" Fellow Loser and listener Natasha wrote in asking how to get rid of the anger and grief she is feeling the time religion and trauma has stolen from her. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: NEW VIDEO TRAINING SERIES! 12-week Video Training on Deprogramming &...
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THINKING THURSDAY: How to Combat Enmeshment and Codependency: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Growing up religious many of us where taught enmeshment and codependency not an autonomous partnership in our relationships. The idea of "two becoming one" is toxic...
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EPISODE 222: COUGH IT OUT! Expelling Demons and Healing From Trauma: Katherine
We begin this episode down a rabbit hole of my mystic therapy weirdness and then thankfully, pivot into relationships, and then drinking and laughing hysterically about Katherine's Christian past with YWAM (Youth With A Mission), "demon possession," and exorcism. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE…
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: We Can't Please Everyone, But We Should Listen if They're Hurt: Zac Gandara
Being you is hard enough, it's even harder when being you somehow trigger's someone else. We can't change how people perceive us, but when we hurt them unknowingly, no matter how they react, they deserve to be heard. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: NEW VIDEO TRAINING SERIES! 12-week Video Training on...
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THINKING THURSDAY: Be Encouraged, You're Not Alone in Your Healing: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday's are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. You are unique. Your struggles are not. We are universally bound to each other and face and deal with the same struggles. As we face our internal struggles we begin…
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EPISODE 221: Self-Awareness, Traumatic Events, and Healing: Katherine
Warning, this episode includes a story of a traumatic fatal accident. It's not easy healing, let alone healing from something fatal. Katherine shares her story of healing and becoming. It's honest, heartfelt, and helpful. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: NEW VIDEO TRAINING SERIES! 12-week Video…
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Change is Hard, But So is Not Changing: Zac Gandara
There's no way around it. Change is hard. Taking ownership of your life and self-care is hard. But life is hard anyways so you might at well engage your dreams and change! It's time to leave your abusive or toxic situations. If it's not serving you well anymore why continue engaging it? MENTIONED...
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Losing Our Religion with host Zac Gandara is a wild often comedic ride alongside a community of diverse humans each seeking their desired life and ideal experience away from the dogma and exclusivities they may have been raised to believe.
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