Episode Details

Learn what healing looks like after 40 years of identity collapse in Christian patriarchy. Tia Levings is a New York Times bestselling author, featured in Amazon's "Shiny Happy People," who escaped Christian fundamentalism, recovered from religious trauma, and now decodes why patriarchal family structures mirror the theocratic policies taking shape in American government right now.

In this episode, Tia walks us through:

• The mechanics of silence culture and why it protects abusers
• How to identify when you're in a high-control group (it's rarely obvious)
• Why women brought into patriarchal power structures become scapegoats
• What healing actually looks like (not spiritual bypassing, not "I'm grateful it happened")
• The healing modalities that work for complex PTSD after religious trauma
• How modern politics is the scaled-up version of the family systems she lived in

This is a warm, grounded conversation about one of the most urgent cultural issues we're not talking about clearly enough.

Books mentioned:

• A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy (https://amzn.to/4tTCvug)
• I Belong to Me: A Survivor's Guide to Recovery and Hope After Religious Trauma — released May 5, 2026 (https://amzn.to/4epEiCy)

Find Tia:

• Website: https://tialevings.com/
• Substack: https://tialevings.substack.com/
• Social: @TiaLevingsWriter

Viral first appearance on Culture Changers Podcast "What Christian Patriarchy Doesn't Want You To Know" - https://youtu.be/aU6CcgskrUE

Rather watch on YouTube? https://youtu.be/tCeYbmwcnXA

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