Mindful Minds entered my life in a time when I was at my loneliest and my most depressed.In so many ways, this project saved my life. It gave me purpose, It gave me a reason to stick around.I turned 25 this week, and I don’t recog...

Content warning: religious trauma & talk about triggersWelcome to the LAST guest episode of Mindful Minds!! As a little thank you, I have released my religious trauma sticker collection!!

Trigger warning: homophobia/transphobia, ableism, racism, the death of a young child & healing culture trauma, suicide, religious trauma, self harm (and scarring) and depression, and exorcisms/demonic expressionThis week w...

Apologies for some of the weird audio in this episode! We had a few technical difficulties while recording :-( This week we have Kirah (she/her) of @thestrology on to talk about all things astrology! For a lot of people w...

BUCKLE UP B*TCHES!!! In this episode, we breakdown the 2016 Pure Flix film, "I'm Not Ashamed." This movie covers the story of Rachel Joy Scott and the 1999 Columbine Shooting: with lots of Christian propaganda and historical inaccur...

Please listen to the beginning of this episode for a major update. I cannot thank you all enough for the last 3 years. You have changed my life. Thank you.  Trigger warning: homophobia, transphobia, self-hatred, dis...

COMMUNITY UPDATE: Please listen to the first 10 mins of the episode. I share plans for the future of the podcast and we talk a bit about what's going on in the world. Mindful Minds will still be on a break until Jan 2024.

COMMUNITY UPDATE  - I have rebranded my Tik Tok from @fina__bina to @mindfulmindspod !! If you are looking for our page on Tik Tok, that's where to find all of our deconstruction videos and content. Content warning: We t...

TW: SA, purity culture, misogyny, sexual shame, mass shooting (time stamp: 24:00-27:40), high control religious abuse, queerphobia & homophobiaThis week we have Blair (she/her) of @talkpuritytome on the podcast! Blair has ...

Content Warning: brief mention of SA, religious trauma, purity culture, & a school shootingThis week we have the hilarious Jey (they/them) and Clint (he/him) of @howgaythouart to talk all things church camp. We cover every...

TW: sexual assault, domestic violence, violence against pregnant persons We are back, for the THIRD time, with my two favorite people, Moji Alawode-El & Marie Khan. These two are not only kickass abortion activists and educa...

TW: religious trauma & abuse, going no contact, abusive parental relationships, purity culture, child abuse, high control religious abuse, sexual assault, cult environmentsThis week we have Hannah Beck (she/her) on the pod...

TW: Overall really intense talk of sexual assault, sexual abuse, purity culture trauma, narcissistic abuse, spiritual abuse, child abuse, child mol3station, religious trauma, physical abuse via corporal punishment, sexism & misogyny, victim...

TW: sexual assault, rape, trauma, conversation about murder (time stamp: 6:40-7:00), suicide (time stamp: 41:40-42:30), unconscious rape (time stamp: 51:00-55:30), self harm (time stamp: (1:15:45-1:20:00)Boy oh boy are y’all i...

TW: religious trauma, high control religious environments, religious abuse, religious shame, spiritual abuse, cult environments, sexual assault, sexual abuse, rape, misogyny, patriarchal ethical issues within the church T...

TW: eating disorders (binging & restriction), ableism, self-harm & suicide (15:30-17:00), fatphobia & unrealistic beauty standards, brief mention of SA, body hatred, diet culture, orthorexia This week on Mindf...

TW: perfectionism, mental health struggles, self-worth struggles/negative self-talk, eating disorders, fatphobiaDoes anyone else identify as a recovering perfectionist? Because I sure do. This week we ha...

TW: religious trauma, spiritual abuse, discrimination, purity culture Welcome to another solo episode! We haven’t done one of these in a while, but I loved diving deep into these questions.In this episode, I an...

TW: purity culture trauma, sexism/misogyny, rape/sexual assault/marital rape (53:30-1:03:45) & (1:07:30-1:20:00), abusive relationships, coercion, manipulation, controlling dynamics, abuse of power, church abuse, brief mention of suicide

TW: eating disorders (restriction + binging & purging), body image issues, depression, perfectionism, shame, self harmWelcome back to Mindful Minds! This week we have the amazing Fatema Jivanjee-Shakir (she/her) on the pod...

TW: rape, pro-life propoganda, racism & inequity towards BIPOC, medically assisted suicide, adoption trauma, white savioirism, Christian supremacy, religious trauma Alright y'all, buckle up. This week we have the incr...

TW: fatphobia, racism, eating disorders, systemic racism, verbal violence against brown & black fat bodies, religious trauma regarding fatphobia, dieting, food apartheid, ableismHappy Black History Month friends! This mont...

TW: racism, ableism, medical racism, brief mention of rape, micro-aggressions, eating disorders (and specifically being weighed at the Dr.) Happy Black History Month friends! This month we have two amazing conversations c...

TW: religious trauma, purity culture, “soul tie” trauma, marital abuse/rape, consent violations, church trauma, peer pressured emotional trauma, coercion, manipulation, sexual abuse/assault, abuse of power, sexism, suicide (brief mention) ...

TW: religious trauma, church trauma, peer pressured emotional trauma, coercion, manipulation, sexual abuse/assault, abuse of power, purity culture trauma, sexism, cult-like behaviors, miracles + healings traumaHappy New Year a...