A podcast dedicated to helping people overcome religious trauma. 11 years as a Bible Study teacher. 4 years as a Youth Leader, Minister, & Pastor. 2 years as connect group teacher for connect group leaders. 2 years of Bible School (Ministry & Theology) Currently enrolled to finish my degree in Religion.
Metanoia - Religious Trauma Podcast
Dive deep into the science of supplements and amino acids, and discover their role in shaping our behavior. Uncover the mysteries of neurotransmitters and how these molecules wield influence over our minds. Join us for an enlightening podcast journey into the intricate world of brain chemistry and its profound effects on behavior.
This episode delves into the intricate neural processes that shed light on why the act of breaking up can evoke sensations reminiscent of profound loss, akin to the emotions associated with death. Drawing upon empirical data and neuroscientific insights, we explore how the human brain reacts to the termination of a romantic relationship. Research suggests that the brain treats emotional pain from a breakup in a manner strikingly similar to physical pain. Neuroimaging studies have revealed that brain regions responsible for processing physical pain, such as the anterior cingulate cortex, also become activated during the emotional distress brought on by a relationship ending. This overlap in neural activity underscores the genuine psychological hurt that accompanies a breakup, lending empirical weight to the often-uttered sentiment that heartache can be as agonizing as physical injury. Furthermore, the brain's reward system, fueled by the release of dopamine during positive interactions with a partner, plays a pivotal role in romantic relationships. When a relationship concludes, this once-rewarding neural pathway can be disrupted, leading to reduced dopamine release and, consequently, a sense of withdrawal. Such neurochemical alterations are not dissimilar to the effects of drug withdrawal, thereby contributing to the emotional tumult that follows a breakup. Neuroplasticity, the brain's capacity to reorganize itself based on experiences, also comes into play. The neural pathways formed during the course of a relationship are suddenly faced with the absence of stimuli that were once abundant. This vacuum can lead to feelings of emptiness and a longing to reinstate the comforting neural patterns that were established during the relationship. In essence, this episode delves into the neural intricacies that mirror the emotional trauma associated with relationship endings. By examining empirical data and neuroscientific findings, we endeavor to provide a deeper understanding of the neural pathways that intertwine love, loss, and the profound impact of breakups on the human psyche.
In this episode, we explore the impact of acetylcholine on the abstract intelligence personality trait within the Big Five scientific model. For more information and access to the test discussed in this episode, connect with me on Instagram @conquercc_ and send a direct message for the link.
In this episode, we break down dopamine a little bit further, and dive into both the families of receptors. Stay tuned because this conversation will be continuing into an episode 3.
Discover how controlling dopamine release can counteract moral corruption. Join us in delving into the link between dopamine regulation and ethical conduct. We'll also discuss how seeking impulsive pleasure can turn into a coping mechanism when situations don't unfold as expected.
In this episode, I used a few paragraphs from my book that I am writing to help explain why is it dangerous to bottle up emotions. If you have memories that haunt you, you'll probably want to check this episode out.
I brief explanation of Metanoia the Religious Trauma podcast changing to Conquer Consulting's podcast.
This episode is just an update on my mental healthy journey.
This episode attempts to answer the question, can we create our own values? If so, what does that look like and if not, how does that play out?
This episode is about learning how trauma affects our perception and how fixing our perception is our greatest tool in having a higher quality life!
This episode is about learning to not overwhelm ourselves with trying to change too much at one time.
This episode is a conversation and dives into a person who struggles with high sensitivity to negative emotions. We will talk about the behavioral inhibition system (BIS), neuroticism as a personality trait, and problems that come with being highly sensitive to negative emotion. We will also go through some of the solutions like nutrition, supplementation, exercise, and how this might look within the confines of a relationship with God.
This episode details how ones own personality can cause a large amount of the trauma that we experience in our own lives. It can also be seen as a challenge to take more personal responsibility for the problems in our lives. It may sound cliché, but our purposes in our problems.
This episode is about the Big 5 Personality Test focusing on conscientiousness and the results I received regarding conscientiousness.
This episode is about understanding my own personality through a personality test from the “Big 5 Model.” This episode focuses agreeableness as one of the Big 5.
This episode goes through the conversations I've had with Lyft passengers concerning some of their personal experiences with religious trauma.
An episode to see if generational pathology has any commonalities to what the Bible calls generational curses.
In this episode we break down heaven to its bare bones mechanics and concepts. This theory that I have come up with will be specifically on the Christian heaven.
This is an episode where l try to discover what the Bible says in principle about masturbation and pornography. In this episode I will be completely transparent & vulnerable about my own sins & my past experiences with these topics.
This is an episode breaking down how misunderstandings of Christianity can cause serve trauma.
This is a lesson where you see me demonstrate how the existential crisis of mankind can lead to faith. Is believing in something transcendent necessary or is constructed by environment? Do we have the St. Augustine void or not? What does psychology say? Let's get into this episode!
In this episode we talk about how trauma seems to actually have some kind of release lever that is activated by faith. We deconstruct trauma and talk about inserting faith into the center of it.
Suffering is apart of life and our willingness to face it is of the upmost importance. It will determine how long we stuffer. So what's religions role in helping to ease the suffering.
This lesson goes into narcissism, sociopathy, neuroticism, & psychopathy and how people with trait disorders or dispositions can be affected by religion or can negatively affect religious environments.
This episode takes a look at the word repentance and what it really means vs how it's been applied and understood.
This is a lesson on Biblical circumcision and how it changed from Judaism to Christianity. Breaks down the difference and how that may affect people psychologically.
This is a lesson about how my unresolved trauma left me with a ticking time bomb of emotions that change the course of my life from a very positive direction to a negative one.
A study on how to use the Bible using the story of creation as a Christian.
This episode goes over how Proverbs 23:6 can help you better understand sexual trauma.
Is religion trauma causing or trauma relieving? Let's start our journey learning a little bit about Zoroastrianism.
Is the internal structure of healing and trauma just another representation of order and chaos?
In this tape we break down how faith is mainly used in the Bible.
The study of Christian faith and how it should be interpreted.
Important languages of the Bible. Hebrew, Greek, & Latin. (Not modern)
This episode speaks of the unstoppable force of the human nature vs the immovable object of religious law.