by Lissa Rankin | Nov 15, 2021 | Healing, Mental Health, Social Justice, Spiritual Bypassing, Spirituality, Trust
Just as a point of inquiry, let’s take a moment to explore the relationship between common religious and spiritual teachings and how they might be linked to oppression. I don’t believe there’s some Evil Cabal out to control the world, but let’s...
by Lissa Rankin | Nov 11, 2021 | Healing, Mental Health, Spiritual Bypassing, Spirituality, Trust
After making a very painful decision to let a long-term friendship expire after repetitive boundary violating and abusive behavior caused me to hit my limit, I just read an article about “bad friends” that I found very helpful. This friendship has been...
by Lissa Rankin | Nov 8, 2021 | Healing, Mental Health, Social Justice, Spiritual Bypassing, Spirituality, Trust
Some of you have been asking me privately whether I’ve become an atheist, a skeptic, or some sort of non-believer, so I thought I’d take a minute to just share with you some of my personal beliefs, which are admittedly always fluid as I learn and grow. In...
by Lissa Rankin | Nov 5, 2021 | Healing, Mental Health, Social Justice, Spiritual Bypassing, Spirituality, Trust
“Sometimes I wake up & have to remind myself: ‘There is nothing wrong with me. I have patterns to unlearn, new behaviors to embody and wounds to heal. But there is nothing wrong with the core of me and who I am. I am unlearning generations of harm and remembering...
by Lissa Rankin | Oct 18, 2021 | Healing, Mental Health, Social Justice, Spiritual Bypassing, Spirituality, Trust
A few days ago, I posted 23 Ways To Spot Cultic Leaders, and it’s obvious from the almost 400 comments that a lot of people have been hurt by people who abused their power in ways that cause irreparable kinds of harm. I want to start by saying to the victims of cultic...
