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Permission to Explore
When we’ve been raised in high-control environments, exploration can feel like rebellion.
But what if it’s actually restoration?

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
May 264 min read
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Rewriting "The Talk" (about Sex)
If you grew up in a house where sex was never talked about… or only talked about with a heavy dose of fear, shame, and “just wait,” you’re not alone.

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
May 194 min read
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Blessed are the Women
What if buried beneath the layers of patriarchy and power was a lineage of women whose stories weren’t about shame or silence—but about courage, resistance, and divine presence?

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
May 124 min read
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Rebellion or Integrity?
The sun has come up and the monsters that used to hide in the corners of my theology have either disappeared or turned out to be far more interesting than terrifying.

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
May 56 min read
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Permission to Trust Yourself
Once you start acknowledging your self—your desires, your needs, your questions, your knowing—it becomes easier to stop acknowledging the voices that kept you small.

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Apr 284 min read
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Powerful Parenting
I spent so long believing needs were the enemy. That having them meant I was “in the flesh,” that I wasn’t spiritual enough, that I needed to pray harder or give more or simply suck it up.
But what if that framework was wrong?

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Apr 214 min read
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When Love Refuses to Stay Dead (Reconsidering Easter)
What if the real miracle of Easter wasn’t about a stone being rolled away…but about love refusing to stay buried?

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Apr 144 min read
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Reimagining Easter
What if the resurrection isn’t a magic trick that proves divinity, but a whisper of hope that says:
Love doesn’t die. Not really.
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Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Apr 74 min read
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Aligning Faith with Soul
It’s not so much that I want
to know God
As to be close to the spiral in the seashell...
The rest of the poem is waiting for you.

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Mar 313 min read
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Highly Unorthodox Gospel
No matter what you previously were told to think—neither Adam nor Eve disobeyed God.
Our conversation with a Rabbi...

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Mar 244 min read
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Art, Ancestors & Ancient Texts
The Bible isn’t a static list of rules but an evolving, living conversation—one we’ve been invited into.
How can we approach it like that?

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Mar 174 min read
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We've Got Questions! Do You?
A lot of people today aren’t exactly sure what their faith looks like, much less what it’s “supposed” to look like.
We've got questions...

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Mar 104 min read
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Uncovering & Recovering from Purity Culture
Purity culture presents a false dichotomy: restraint or chaos. What's the alternative?
Also, a sneak peek at our first episode!!

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Feb 245 min read
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The Grief Around Deconstruction
Change is painful—even when the new path promises liberation... let's chat about grief!
Also Sneak Peek at Season Seven!

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Feb 245 min read
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No, Your Child's Behavior is Not A Sin
Moralizing of developmentally appropriate behavior in children can be incredibly harmful....what can we do instead?

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Feb 36 min read
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Empathy Under Attack?
Empathy has never felt like a “sin.” In fact, it’s always been something that I’ve viewed as a cornerstone of connection!

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Feb 33 min read
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Reimagining Christmas
Leaving high-control religion often means untangling the threads of what we were told Christmas had to be and discovering what it could be.

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Dec 2, 20244 min read
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Unbelieve, Jaded, Whole - A Journey of Destruction
The next step is to find peace in that uncertainty and maybe even be happy about it. Also, what makes you FART? (yes, you read that right)

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Nov 18, 20245 min read
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Untangling Toxic Christianity and Christian Nationalism: A Journey Toward Hope
A high-control church emerged, intertwining with a vision of Christian nationalism, asserting that America was a divinely chosen nation.

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Oct 28, 20245 min read
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Spiritual Sexuality
All I could see was her as she told me her story. She had been assaulted.

Lizz & Esther / Deconstructing Mamas
Oct 14, 20246 min read
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