*TW: Suicidal ideation & depression are mentioned*

Today we have Marilla Ziarkowski (they/them) on the pod! They are a writer, dancer, pie baking aficionado, and loves to immerse themselves into learning about psychology and philosophy. Marilla shares their experience of their deconstruction and how the church, family members, and others were a part of their final push to see the patterns of abuse within the theology surrounding them. They also talk about how getting diagnosed with autism has helped them see the broader scope of how they were letting others impact how they existed within their own mind. We talk about the systemic abuse throughout Christianity, how it has affected our lives, and the mental patterns we have changed to experience our full autonomy. After changing their thought processes on living their life from the inside out versus the outside in, they can see the ways that their autonomy has come back tenfold. This episode is full of goodness and so much wisdom. Enjoy!

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