Janice Selbie
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The Divorcing Religion Podcast was launched by professional counsellor Janice Selbie to highlight the impact of Religious Trauma Syndrome. Guests include The Thinking Atheist Seth Andrews, The Friendly Atheist Hemant Mehta, author Margaret Atwood, Godless Mom, Mandisa Thomas, Dr. Darrel Ray, Dr. Marlene Winell and more.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Janice Selby's interviews connect faith loss to family, sexuality, identity, and the practical work of rebuilding self-trust.
Janice Selby gives people room to describe what happens after inherited certainty begins to break. Her interviews follow departures from Christianity through the parts that doctrine can obscure: strained family bonds, changing identities, sexual shame, controlling relationships,…
A former pastor's finger tattoos might sound familiar if your exit story has its own unlikely plot twists.
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A calm conversation about religious trauma, deconstruction, and the slow work of changing perspective.
Janice Selby speaks with Dr. Sarah Farrell, a clinical social worker, therapist, professor, and stand-up comedian, about religious trauma and deconstruction. The episode follows how college, an MSW mentor, therapy, PhD study, and comedy can widen a person's sense of the world.
A measured look at faith loss, family strain, and recovery.
Elise Bouvier's discussion of Unfolding Faith centers on the personal cost of leaving Christianity and the way that decision can ripple through identity and family ties.
A clear-eyed liberation story with lived detail and a little drag in the pacing.
Deitra Denise's story centers on what it costs to leave a toxic marriage and try to build something steadier afterward. Janice Selby keeps the focus on liberation, and the most vivid details are practical ones: the move to New York City, the visibility that came with Humans of…
A former pastor traces how leaving evangelical certainty changed his faith and his sense of self.
Timmy Gibson describes a long break with the evangelical certainty he spent 30 years teaching. He moves from Bible college and the pulpit to therapy, deconstruction, and a view of Christianity as a made-up story, and Janice Selby lets that arc unfold without crowding it.
A clear-eyed conversation about purity culture, shame, and the work of untangling sex from fear.
Janice Selby and Lacey Bond keep the conversation close to the fallout from purity culture. Janice brings a counselor's steadiness, while Lacey's evangelical background and her work as a sex, relationship, and intimacy coach give the talk its edge.
Live calls, skeptical questions, human stakes.
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant explain one topic per episode, from the bicameral mind to Boeing's MCAS.
Multi-part dramatized retellings of scandals like OceanGate's Titan and the Lehman Brothers collapse.
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins dissect Oscar races, new releases, and Hollywood news.
Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen debate new releases, classics, and their own film rankings.
Host Janice Selby continues her conversation with Detra Denise, a former pastor's wife who rebuilt her life after leaving a toxic marriage.
Janice Selbie interviews Timmy Gibson, a former fundamental evangelical pastor who spent 30 years preaching before deconstructing his faith.
Janice Selbie interviews Lacey Bond, a certified sex and intimacy coach, about recovering from evangelical purity culture.
Host Janice Selbie interviews Dr.
Host Janice Selbie interviews Canadian filmmaker Elise Bouvier about her documentary 'Unfolding Faith,' which explores her journey out of Pentecostal Christianity.