In this episode, Lauren DeLeary of Deconstruct Pod & BINESHI music and I discuss Lauren’s experience walking away from a thriving career in the Christian Music industry to pursue her authenticity, reconnect with her ancestors and deconstruct religious doctrine. We talk about reclaiming our voices, how to activate your creativity and how Lauren is reconnecting with her Indigenous heritage and ancestors.
Where to find us:
Host: Jillian Alexa - @j.t.t.v
Guest: Lauren DeLeary -
Mentioned in the show:
Deconstruct Pod
BINESHI Music
SHOW NOTES:
- Growing up aboriginal and Christian
- The tension between those two things
- When the damage started to become evident
- Purity ceremonies
- Being a worship leader
- Christian music world
- Charismatic vs conservative churches
- I kissed dating goodbye - Joshua Harris
- Being offered money to save your first kiss
- Purity culture
- When severed spirituality equates to severed creativity
- Reactivating creativity
- Falling for the lie of being an empty vessel
- Being numb to life
- Waking up on tour to intuition and emotions
- Leaving an engagement
- Rabbit trail of questions: what is sex? Creating deconstruction pod
- Why does your pastor care about your sexuality?
- Being an empty vessel
- The universe wants to work with you
- Astrology/deconstruction as an idol
- How to connect to your ancestors
- Loving your ancestors is loving you
- Decolonizing and indigenizing her life
- Multiple things can be true at once
- Losing your identity as an artist
- Losing relationships due to deconstruction
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