Sunday School Dropouts
Sunday School Dropouts
Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery
When the Body Keeps the Faith: Purity Culture and Chronic Pain
1 hour 28 minutes Posted Mar 31, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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In this episode, we're joined by Nicole Clifton, a coach specializing in faith deconstruction, purity culture trauma, and chronic illness support. Nicole shares her personal journey navigating chronic pain for nearly 20 years while growing up in evangelical Christianity. We explore the often-overlooked connection between purity culture and chronic health conditions, discussing how high-control religious environments create constant hypervigilance and stress that can manifest as long-term phys...