Content Warning: Spiritual, physical and sexual abuse. Depression, post-partum depression, infertility and suicidal idealization. Arline guest hosts interviewing author and podcaster, Nicki Pappas. Nicki Pappas is a writer who critiques the evangelical establishment that shaped her. She’s the author of As Familiar as Family: Leaving the Toxic Religion I Was Groomed For. She’s also the host of the Broadening the Narrative podcast where she interviews guests who are broadening the narratives she was taught within white evangelicalism. She has three young children with Stephen Pappas, her steady partner in the chaos since 2010. Through her work, she desires to spark hope in the world around her and live out an embodied faith. Links Website https://www.nickipappas.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/broadeningthenarrative/ Broadening the Narrative Podcast http://broadeningthenarrative.blogspot.com/ #AmazonPaidLinks As Familiar as Family: Leaving the Toxic Religion I Was Groomed For https://amzn.to/3FlMRez Interact For quotes, recommendations and more see the full episode show notes https://gracefulatheist.com/2022/12/04/nicki-pappas-as-familiar-as-family/ Join the Deconversion Anonymous Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversion Support the podcast onPatreon https://www.patreon.com/gracefulatheist Secular Grace https://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/ Deconversion https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/ Deconstruction https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/#deconstruction/ Attribution "Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats https://makaihbeats.net/