{"product_id":"ache-is-a-passport-love-letters-to-survivors-of-spiritual-abuse-9798986941103","title":"Ache is a Passport: Love Letters to Survivors of Spiritual Abuse","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Amanda Dzimianski\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Amanda Dzimianski\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Amanda Dzimianski\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Subjects \u0026amp; Themes - Inspirational \u0026amp; Religious\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","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46448712024215,"sku":"9798986941103","price":1005.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798986941103.webp?v=1769144521","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ache-is-a-passport-love-letters-to-survivors-of-spiritual-abuse-9798986941103","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}