Brad Jersak: Is Deconstruction Bad? (Part 1)

David is an actor, content creator, and speaker. You can find him on Tiktok, Instagram, and Youtube, @Fauxtivational_Speaker, where his work is centered around demystifying spiritual concepts and grounding them in the practicality of everyday life. Things we chat about in this episode:  - How our relationships challenge us on the spiritual journey  - Masculine and Feminine Archetypes: What are they? How does gender play a role?  - How to trust ourselves as we change in relationships  And SO SO much more!!! 🤩🔥🤍  I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did. Wowza. 

Jaime is a mental health expert that specializes in toxic recovery. She helps people unlearn people pleasing, process through generational trauma as well as confidently lay boundaries. She teaches her clients how to recognize toxic traits and behaviors (in themselves and others). She is a licensed mental health therapist in the state of New York and also a relational coach that helps her clients build skills that society doesn’t teach them. She works in the religious, workplace, and generational/family trauma and is known through her mental health education channels as RecollectedSelf. Things we talk about in this episode: Learning to trust ourselves again after leaving dogma Navigating spirituality after experiencing spiritual trauma Balancing mental health and spirituality And SO much more ✨✨✨

Lana Dvorak (they/she) is a director, Skills for Change coach and somatics practitioner, teaching artist and playwright. Lana lives and works on Tongva land, Los Angeles, California, identifies as pansexual, and is a white non-binary femme. They are dedicated to radical and liberatory art-making as well as empowered and connected community building and their hope is to guide others towards the life (and values) of their dreams. Things we chat about in this episode: * Creating safe collaborative spaces for artists * How to listen to our intuition and follow our, “YES” * What it looks like to break toxic systematic patterns and forge new paths Get in touch with Lana and learn how you can work with her on social media at @redbrows ✨✨✨

Things we talk about in this episode * What is sin? * What the heck is God’s design for sexuality? * What is the narrow path that Jesus talks about in the Bible (Matthew 7)? * Can I be queer and celebrated by Jesus? * And more 🌈🫀🧬✨ John Hornsby is happily married to Kim for 36 years and going strong, has two grown kids and four grandkids. John refuses to be put into any religious, denominational or political box, but likes to say he is a follower of the long-haired, sandal-footed wandered from Nazareth who loves everyone unconditionally. Nothing more and nothing less. A spiritual sojourner himself, he is called to help others find their way, knowing the God they think they believe in. You can reach John by email at [email protected]

Makenzie Jené and Brad Jersak continue the conversation around the experience of faith deconstruction. In this episode Makenzie and Brad talk through: * Overcoming shame on the deconstruction journey * Finding the ones who will embrace you

In the inaugural episode of the Keep Lookin' Up ✨ Podcast, Makenzie Jené and Brad Jersak chat vulnerably about the process of faith deconstruction. In this episode Makenzie and Brad talk through: The nuances of the deconstruction experience Early Christians and deconstruction Is deconstruction a slippery slope or repentance? ( Affirming the slippery slope) Loss and the deconstruction process Can we trust ourselves to deconstruct? Recognizing safe community when the journey feels lonely Why is the church so afraid of deconstruction? ...And more!  ✨🦋🤍