When Deconstructing Means Leaving Your Whole Life

Deconstructing a Reconstructionist childhood...

On this episode, Katelyn and Roxy consider what it would take to quit — like really quit — the religions of our childhood. Not just the faith, but the community. And, as two eldest daughters with an outsize sense of responsibility, we find the prospect daunting to say the least. That's what makes the women of the Deconstruction Doulas network so compelling — leaving a high-control religious environment takes serious bravery and gumption.

We talk with Margaret Bronson, a co-founder of Deconstruction Doulas, about a more holistic approach to deconstruction and why these former real-life "tradwives" hear echoes of their own childhoods in today's national politics.

GUESTS:

Kathryn Post is a national reporter for RNS who recently traveled to Colorado Springs to cover a Deconstruction Doulas retreat for the article, "Inside the Deconstruction Doulas’ network for former tradwives and ‘ex-fundies.’"

Margaret Bronson is a writer, advocate and co-founder of Deconstruction Doulas, a network offering peer support and resources to women leaving high-control religions.

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