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# Dare to Know

shifting from the status quo to be your own person

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- [The Suit](https://thebethalford.com/the-suit/) - She was eight years old when she walked, almost ran, down the aisle of a little Baptist Church in Pasadena, Texas. For well over an hour, she listened to a sweaty man in a wrinkled, brown suit yelling and waving his arms. Like a small-town carnival barker, he tantalized the crowd with a story of epic proportions, complete with scenes of terror and promised escape...for those who would listen.
- [Brandi Carlile: A Theology of Belonging](https://thebethalford.com/brandi-carlile-theology-of-belonging/) - After spending dozens of hours absorbing Carlile’s music, interviews, memoir and lyrics, an undeniable theme emerged that I call a Theology of Belonging. It’s a theology that is concerned with real life experiences, and causes us to make room for others.
- [Sapere Aude-Dare to Know](https://thebethalford.com/dare-to-know/) - Let me share how I have moved from fear of being a heretic to having the courage to use my own reason.
- [Intro: The Intersection of Theology and Trauma](https://thebethalford.com/intro-the-intersection-of-theology-and-trauma/) - https://media.blubrry.com/1464806/content.blubrry.com/1464806/episode_1.m4a Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] Trauma affects us all, either through personal experience or as part of the community, and its language has made its way into many
- [Denial](https://thebethalford.com/denial/) - Hearts remained broken, addictions unchecked, and people tormented with fear and loneliness. Yet, we could only speak of it in whispers...
- [Master's Project: The Seattle School 2023](https://thebethalford.com/masters-project/) - This project examines the connection between Christian fundamentalism's strict model of womanhood and Complex-PTSD, which misshapes personal identity, atrophies agency and stunts the imagination.
- [Excluding Women = Bad Theology](https://thebethalford.com/bad-theology-hurts-women/) - Bad theology creates weak and fragile women, who can't step into their full purpose and potential.
- [Engaging Our Creativity](https://thebethalford.com/engaging-creativity/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://thebethalford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AdobeStock_285062082-scaled.jpeg” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_header _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” background_image=”https://thebethalford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AdobeStock_285062082-scaled.jpeg” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_fullwidth_header][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ width=”80%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|114px||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|66px||auto||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ text_font_size=”17px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”Abril Fatface|800|||||||” header_text_color=”#474747″ header_font_size=”32px” header_2_line_height=”1.3em” header_3_font=”|700|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#036d84″ header_3_line_height=”1.1em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”80%” module_alignment=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Engaging Our Creativity “The primary creative
- [Remembering Is a Gift](https://thebethalford.com/remembering-is-a-gift/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_header _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://thebethalford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AdobeStock_285062082-scaled.jpeg” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_fullwidth_header][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ width=”80%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|114px||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|66px||auto||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ text_font=”Karla||||||||” text_font_size=”17px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”Abril Fatface|800|||||||” header_font_size=”32px” header_2_line_height=”1.3em” header_3_text_color=”#000000″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”80%” width_tablet=”80%” width_phone=”98%” width_last_edited=”on|phone” module_alignment=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Remembering Is a Gift Remembering truly is
- [Feminist Theory (video)](https://thebethalford.com/feminist-theory/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_header _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://thebethalford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AdobeStock_285062082-scaled.jpeg” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_fullwidth_header][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ width=”80%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”90%” width_tablet=”90%” width_phone=”90%” width_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_video src=”https://vimeo.com/781521945/d41591b617″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ text_font=”Karla||||||||” text_font_size=”17px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”Abril Fatface|800|||||||” header_font_size=”32px” header_2_font=”|700|||||||” header_2_line_height=”1.3em” header_3_text_color=”#000000″ header_3_font_size=”17px” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”80%” module_alignment=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ text_font_size_tablet=”17px” text_font_size_phone=”17px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” header_font_size_tablet=”32px” header_font_size_phone=”22px”
- [When Religion Becomes Traumatic](https://thebethalford.com/when-religion-is-traumatic/) - Religion is largely recognized as being beneficial to the lives of humans. It can help us make sense of the world by answering the big questions of life. Religion can also bring comfort, healing and a sense of safety from a traumatic world. So…what happens when it's religion itself that is the source of distress and trauma? 
- [Searching for Truth](https://thebethalford.com/searching-for-truth/) - Never before have humans been able to spew our immediate thoughts out into the world with such urgency, precision and speed. We stake a claim in a particular camp of opinion and target hate and vitriol towards those who disagree. But, how often do we think deeply about how we know what we know
- [Dare to be Curious](https://thebethalford.com/dare-to-be-curious/) - So, what if I didn’t give a flyin' freak about what others thought of me? This is the question...
- [The Origins of Bad Theology](https://thebethalford.com/bad-theology/) - As humans started to wonder about the universe, they looked up. Their views of God were mixed...
- [Hey Lady](https://thebethalford.com/hey-lady/) - For some women, language around gender is a non-issue. But for others. the terms “lady” and “girl” are loaded and emotionally explosive.
- [Creation Story Reboot-Part I](https://thebethalford.com/creation-story-reboot-part-i/) - Origins matter. They provide the seeds that will later grow into full blown ideologies, worldviews, theologies, practices and systems
- [Listening to the Body](https://thebethalford.com/listening-to-body/) - Our bodies have a form of knowledge that is different from our cognitive brains. This knowledge is typically experienced as...
- [About Beth Alford](https://thebethalford.com/about-beth/) - I cringe when I remember old, dogmatic opinions and narrow world views, and it’s tempting...
- [Religious Trauma Resources](https://thebethalford.com/religious-trauma-resources/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”Religious Trauma Resources” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_fullwidth_header][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Religious Trauma Resources” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ text_font_size=”17px” header_font=”Abril Fatface||||||||” header_font_size=”32px” header_2_line_height=”1.3em” header_3_text_color=”#000000″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”80%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”] “Religious Trauma Syndrome is the condition experienced by people who are struggling with leaving an authoritarian,
- [Healing is Messy!](https://thebethalford.com/healing-is-messy/) - In this episode I am joined by three friends who have spent 12 weeks talking about this material and exploring how we might conceive of healing in the aftermath of religious trauma. One thing is for sure....healing is MESSY!
- [Trauma & the Artistic Impulse](https://thebethalford.com/trauma-the-artistic-impulse/) - Many people who have come out of fundamentalist/evangelical trauma struggle with what to do with their creative side, with many describing a kind of artistic brokenness. In this episode, my guests and I talk about what happens to the creative/artistic impulse in white, fundamentalist spaces and how do we do better at sitting with suffering.
- [Theology & Collective Trauma](https://thebethalford.com/theology-collective-trauma/) - In this episode, we are expanding on the idea that as theology has been impotent to help individuals heal from trauma, it is also complicit in the collective trauma of marginalized groups, our nation and our planet.
- [Theology’s tie to sexual and gender trauma](https://thebethalford.com/theologys-tie-to-sexual-and-gender-trauma/) - In this episode, we are talking about the bad theology that has led to incredible harm and for women, the LGBTQ community and scores of young people around sexual purity. We will share stories about our own experiences where it was often not okay to be our true selves within religious institutions. Together, we wonder we might hold the tension, and what do we do with the stories we grew up with.
- [Religious Trauma with Emily Hedrick](https://thebethalford.com/religious-trauma-with-emily-hedrick/) - In this episode Emily Hedrick and I discuss religious trauma; what it is and how is is harming so many people. Emily will discuss her own story and how she helps people work through trauma to lead more whole lives outside of religion.
- [Trailer](https://thebethalford.com/trailer/) - https://media.blubrry.com/1464806/content.blubrry.com/1464806/podcast_trailer_2.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” column_structure=”2_3,1_3″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” type=”2_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Welcome to DARE TO KNOW, where truth is treated as a pursuit, and not a destination! This is my attempt to flex my brain, play
- [Her Body Paid the Price](https://thebethalford.com/her-body-paid-the-price/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_fullwidth_header _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https://thebethalford.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AdobeStock_285062082-scaled.jpeg”][/et_pb_fullwidth_header][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.7″ width=”80%” module_alignment=”center”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” module_alignment=”center”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_video src=”https://vimeo.com/651374031/536fa11c0a” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ _module_preset=”default” width=”80%” module_alignment=”center”][/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ text_font_size=”19px” text_line_height=”1em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”80%” module_alignment=”center”] Her Body Paid the Price Her body paid the price when you chose yourself that day, 

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