David Teachout
@lifeweavings.bsky.social
Professional in #psychology Work w/ religious trauma. Constructivist #philosophy , ACT, #stoic , humanistic and pro-human perspectives. www.humanitysvalues.com
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Accepting Your Anger Course
Explore the roots of your anger response, identify values, and express yourself authentically. Enroll now!
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Over the course of two weeks, will introduce you to a new way of thinking about your relationship with your emotions, and help develop habits that create greater flexibility in reacting to your anger in less destructive ways.
Learn at your own pace.
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Learn at your own pace.
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Sunday the 7th @ 6pm MST, I’m going live again on Substack. Will be answering questions people have, and presenting on how to choose a therapist. I can guarantee I’m more critical about it than the “everyone should do therapy” nonsense. Hope to see you there!
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LIVE SOON: Live with David Teachout
Starting Dec 7 at 8:00 PM EST
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December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sunday the 7th @ 6pm MST, I’m going live again on Substack. Will be answering questions people have, and presenting on how to choose a therapist. I can guarantee I’m more critical about it than the “everyone should do therapy” nonsense. Hope to see you there!
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Talk with AI Jesus! Talk with AI Satan! I know it’s all fake, but I can imagine the less critical and prone to delusions or already schizophrenic will not be helped. I’ve started seeing repercussions of people not knowing how chatbots work showing up with clients. Wild
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November 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Talk with AI Jesus! Talk with AI Satan! I know it’s all fake, but I can imagine the less critical and prone to delusions or already schizophrenic will not be helped. I’ve started seeing repercussions of people not knowing how chatbots work showing up with clients. Wild
textwith.me/en/jesus/#:~...
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Let’s kick of my first Substack live Q/A this Sunday the 30th. I’ve always enjoyed hanging out with people after online presentations answering questions on all things related to psychology, religion, and philosophy. So here we go. Open to all subscribers.
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LIVE SOON: Live with David Teachout
Starting Nov 30 at 8:00 PM EST
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November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Let’s kick of my first Substack live Q/A this Sunday the 30th. I’ve always enjoyed hanging out with people after online presentations answering questions on all things related to psychology, religion, and philosophy. So here we go. Open to all subscribers.
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In this conversation, SC Nealy and I discuss the impact of beliefs and oppressive systems on the creation of trauma… We discuss their work in the LGBTQ+ community, with their dedication to the intersection of mental health and social involvement
#lgbtq #mentalhealth
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#lgbtq #mentalhealth
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Navigating Spirituality Without Harm
An interview with SC Nealy
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November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In this conversation, SC Nealy and I discuss the impact of beliefs and oppressive systems on the creation of trauma… We discuss their work in the LGBTQ+ community, with their dedication to the intersection of mental health and social involvement
#lgbtq #mentalhealth
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#lgbtq #mentalhealth
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To help people in the midst of insurance price absurdities, I'm now offering my online classes for only $10. Currently there's a class for working through anger and another on humanistic principles to explore when leaving authoritarian religion. #mentalhealth
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Life Weavings Classes
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November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
To help people in the midst of insurance price absurdities, I'm now offering my online classes for only $10. Currently there's a class for working through anger and another on humanistic principles to explore when leaving authoritarian religion. #mentalhealth
life-weavings.thinkific.com
life-weavings.thinkific.com
Yes, it's paywalled, but if interested, yours truly, as well as the fabulous words of Darrel Ray and Travis McKie-Voerste from @recoveringfromreligion.org are featured here.
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Americans are leaving religion because of anti-LGBTQIA+ animus. Why now?
As attitudes toward LGBTQ inclusion shift, growing numbers are abandoning their faith, despite the painful and often years-long process.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Yes, it's paywalled, but if interested, yours truly, as well as the fabulous words of Darrel Ray and Travis McKie-Voerste from @recoveringfromreligion.org are featured here.
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We discuss the importance of allowing children to express themselves through costumes, and the need for curiosity in parenting. Ultimately, we encourage people to embrace change, explore new experiences, and prioritize authenticity in their lives. #lgbtq
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Exploring Identity in the Spirit of Halloween
Evolving parenting traditions
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October 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We discuss the importance of allowing children to express themselves through costumes, and the need for curiosity in parenting. Ultimately, we encourage people to embrace change, explore new experiences, and prioritize authenticity in their lives. #lgbtq
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Writing for @thehumanist.com.web.brid.gy about the great work being done by @recoveringfromreligion.org and their Secular Therapy Project, helping connect people to therapists who will focus on the person not the religious indoctrination.
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#MentalHealthMatters
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#MentalHealthMatters
The Secular Therapy Project: A Celebration of Humanity Instead of Dogma - TheHumanist.com
Learn more about Recovering from Religion's new project.
thehumanist.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Writing for @thehumanist.com.web.brid.gy about the great work being done by @recoveringfromreligion.org and their Secular Therapy Project, helping connect people to therapists who will focus on the person not the religious indoctrination.
thehumanist.com/news/secular...
#MentalHealthMatters
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#MentalHealthMatters
It’s ridiculously easy to get caught up in focusing on all the things you can’t or aren’t doing, ignoring what you already are and could be. Stop trying to “understand” yourself and get out there doing yourself. #personalgrowth
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How to Build Confidence and Achieve Your Goals While Living Your Best Life
Living with and from your values
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October 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It’s ridiculously easy to get caught up in focusing on all the things you can’t or aren’t doing, ignoring what you already are and could be. Stop trying to “understand” yourself and get out there doing yourself. #personalgrowth
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The medicalization of normal human emotional experiences so that not reacting is equated with “health” may be one of the worst cultural developments we’ve done.
‘Girl, Take Your Crazy Pills!’ Antidepressants Recast as a Hot Lifestyle Accessory - Wall Street Journal
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‘Girl, Take Your Crazy Pills!’ Antidepressants Recast as a Hot Lifestyle Accessory - Wall Street Journal
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‘Girl, Take Your Crazy Pills!’ Antidepressants Recast as a Hot Lifestyle Accessory — The Wall Street Journal
Influencers tout the drugs, but many unsuspecting followers find the side effects take the fun out of life
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October 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The medicalization of normal human emotional experiences so that not reacting is equated with “health” may be one of the worst cultural developments we’ve done.
‘Girl, Take Your Crazy Pills!’ Antidepressants Recast as a Hot Lifestyle Accessory - Wall Street Journal
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‘Girl, Take Your Crazy Pills!’ Antidepressants Recast as a Hot Lifestyle Accessory - Wall Street Journal
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“There’s simply nothing in the above that somehow takes you away or outside of reality. Instead, every iteration of experience is simply one facet of reality, emphasizing certain parts more than others.” #ai
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The Uncanny Valley of Artificial People
Why acting already requires us to ignore the human in front of us
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October 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“There’s simply nothing in the above that somehow takes you away or outside of reality. Instead, every iteration of experience is simply one facet of reality, emphasizing certain parts more than others.” #ai
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Conversation with Heather Hester on her book for parents. open.substack.com/pub/lifeweav... #pride #lgbtq
Parenting with Pride: Loving your LGBTQ+ Teen
Watch now | An interview with Heather Hester
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September 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Conversation with Heather Hester on her book for parents. open.substack.com/pub/lifeweav... #pride #lgbtq
A preview of my chat with Heather Hester, author of "Parenting with Pride: Unlearn Bias and Embrace, Empower, and Love Your LGBTQ+ Teen." #parenting
Interview is coming out Tuesday. Subscribe at www.humanitysvalues.com to get notified.
Interview is coming out Tuesday. Subscribe at www.humanitysvalues.com to get notified.
September 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A preview of my chat with Heather Hester, author of "Parenting with Pride: Unlearn Bias and Embrace, Empower, and Love Your LGBTQ+ Teen." #parenting
Interview is coming out Tuesday. Subscribe at www.humanitysvalues.com to get notified.
Interview is coming out Tuesday. Subscribe at www.humanitysvalues.com to get notified.
“To be wrong is not something to be afraid of, and yet we run away from it at virtually every opportunity we can.” #politics
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The Comfort of Authority
Why group allegiance often feels safer than independent moral responsibility
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September 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“To be wrong is not something to be afraid of, and yet we run away from it at virtually every opportunity we can.” #politics
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Talking with Elliot, also known as Secular Rarity, and discuss the importance of building a secular community. We explore the challenges faced by secular organizations and the power of community in creating change. #secularism #atheism
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Connecting Secular Minds: The Importance of Community
An interview with Secular Rarity
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September 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Talking with Elliot, also known as Secular Rarity, and discuss the importance of building a secular community. We explore the challenges faced by secular organizations and the power of community in creating change. #secularism #atheism
www.humanitysvalues.com/p/connecting...
www.humanitysvalues.com/p/connecting...
Behavior, in all its forms of emotion/thought/action, also seeks to address social-bonding. This is because we are fundamentally social beings, through which we derive our sense of self and develop/construct meaning and purpose. #mentalhealth #psychology
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The Desire for Significance
The why and effects of being the hero of our stories
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July 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Behavior, in all its forms of emotion/thought/action, also seeks to address social-bonding. This is because we are fundamentally social beings, through which we derive our sense of self and develop/construct meaning and purpose. #mentalhealth #psychology
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Depth psychology. Trauma. Therapeutic relationship. The profoundly human connections that bind us all. A delightful conversation.
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Interview with Dr. Kristen Hornung
Humanity’s Values is a 100% reader-supported publication.
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July 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Depth psychology. Trauma. Therapeutic relationship. The profoundly human connections that bind us all. A delightful conversation.
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Had fun discussing my journey leaving Christianity and the online class I’ve published to help people on their own paths of leaving fundamentalist religious ideologies by accepting and appreciating our humanity rather than dismissing or shaming it.
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Reclaim Your Life: A Journey of Deconstruction & Healing
YouTube video by TheThinkingAtheist
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June 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Had fun discussing my journey leaving Christianity and the online class I’ve published to help people on their own paths of leaving fundamentalist religious ideologies by accepting and appreciating our humanity rather than dismissing or shaming it.
youtu.be/l8T18gkMsA8?...
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Remember church camp? Well, what if you can have the camp and fun without the shaming and blaming? Surround yourself with people who are out to have a good time, celebrating being secular. #atheism
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Fall Excursion 2025 — Recovering from Religion
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June 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Remember church camp? Well, what if you can have the camp and fun without the shaming and blaming? Surround yourself with people who are out to have a good time, celebrating being secular. #atheism
www.recoveringfromreligion.org/fall-excursi...
www.recoveringfromreligion.org/fall-excursi...
Free introduction to my online class on moving on from religious dogmatism and the trauma that occurs from the experience within it. Principles to explore based on humanism and naturalism, appreciating our humanity rather than condemning it.
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Reclaim Your Life: A Journey of Deconstruction and Healing
Working through Religious Trauma
www.humanitysvalues.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Free introduction to my online class on moving on from religious dogmatism and the trauma that occurs from the experience within it. Principles to explore based on humanism and naturalism, appreciating our humanity rather than condemning it.
www.humanitysvalues.com/p/reclaim-yo...
www.humanitysvalues.com/p/reclaim-yo...
"We are, in our desire for explanation, asserting a form of inheritance that we as a species or an individual carry forward from an origin. What changes in the various explanations is the origin, but a central consequence of those variations is that we then judge the nature of how we see the result.
Human Nature: An Issue of Inheritance
Celebrating Naturalism or Limiting Ourselves through Dogma
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June 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"We are, in our desire for explanation, asserting a form of inheritance that we as a species or an individual carry forward from an origin. What changes in the various explanations is the origin, but a central consequence of those variations is that we then judge the nature of how we see the result.
These "Worry Monster's" are adorable and helpful for a little whimsy in your life. Also I've worked with clients/patients before on having an external focus for one's anxiety and other "negative" emotions, to concretize the feelings in a way that is fun. Here you go.
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Pocket Worry Monster
Pocket Worry Monster This pocket worry monster makes a great present for anyone who suffers from anxiety or likes to fidget. He is made out of polyester yarn, stuffed with polyfil, and has plasti...
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June 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
These "Worry Monster's" are adorable and helpful for a little whimsy in your life. Also I've worked with clients/patients before on having an external focus for one's anxiety and other "negative" emotions, to concretize the feelings in a way that is fun. Here you go.
jrostudio.com/pocket-worry...
jrostudio.com/pocket-worry...
"Disagreement is inevitable, vilification is not. For every person who has an opinion that is inaccurate, that very same person likely has one that is/was true."
#politics
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#politics
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Identity too Often Trumps Decency
How Group Labels Separate us From Our Humanity
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June 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"Disagreement is inevitable, vilification is not. For every person who has an opinion that is inaccurate, that very same person likely has one that is/was true."
#politics
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#politics
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"We as human beings are not mere talking heads, as if billiard balls on the table of life, waiting to careen off one another to find out in which direction we’ll be traveling."
#mentalhealth #therapy
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#mentalhealth #therapy
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Mental Health Therapy Addresses Connection Not Pathology
Relationship as the ground of our humanity
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June 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"We as human beings are not mere talking heads, as if billiard balls on the table of life, waiting to careen off one another to find out in which direction we’ll be traveling."
#mentalhealth #therapy
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#mentalhealth #therapy
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