🎬 Videos(5)
Video
How to Leave Religion Behind Without Regret
Resource Director
Leaving religion behind is a transformative journey, but it can be overwhelming without the right tools and mindset. In this video, I share 10 essential tips to help you navigate the process of deconstructing religion in 2025. From grieving what you’ve lost to discovering your true core values and finding awe in new ways, these practical steps will empower you to reclaim your autonomy and thrive beyond faith. With my experience as an atheist spiritual director and a background in theology, I provide actionable advice and relatable stories to guide you through this pivotal transition. Whether you're struggling with the fears instilled by religion, learning to reframe rituals, or building a supportive community, this video offers a comprehensive roadmap for leaving religion behind. Together, we’ll uncover the tools you need to create a life that aligns with your values and brings you genuine peace and fulfillment. Watch now to take the first step toward freedom and a brighter future.
📄 Articles(1)
Article
Journey Free
Journey Free
Journey Free is dedicated to helping people transition out of harmful religions, recover from trauma, and rebuild their lives. They offer meetings in the San Francisco area, but also via Skype. 1-510-292-0509
📚 Books(1)
Book
Lost Faith and Wandering Souls - A Psychology of Disillusionment, Mourning, and the Return of Hope
David Morris
A deeper look at the religious identity crisis of our time that shows a way past our debates and toward a healthier spirituality. Americans are obsessed with religion. You're either in or you're out; you're this or you're that. Except now, so many of us just want to forget the whole thing. We often feel angry, hurt, and alone, while knowing there's a better way. Lost Faith and Wandering Souls helps readers get at these important feelings of disillusionment and shows that the keys to rediscovering hope are within. Religion commentator David Morris puts theological arguments aside and holds up our humanity as equally important. He treats the loss of faith as if it were any other kind of loss, and asks, what if we learned to mourn? He turns to psychoanalytic psychology for its interpretive power. With the concepts of mourning, pining, and play, he shines a light on a path forward. Applying these concepts to contemporary spiritual memoirs, Morris discovers a back-and-forth movement in overcoming faith loss, going between feelings of numbness, self-recrimination, and wandering to playfulness, self-agency, and belonging. If we can feel our loss, he argues, then we can rediscover meaning making. Lost Faith and Wandering Souls acknowledges the religious identity crisis of our time and the full power of the psychological journey. By looking beneath the surface at deep, lifelong dynamics, it shows a way through our losses individually and socially toward a healthier, inclusive spirituality.
🎙️ Podcasts(1)
Podcast
Leaving the Fold with Marlene Winell, PhD
The Life After Podcast
Sarah Ragsdale is the content creator behind the Sarah Rocksdale YouTube channel and blog where she has gained a following speaking on a wide range of topics that include beauty, fashion, fitness, and lifestyle. Her channel is diverse in that she also covers deeper subjects including self-help, religion, atheism, and current events. Sarah started creating content in 2011 with a heavy emphasis on beauty, and found that she resonated with audiences, winning the Rimmel London Look contest and becoming a NYX Cosmetics Face Awards finalist two years in a row. After realizing she was in a unique position to speak to an audience that might not otherwise be exposed to some difficult subjects, she chose to expand her content to cover issues she is more passionate about, including some controversial topics, with the goal of sparking conversations and spreading awareness.
See Also
- Healing from Religious Harm
- Religious Trauma Syndrome
- Indoctrination