Faith and Trauma Center
@faithandtraumacenter.org
A resource and training website exploring the intersections of religion, trauma, mental health, and healing founded by @christielove.bsky.social & Holly Madden. Also the home of the Faith and Trauma Center Podcast.
Many with religious trauma struggle to be proud of themselves and celebrate their successes because pride was always negative and something to feel guilty about. Self esteem is seen as selfish.
Healing is learning to celebrate yourself and accept that you are worthy of compliments.
Healing is learning to celebrate yourself and accept that you are worthy of compliments.
August 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Many with religious trauma struggle to be proud of themselves and celebrate their successes because pride was always negative and something to feel guilty about. Self esteem is seen as selfish.
Healing is learning to celebrate yourself and accept that you are worthy of compliments.
Healing is learning to celebrate yourself and accept that you are worthy of compliments.
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Sacred spaces can cause trauma both by their words and actions, AND by their silence and compliance with systems of injustice and oppression.
August 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sacred spaces can cause trauma both by their words and actions, AND by their silence and compliance with systems of injustice and oppression.
In case you need to hear this today.
August 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In case you need to hear this today.
We were previously The Flipped Table Collective, but we have a new name, new logo, new website, and new podcast!!!!! Check out our new look and content at www.faithandtraumacenter.org
Faith and Trauma Center
www.faithandtraumacenter.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We were previously The Flipped Table Collective, but we have a new name, new logo, new website, and new podcast!!!!! Check out our new look and content at www.faithandtraumacenter.org
"It’s okay to distance yourself from spaces that demand a version of you that no longer is true. Belonging shouldn’t depend on an illusion." Cole Arthur Riley, @BlackLiturgies (2023)
June 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"It’s okay to distance yourself from spaces that demand a version of you that no longer is true. Belonging shouldn’t depend on an illusion." Cole Arthur Riley, @BlackLiturgies (2023)
Looking for a great resource to help talk to kids about #PrideMonth? Check out this resource in our library:
PRIDE for Kids — The Flipped Table Collective
This resource provides talking points, activity and community ideas, and links to additional resources to engage with the topic of PRIDE for kids!
www.flippedtablecollective.com
June 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Looking for a great resource to help talk to kids about #PrideMonth? Check out this resource in our library:
"Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it." Bayard Rustin, To the House of Representatives (1969)
June 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it." Bayard Rustin, To the House of Representatives (1969)
One of our amazing content creators put together this guide to using pronouns correctly. We invite you to explore this resource that can be used in your faith community, non-profit organization, or personal relationships.
A Simple Guide to Correctly Using Pronouns — The Flipped Table Collective
This guide offers simple guidance on how to correctly use pronouns in all environments. This guide can be used both virtually or downloaded as a poster.
www.flippedtablecollective.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
One of our amazing content creators put together this guide to using pronouns correctly. We invite you to explore this resource that can be used in your faith community, non-profit organization, or personal relationships.
How is your faith community centering, celebrating, and honoring #PrideMonth?
June 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
How is your faith community centering, celebrating, and honoring #PrideMonth?
Back in March, we recorded a podcast about deconstructing gender in these difficult times. This is a beautiful and powerful conversation for faith leaders and faith communities - take time to engage with this conversation here:
Conversation #80: Deconstructing Gender in Times of Adversity
Flipped Table Theology · Episode
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June 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Back in March, we recorded a podcast about deconstructing gender in these difficult times. This is a beautiful and powerful conversation for faith leaders and faith communities - take time to engage with this conversation here:
In honor of #PrideMonth check out some of these great resources from QueerTheology.com - www.queertheology.com/resources/
QueerTheology.com | Resources for LGBTQ+ Christians and Supporters - Queer Theology
Queerness is already sacred we want to show you how After 10 years as the longest running LGBTQ+ spirituality podcast, […]
QueerTheology.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
In honor of #PrideMonth check out some of these great resources from QueerTheology.com - www.queertheology.com/resources/
Our Co-Founder @christielove.bsky.social created a playlist for Pride to honor those who have deconstructed and are working to heal from religious trauma. Check it out here:
Deconstructed Pride 🌈
Playlist · Christie Love · 69 items · 3 saves
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June 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Our Co-Founder @christielove.bsky.social created a playlist for Pride to honor those who have deconstructed and are working to heal from religious trauma. Check it out here:
Flipped Table Co-Founder Holly Madden created this beautiful meditation for the queer individual- to honor the struggle of surviving in our societies and to celebrate the miracle that is queer lives. Check it out here: www.flippedtablecollective.com/ftc-resource...
#ProgressiveFaith #PRIDEMonth
#ProgressiveFaith #PRIDEMonth
Honoring Queer Lives Meditations — The Flipped Table Collective
This 15 minute guided embodiment meditation is written for the queer individual- to honor the struggle of surviving in our societies and to celebrate the miracle that is queer lives.
www.flippedtablecollective.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Flipped Table Co-Founder Holly Madden created this beautiful meditation for the queer individual- to honor the struggle of surviving in our societies and to celebrate the miracle that is queer lives. Check it out here: www.flippedtablecollective.com/ftc-resource...
#ProgressiveFaith #PRIDEMonth
#ProgressiveFaith #PRIDEMonth
"...the ways in which many LGBT people have been taught to hate ourselves from an early age, pride is an important act of spiritual healing and witness that allows us to develop a healthy sense of ourselves, our communities, and those who we love. -Patrick Cheng,“ The Spiritual Significance of Pride
June 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"...the ways in which many LGBT people have been taught to hate ourselves from an early age, pride is an important act of spiritual healing and witness that allows us to develop a healthy sense of ourselves, our communities, and those who we love. -Patrick Cheng,“ The Spiritual Significance of Pride
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June 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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We share some of our favorite Queer Theology titles on our website in the resource library! Check them out here:
Book Recommendations on Queer Theology — The Flipped Table Collective
Below are some titles to explore to learn more about Queer Theology. This list is updated when new recommendations are released.
www.flippedtablecollective.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We share some of our favorite Queer Theology titles on our website in the resource library! Check them out here:
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No matter how much healing work you have done… triggers can still catch you off guard.
Be gentle with yourself when it happens.
Healing is not linear and your trauma is not a source of shame.
Be gentle with yourself when it happens.
Healing is not linear and your trauma is not a source of shame.
May 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
No matter how much healing work you have done… triggers can still catch you off guard.
Be gentle with yourself when it happens.
Healing is not linear and your trauma is not a source of shame.
Be gentle with yourself when it happens.
Healing is not linear and your trauma is not a source of shame.
Two great tools to learn about that can be used to support those who are working to understand and improve their mental health is the Internal Family System Model by Dr. Richard Schwartz and the Enneagram. These resource can help you get started!
May 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Two great tools to learn about that can be used to support those who are working to understand and improve their mental health is the Internal Family System Model by Dr. Richard Schwartz and the Enneagram. These resource can help you get started!
Here are some additional recommended resources for Mental Health Awareness Month.
May 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Here are some additional recommended resources for Mental Health Awareness Month.
May has been Mental Health Awareness Month. Here are some titles that we recommend to faith leaders and those in helping professions to add to their collections of resources.
May 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
May has been Mental Health Awareness Month. Here are some titles that we recommend to faith leaders and those in helping professions to add to their collections of resources.
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In 2021, I published a book called God of the Gaps, about finding faith in the in-between spaces of our lives. Today, I am thinking of the gap between the values and principles that so many gave their lives to protect in this nation.... and what our country has become. I am grieving the gap today.
May 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In 2021, I published a book called God of the Gaps, about finding faith in the in-between spaces of our lives. Today, I am thinking of the gap between the values and principles that so many gave their lives to protect in this nation.... and what our country has become. I am grieving the gap today.
What was the high point of your week last week?
May 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
What was the high point of your week last week?
If you are looking for a way to regulate your emotions and responses this week, we want to offer you this yoga flow with @hollyrosemadden.bsky.social to help you center and ground.
Yoga Offering: Yoga for Times Such as This — The Flipped Table Collective
Yoga Offering: Yoga for Times Such as This
www.flippedtablecollective.com
May 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If you are looking for a way to regulate your emotions and responses this week, we want to offer you this yoga flow with @hollyrosemadden.bsky.social to help you center and ground.
Participate in our online project called "Dear Church." You can write an anonymous open letter to THE church.
Dear Church" Project
The purpose of this project is to give individuals the opportunity to write an anonymous letter to either THE CHURCH (Wider church/organized religion), their local church, or a combination of both.…
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May 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Participate in our online project called "Dear Church." You can write an anonymous open letter to THE church.
"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." Archbishop Desmond Tutu
May 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." Archbishop Desmond Tutu