Here, you’ll find a collection of my contributions across various podcasts. You can expect thought-provoking discussions on the work I’m been passionate about and involved in.
Explore the links below to dive into the conversations, ideas, and perspectives I’ve shared. Each piece represents a piece of my journey, and I’m excited to share these resources with you.
Feel free to browse through and get a sense of the broader discussions and topics I’m engaged with!
If you would like me to be a guest on your podcast, I’d love for you to reach out! Email me [email protected]
Hello Deconstructionists with Maggie
“This podcast is a place to collectively share our stories and experiences of leaving high control religion. Along with what it’s been like for us to find new practices that help us feel good and confident in ourselves.
An invitation to join the conversation, especially to those of you who thought you were alone on this journey. Welcome to this big, wonderful community!
You are good, you are loved, you are worthy.”
Listen on all podcast homes but here is the link for Spotify
SelfKind Podcast with Erica Webb
“Welcome to this episode of SelfKind with Erica Webb (that’s me!). I’m chatting with guest Sam Sellers about religious trauma.
Sam, a queer religious trauma therapist and clinical supervisor. Shares with us her personal story around experiencing religious trauma. How she has navigated the impact of that on her life and identity.
Within this conversation is a discussion around the importance of questioning and understanding one’s beliefs, the challenges of navigating personal identity and trauma, and the ongoing process of fostering self-trust. “
Listen on all podcast homes or over on YouTube
Fresh Aesthetic with Stephen Garton
“Today’s episode is my conversation with Sam Sellers
Sam is queer and talks about her experiences navigating the intersection of queerness and spirituality. Sam describes being a queer person within a faith community as potentially painful and hard and how it can involve an immense amount of cognitive dissonance and suppression.
As a content warning, this episode contains references to trauma, religious trauma and the repression of identity as a queer person.
Sam’s message and practice as a therapist centres around practicing self-compassion, setting healthy boundaries, and speaking our truth. Sam describes therapy as a safe space to explore vulnerability, build connection, and reclaim your voice. Healing is a process, but you don’t have to do it alone.”
Listen on all podcast homes but here is the link for Spotify.
Mental Work Podcast with Bron Milkins
“Bron and Sam chat about how to work well with clients who come to therapy with religious trauma.
They chat about:
- Sam’s experience and passion for this area
- Therapeutic approaches for religious trauma
- Balancing respecting clients’ beliefs and addressing harm
- Misconceptions and biases therapists may have
- Supporting LGBTQIA+ people.
This was a deeply engaging chat — I learned SO much, thank you Sam!”
Listen on all podcast homes but here is the link for Spotify.
Get A Life Podcast
“Broken, crushed, smashed. Dominated by a superior will. Submission to a despot. These are not extracts from the North Korean Constitution or the playbook of some kinky sex cult, but the “divinely inspired” ministry of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.
Today, we bring daylight to some of the darkest perversions of Christianity devised by these self-procIaimed mainstream Christians.
Religious Trauma expert Sam, our own much loved Lindy, and Dennis Wragge join us as we discuss spiritual abuse, and how our personal spiritual experiences change and develop when we escape from the thought police and blindness of an all-powerful cult and experience the freedom of enjoying spirituality each in our own way.”
Listen on all podcast homes but here is the link for Spotify or YouTube
Spiritual Misfits with Will Small
“The conversation revolves around the Religious Trauma Collective, a group formed by Jane Kennedy, Samantha Sellers and Elise Heerde. They discuss the importance of recognising and addressing religious trauma, the context of this issue in Australia and New Zealand, and the differences between healthy and unhealthy religious environments.
The Collective aims to provide resources, support, and community for those affected by religious trauma. In this conversation, the group explore the complexities of community, the importance of diversity in faith spaces, and the nuances of navigating online influences and deconstruction. They discuss the journey of healing from religious trauma, the balance between public and private healing, and the significance of therapy in this space.”
Listen on all podcast homes but here is the link for Spotify.