This week I’m joined by Samantha Dalton—therapist, co-host of the Nuance Needed podcast, and the voice behind @sam.the.therapistt on Instagram. Our conversation centers loosely on community and friendship after leaving high-demand religion, but we cover a lot of ground: the misuse of therapy-speak (including how “trauma dumping” gets weaponized), emotional immaturity among women raised in sheltered religious environments like Mormonism, and even a little analysis of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. It’s one of those episodes that left me thinking long after we stopped recording.

REFERENCES 

Nuance Needed episode Not Everything is “Trauma Dumping”

Nuance Needed episode You Do Owe People Things: The Myth of Zero Obligations

Samantha Dalton on IG @sam.the.therapistt

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