A candid conversation with Daniel John Carey examining the Mormon church’s history, high-control teachings, and the lasting emotional and spiritual impact many former members experience. This episode explores religious trauma, identity loss, and the path to reclaiming personal agency after faith-based harm.

Leaving belief systems doesn’t mean losing yourself. If you’re rebuilding identity after religious harm, reach out — I help people design what comes next.

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The “Obedience Trap” exposes how fear-based faith can quietly keep people stuck, silenced, and disconnected from their emotional truth. In this episode of Keeping It Real on Purpose, with Jeffery M. Lenard, we unpack how obedience is often taught as virtue—while actually masking unresolved emotional wounds, trauma responses, and people-pleasing survival patterns.

This conversation challenges the idea that submission equals spiritual maturity and asks a deeper question: Are you truly aligned—or just afraid to question what you were taught? Together, we explore how fear-driven belief systems suppress self-trust, block healing, and confuse compliance with calling.

If you’ve ever felt guilty for setting boundaries, afraid to use your voice, or torn between faith and emotional honesty, this episode helps you identify where obedience ends and self-betrayal begins—so you can reclaim clarity, agency, and a faith that supports healing, not harm.

A necessary conversation for anyone ready to unlearn survival faith and step into grounded belief—on purpose.

Faith is meant to heal, but what happens when the religious environment you trusted becomes the source of profound pain, anxiety, and deep mental health struggles?

Join us as we sit down with Harmony Ekundayo for a raw and necessary conversation about the invisible burdens carried by those wounded by their faith journey.

Harmony (Prophet Harmoney) shares her courageous personal story, diving into the shame, chronic anxiety, and internal conflict that surfaces when doctrine clashes with emotional reality.

This episode offers validation and empathy for anyone navigating the difficult, complex path of healing from religious trauma. If you have ever felt broken by your belief system, this episode is for you.

“Where Truth Breaks Tradition” signals exposing toxic systems without being harsh or defamatory.

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