Redesigning Faith Practice After Abortion
This week's podcast is Stephanie Galindo. She is a former pastor, who was raised in a fundamentalist, mission driven, and politically minded home. Now she is a Life Coach specifically for people who have experienced a transition out of their original faith community.
Show Notes:
2:26 What happens when we like parts of our religion but not others?
2:46 Stephanie’s introduction: life coaching for people who have experienced a transition out of their original faith community
4:54 “I want to see you take hold of who you are and be in a healthy place for you”
5:57 Stephanie’s story: raised in a fundamentalist and political family, mission upbringing
7:22 “There’s a lot of shame, anxiety , and turmoil that comes with a lot of belief systems…”
8:18 Losing everything “launched me into the process of deconstruction”
9:09 “I believe that all of life and all of faith is a journey”
10:00 “... learn to trust themselves as to what their faith experience needs to be…”
11:08 “the soul process has been a lifetime journey”
11:26 “Through my whole life there’s been a voice- ‘this is the way, walk in it’”
12:22 “... there a silencing of the voice, which I would consider the voice of God”
13:00 “People are taught not to trust themselves and to trust the establishment”
15:09 “If you look at recent history each generation bring their own flavor to faith”
16:25 “...may our ceiling become your floor…”
18:45 “We have had this interesting experience of going on a faith journey our entire marriage”
22:00 “Once you’ve gone through a trauma you can walk forward and decide what do I have agency for?”
23:46 We are never the same person after abortion as we were before
24:54 A lot of people who experience start to question everything and faith is one of the things they question
25:32 How do I create a direct connection to God?
25:45 Abortion can be a life event that severs or strengthens your relationship with faith, “nothing can segment your relationship with God”
28:30 “The process of stepping out and walking away from a faith community that’s not serving you right now… you can trust yourself… when you take the leap of faith and step into your authentic self, the people who are meant for the next phase of your journey will step in… you can’t see until you’ve actually made that jump”
30:56 One of the most common things we feel after abortion is alone, because the world isn’t talking about abortion in the way we are experienceing it
32:40 “the reason that it feels safe is because they tell you it’s scary out there”
33:35 What actually brings safety, comfort, and a sense of belonging is finding your people who believe in spirit the way you do
34:23 “When you find and live into your authentic self… those people will come to you.”
35:30 “I want to reject these beliefs, but I don’t want to reject this community or these people because I don’t know what else is out there”
36:13 “I always wanted to stay within the Christian faith, but didn’t know how”
36:59 (referenced podcast episodes)
37:53 “The very framework of death and resurrection requires death” How do we teach this to our children and new generations? “Death and resurrection can be progressive”
41:04 If you build YOU they will come
41:24 You have to be willing to be with yourself and your feelings for a little while and it’s not always easy, but it’s worth it.
42:47 “I committed to only allow to stay what was easy”
44:35 “I am this rock and you can come to me or not” This is who I am, do you want to be a part of it or not?
46:31 “The voices of that particular community are not the the voice of spirit”
46:47 “There is nothing in our faith construct that would permit a community to say that you are any less than or condemned for that decision you made”
48:15 Find Stephanie on Facebook
email her at Stephanielgalindo@outlook.com
