{"product_id":"ache-is-a-passport-love-letters-to-survivors-of-spiritual-abuse-paperback","title":"Ache is a Passport: Love Letters to Survivors of Spiritual Abuse - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmanda Dzimianski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn her debut mini-collection, poet and IFB cult survivor Amanda Dzimianski offers those suffering from spiritual abuse words of healing, hope, and affirmation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligious trauma and spiritual deconstruction download a myriad of painful emotions to our bodies and souls-burning anger, debilitating fear, suffocating confusion, deepest grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderneath it all, there is a transformative invitation: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elisten to your own longings, and you may find yourself freer than you ever imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposed for both the exvangelical and the deconverted, these poems honor, mourn, and celebrate the journey out of religious suppression and into self-love and spiritual empowerment.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the church-wounded who have spent life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-bargaining with a deity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-people-pleasing in the name of faith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-tamping down every desire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-judging emotion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-fearing divine retribution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-rebranding or ignoring intuition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-suffering to keep others comfortable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-hiding a true self underneath layers of community-defined acceptability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-pursuing religion's brand of holiness at the expense of curiosity, dreams, ambitions, and\/or physical and mental health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...these poems are for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 66\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53522266980659,"sku":"9798986941103","price":24.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Lnod8SpVUs9798986941103.webp?v=1781968083","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/ache-is-a-passport-love-letters-to-survivors-of-spiritual-abuse-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}