26. Connecting with Your Ancestors with Lauren DeLeary

Flaws of Attraction

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:

1. Growing up aboriginal and Christian
2. The tension between those two things
3. When the damage started to become evident
4. Purity ceremonies
5. Being a worship leader
6. Christian music world
7. Charismatic vs conservative churches
8. I kissed dating goodbye - Joshua Harris
9. Being offered money to save your first kiss
10. Purity culture
11. When severed spirituality equates to severed creativity
12. Reactivating creativity
13. Falling for the lie of being an empty vessel
14. Being numb to life
15. Waking up on tour to intuition and emotions
16. Leaving an engagement
17. Rabbit trail of questions: what is sex? Creating deconstruction pod
18. Why does your pastor care about your sexuality?
19. Being an empty vessel
20. The universe wants to work with you
21. Astrology/deconstruction as an idol
22. How to connect to your ancestors
23. Loving your ancestors is loving you
24. Decolonizing and indigenizing her life
25. Multiple things can be true at once
26. Losing your identity as an artist
27. Losing relationships due to deconstruction
    

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