Discovering Wholeness Podcast

23/06/2021

02/06/2021

“Discovering Wholeness” hosts Kyndall Rothaus, Kyndra Frazier and Gillian Drader bring their expertise to bear on healing trauma and unearthing self.

In Episode 10 -- the final episode of season 1 -- they reflect on the first season and its takeaways, both for themselves and for listeners.

Each episode of “Discovering Wholeness” offers listeners brief “centering moments.”

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26/05/2021

Listen to Episode 9: Burnout in Spiritual Care

Hosts Kyndall Rothaus, Kyndra Frazier and Gillian Drader bring their expertise to bear on healing trauma and unearthing self.

In Episode 9, they discuss how spiritual care providers can be consumed by burnout, signs and symptoms of burnout, as well as how to heal through burnout.

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19/05/2021

Episode Eight: “How the Body Holds Trauma”

When did you first become aware that trauma was stored, not just in your brain, but in your body?

11/05/2021

Episode 7 on “Purity Culture, Sexuality, and Trauma” is out!

As Gillian mentions, this is a very tender subject for many of us. Kyndra, Kyndall, and Gillian tread gently as they peel back layers of wounding and begin to recover a healthy and holistic sexual identity.

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07/05/2021

“There are certain ways that you have to show up to earn the title of ‘elder’ for me.” Preach Kyndra Frazier!

Unfortunately one of the downsides of being a spiritual seeker is the way your seeking might make you vulnerable to exploitation or manipulation by a spiritual leader. Listen to Episode Six of the Discovering Wholeness podcast to learn more about how to establish and maintain appropriate boundaries that will make it harder for an unhealthy spiritual “guide” to mislead you or take advantage of you!

04/05/2021

WOW. We get really fired up in the episode as we discuss things like learning to trust yourself, knowing that any abuse you have endured is not your fault, and beginning to unpack the damage of purity culture. Take a listen to Episode Six of Discovering Wholeness Podcast!

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03/05/2021

This past week we continued our conversation about the wounded pastor/care giver and touched on many more aspects of how we can create safe space in our spiritual spaces. We hope there are some helpful pieces to reflect on for you all!

28/04/2021

Episode 5, Part 2 of The Wounded Pastor/Caregiver came out yesterday!!

We talk a little more about the barriers that get in the way of leaders and caregivers getting their own help and healing, and then we discuss some of the ways to foster a trauma-informed leadership team within your organization.

25/04/2021

The ways that we as spiritual leaders need to take care of our own mental health is the focus of episode 4. I hope you will take some time to listen!

23/04/2021

In this episode we talk about some of the various practices we use to stay grounded and to participate in our own healing work as helpers and healers. Take a listen and learn more about our rituals! Shrine building, jewelry wearing, bathing...all sorts of stuff!

21/04/2021

Episode Four is out!!

We talk about the wounded pastor/caregiver and the importance of doing on our OWN healing work if we intend to offer care and healing to others.

16/04/2021

Anyone can be traumatized in church.

13/04/2021

Have you ever been not okay inside your church community?

We have.

Episode 3, “Trauma-Informed Spiritual Care” with Kyndra Frazier.

12/04/2021

If you experience emotional distress when you hear a certain hymn, when you walk into a church building, when you hear a certain Bible passage...you are not alone! You may have experienced religious trauma of some kind, and your body doesn’t feel safe when those reminders of the harm you have experienced appear.

If you want to learn more about trauma and religious trauma specifically and how you can recover a sense of healing and wholeness, please listen to our podcast and follow along!

09/04/2021

Have you listened to Episode 2 yet? If so, please share one of your takeaways in the comments below!

09/04/2021

A snippet from Episode 2!

07/04/2021

Check out this article from Gillian Drader and Kyndra Frazier about why we started this podcast!

People in faith communities struggling with trauma and mental health issues often encounter spiritual leaders trying to help, but they don’t have a trauma-informed lens. A new podcast is here to help.

06/04/2021

Friends, the podcast is here!!! After months of preparation and planning and dreaming and working...it is here. Will you celebrate with us? Please leave a comment about why you think a podcast on spirituality and trauma is needed and/or what topics you hope we address.

Find us wherever you listen to podcasts or follow the link in the comments. Please listen, subscribe, and share!!

06/04/2021

Introducing Discovering Wholeness Podcast cohost, Gillian Drader!

Gillian Drader is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Clinical Supervisor, Spiritual Director, Educator, and Founder of Gillian Drader and Associates. Gillian is passionate about the intersection between trauma and spirituality and offers trauma informed care within her clinical practice as well as in the spiritual formation community in which she facilitates circles for women.

As an educator Gillian has informed many groups and organizations around the topic of trauma and teaches in academic settings to ensure that therapists in training are moving forward in their work with a trauma informed lens. Over the years Gillian has been involved in a number of ministries both locally and internationally and in those settings she experienced personally and saw in others the many ways in which individuals seeking spiritual care often experienced spiritual bypassing and re-traumatization.

Gillian holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Counselling from Bastyr University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Simon Fraser University and a Diploma in Criminal Justice from the University of the Fraser Valley. She is also Board Certified in Neurofeedback, a Certified Daring Way Facilitator, Master Trainer and Practitioner in Observed Experiential Integration, and a Consultant and Practitioner for Lifespan Integration.

Gillian is excited to be part of the Discovering Wholeness Podcast as she desires to be an instrument of change and awareness around the issues of trauma and spiritual care especially as it applies to marginalized communities and individuals.

You don't want to miss hearing from Gillian's expertise and wisdom! Join us TOMORROW (April 6) for our first episodes!

03/04/2021

We are so excited to release the trailer for Discovering Wholeness, a brand new podcast on spirituality and trauma hosted by Kyndall Rae Rothaus, Kyndra Frazier, and Gillian Drader! Produced in partnership with Good Faith Media.

Our first episodes will be released this coming Tuesday, April 6.

Follow our page on FB and Instagram, and find us wherever you listen to podcasts!

30/03/2021

Introducing Discovering Wholeness Podcast cohost, Kyndall Rothaus!

Rev. Kyndall Rae Rothaus is the author of Thy Queendom Come: Breaking Free from the Patriarchy to Save Your Soul (2021) and Preacher Breath (2015). She is a preacher, poet, feminist theologian, q***r woman, storyteller, soul companion, and the co-founder of Nevertheless She Preached, a national, ecumenical movement designed to elevate the voices of those on the margins.

Kyndall is a sought-after public speaker whose piercing insights into the human spiritual condition are delivered with poetic and rhetorical brilliance. She has written for various publications including Faith and Leadership, Working Preacher, Review and Expositor, Good Faith Media, Baptist News Global, and The Upper Room Disciplines. She is an award-winning preacher and spoken word artist. She spent eight years as a Senior Pastor in Baptist churches in Texas, where, among other things, she left a legacy of fighting for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church and dismantling patriarchy inside religion. In 2019 Kyndall left institutional church work to found her own practice as a spiritual director, working with individuals to heal from religious trauma and re-imagine their spirituality. She holds a Masters of Divinity from George W. Truett Theological Seminary, a Bachelors Degree in Theology from Southern Nazarene University, and her Spiritual Direction Certification from the Haden Institute.

As a q***r woman who grew up under the weight of Christian fundamentalism, as a survivor of both sexual assault and domestic abuse, and as the adoptive mom of two foster children, Kyndall is deeply passionate about the work of healing from trauma. She is thrilled to be teaming up with Kyndra Frazier and Gillian Drader to host the Discovering Wholeness Podcast. You can follow her on Instagram

29/03/2021

Introducing Discovering Wholeness Podcast cohost, Kyndra Frazier!

Kyndra Frazier is an ordained Baptist clergywoman, licensed clinician, and the Founder and CEO of KYND (Knowing Yourself In Need of Devotion) Consulting, Inc. KYND offers trauma-informed care through a variety of services from clinical therapy for individuals, families, and couples to trauma-informed training for corporate entities and ecclesial communities, as well as spiritual direction. These services are centered in evidenced-based interventions such as mindfulness, motivational interviewing, CBT, and IPT. KYND also offers Executive Listening sessions for organizations. Kyndra was most recently the Founding Executive Director of The HOPE Center, a free mental health facility located in Central Harlem of NYC, and formally served as the Associate Pastor of Congregational Care and Wellness at First Corinthian Baptist Church. Known for her work in removing barriers to mental health access for communities of color. She was recently featured on the 2020 Root 100 list of Most Influential African Americans. She has also been featured in multiple print and digital publications including Vice Magazine, New York Times, and Sojourners Magazine. She holds a Master of Divinity from Candler School of Theology|Emory University, a Master of Social Work from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from North Carolina A&T State University.

Kyndra is passionate about Discovering Wholeness, particularly after witnessing the collective trauma of COVID 19 and the accompanying increase of mental health vulnerabilities, paired with the pandemic of racism and the many black lives murdered at the hands of police brutality. Her direct experience with trauma coupled with her desire to heal with intention give Kyndra both the insight and the inspiration to contribute to this conversation in meaningful ways. You don’t want to miss her voice!

20/03/2021

Introducing Discovering Wholeness Podcast: Healing Trauma, Unearthing Self!

Hosted by Kyndra Frazier, Gillian Drader, and Kyndall Rae Rothaus in partnership with Good Faith Media.

In this podcast we discuss trauma, spirituality, and staying grounded as we heal ourselves and walk alongside those who are healing. We address how to be a trauma-informed caregiver, whether that be as a minister, spiritual director, chaplain, friend, partner, therapist, healer, etc. We talk about the ins and outs of religious trauma and how we begin to heal and recover our innate wholeness.

Our first episodes drop April 6! Follow along and stay tuned!

(Thank you to the Haden Institute for sponsoring Season One!)