About us
Life After Harmful Religion is an online community for women navigating the emotional aftermath of harmful religion and purity culture.
Many women leave religion, but still struggle with:
• chronic guilt and shame
• second-guessing themselves
• loneliness and loss of community
• difficulty trusting their own thoughts, needs, feelings, and desires
• purity culture conditioning
• fear, self-monitoring, and people pleasing
• figuring out who they are outside of the roles and rules they were taught
This group exists to create supportive, honest, emotionally safe spaces for women rebuilding life after harmful religious experiences.
Inside this community, we explore things like:
✨ self-trust
✨ identity after religion
✨ healing shame and conditioning
✨ boundaries and emotional safety
✨ loneliness and belonging
✨ reconnecting with yourself after years of self-suppression
The events hosted through this group include guided conversation, reflection, emotional support, some Mind Shifting work around shame and conditioning, and intentional connection with women who truly understand these experiences.
This is not a debate space, preaching space, or performative self-help space.
You do not need to have everything figured out.
You do not need to explain or justify your experience.
You do not need to perform healing.
This is simply a grounded, supportive community for women learning how to rebuild trust in themselves and create life beyond harmful religion - together.
Upcoming events
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Life After Harmful Religion
Location not specified yetThis event is part of the Fire Keepers Circle:
Life After Harmful Religion community - a supportive space for women navigating the lingering effects of harmful religion and purity culture.Many women leave religion, but still struggle with:
• guilt and shame that won’t go away
• chronic self-doubt and second-guessing
• loneliness and loss of community
• difficulty trusting themselves
• purity culture conditioning
• figuring out who they are outside the roles and rules they were taughtThis gathering is designed to offer a grounded, emotionally safe space to explore some of these experiences alongside women who truly understand them.
During the event, we’ll explore themes like:
✨ rebuilding self-trust
✨ healing shame and conditioning
✨ identity after religion
✨ emotional safety and belonging
✨ reconnecting with yourself after years of self-suppressionThe online gathering will include:
• guided conversation and reflection
• emotional support and connection
• some Mind Shifting work around guilt, shame, and conditioning
• space to ask questions and share experiences
• an introduction to the ongoing Life After Harmful
Religion membership community for women wanting deeper ongoing support and connectionThis is not therapy, preaching, debate, or performative self-help.
You do not need to have everything figured out.
You do not need to explain or justify your experience.
You do not need to perform healing.This is simply a supportive space to explore healing, connection, and rebuilding after harmful religion — together.
Please bring a pen and paper and have a quiet space where you can to be involved.
Tickets for this event are available through Eventbrite using the link below.
Option one: Tues. May 26, 10am PST:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1989617282852?aff=oddtdtcreatorOption two: Wed June 3, 6:30 pm PST:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1989618365089?aff=oddtdtcreatorPlease note: the RSVP count shown in Meetup does not reflect the full attendance for the event, as it is also being shared through other communities and platforms.
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