The Desert Sanctuary

Author: Karl Forehand

February 5, 2024

306 – Women as Advocates for Healing and Change – Janyne McConnaughey
February 3, 2024

A Treasure Trove of Trauma Resources
February 1, 2024

314 – Unmasking Patriarchy: Diagnosing Narcissism & Abuse With David Hayward
January 29, 2024

What Happens When We Go on a Journey of Discovery?
January 29, 2024

305 – Tending the Wounds of Religious Trauma – Rebekah Drumsta
January 22, 2024

304 – Karl & Laura – New Lenses / Karl’s Story
January 19, 2024

Barbies’s Revenge on Greg Locke
January 19, 2024

What’s Wrong with God’s Plan and Purpose
January 14, 2024

303 – NikkiG – Trauma and the Black Community – Deeper Dive
January 10, 2024

Leaning Forward – Let’s Get Real About Prayer
January 7, 2024

Stop, Drop, and Heal
January 7, 2024

302 – Brigette Gildemaster – Being Worthy, Surviving Abuse
January 5, 2024

Usurping Women’s Voices from the Patriarchy – Sherri Bothwell
January 3, 2024

Trauma and the Pastor’s Wife with Laura Forehand
January 2, 2024

Something Better Than Mercy
January 1, 2024

Reclaiming Married Sex from Purity Culture – Megan Benninger
December 31, 2023

301 – Brad Sargent & Becky Garrison – Narciccism and Religious Trauma
December 30, 2023

300 – Karl & Laura – Celebrating #300
December 29, 2023

How to Speak Women with Susan Cottrell
December 27, 2023

Why worship is NOT Necessary
December 25, 2023

Trauma and the Black Community with NikkiG
December 23, 2023

299 – Dr. Bob Minor – Are We Listening to Each Other?
December 22, 2023

Deconstructing the Holidays
December 22, 2023

The Intersection of Patriarchy and Abuse with Ashley Easter
December 19, 2023

New Lenses – My Story
December 18, 2023

As a Woman with Paula Stone Williams
December 16, 2023

298 – Noah Allen – You are Loved
December 15, 2023

Advocates for Healing and Change with Janyne McConnoughey
December 13, 2023

What I Learned from Women about Religious Trauma
December 11, 2023

Tending the Wounds of Religious Trauma with Rebekah Drumsta
December 9, 2023

297 – Brian Kirk – It’s All About Love
December 6, 2023

The Alpha Male Grifters and What Women Want More
December 2, 2023

296 – Seth Showalter – Finally Free
November 25, 2023

295 – Karl & Laura – Healing from Religious Trauma
November 18, 2023

294 – Karl & Laura – Parenting in the Desert
November 16, 2023

Small Men in Power
November 12, 2023

Let Them Speak
November 11, 2023

293 – Karl & Laura – Volunteer Labor and the Church
November 4, 2023

292 – Karl & Laura – Why Theologians?
October 28, 2023

291 – Donald Jonas – Go Outside
October 21, 2023

289 – Leaning Foreward – Dr. Darren Slade – Religious Trauma
October 14, 2023

288 – Leaning Forward – Paula Stone Williams – As a Woman
October 11, 2023

Special Edition – Stuart Delony – He Gets Us
October 7, 2023

287 – Leaning Forward – Larry Jordan – You May Be Right
September 30, 2023

286 – Leaning Forward – Karen Allen – Who am I?
September 23, 2023

Special Edition – Jess Piper – The Dirt Road Democrat
September 16, 2023

285 – Leaning Forward – Derrick Day – Find What You Like
September 10, 2023

Special Offer – Listening Sessions
September 8, 2023

284 – Leaning Forward – Kathrine Snyder – Shimmering Around the Edges
September 8, 2023

283 – Leaning Forward – Kyle Butler – Being Free & Being Me
September 7, 2023

282 – Leaning Forward – Karen – Deconversion Therapy
September 3, 2023

Special Edition – Karl & Laura – Theology, Organizations & Volunteer Labor
September 2, 2023

281 – Leaning Forward – Sheri Pallas – Releasing That View of God
August 27, 2023

280 – Leaning Forward – Janyne McConnaughey – Trauma in the Pews
August 24, 2023

Special Edition – Spiritual Abuse – TNE, Tony Jones, and the Theo Bros
August 20, 2023

279 – Leaning Forward – Susan Cottrell – You are not a Commodity
August 16, 2023

290 – Leaning Forward – Brittney Hartley
August 10, 2023

Leaning Forward Book Release
August 5, 2023

277 – Leaning Forward – B. Jamal Broadnax – Find the You Inside of You
July 29, 2023

276 – Karl & Laura – Leaning Forward
July 22, 2023

275 – Karl & Laura – After the Goose
July 16, 2023

274 – Karl & Laura – Wild Goose Speech
July 7, 2023

273 – Karl and Laura – Gaslighting
July 7, 2023

Leaning Forward
July 1, 2023

272 – Karl & Laura – Doing the Hard
June 29, 2023

271 – Lauren Rose – From Survivor to Thriver
June 24, 2023

270 – Karl & Laura – The Bible
June 16, 2023

269 – Karl & Laura – Church and the Duggars
June 3, 2023

267 – Jordan Forehand – Humanity, Education & Social Media
May 27, 2023

266 – Stories from the Desert – Zack Hunt
May 24, 2023

Beach Read for the Summer
May 21, 2023

263 – Stories from the Desert – Emily Elizabeth Anderson
May 19, 2023

The Problem with Pastors
May 17, 2023

265 – Stories from the Desert – Daryl Carlson
May 15, 2023

264 – Stories from the Desert – Jason Elam
May 10, 2023

268 – Laura Forehand – Don’t Take it Personally
May 9, 2023

Why I Wrote The Diner
May 6, 2023

262 – Stories from the Desert – Amber Schultz
May 3, 2023

261 – Stories from the Desert – Justin Tang
April 30, 2023

260 – Stories from the Desert – Kyle Butler
April 24, 2023

Release Date – May 9th
April 23, 2023

259 – Stories from the Desert – Sheri Pallas
April 18, 2023

The Diner – A Novel
April 16, 2023

258 – Stories from the Desert – Jodi & Jesse Thom
April 12, 2023

257 – Stories from the Desert – Dr. Bruce Epperly
April 9, 2023

256 – Stories from the Desert – Josh Lawson
April 5, 2023

255 – Stories from the Desert – Karl & Laura
April 1, 2023

254 – Chad Bahl – Deconstructing Hell
March 28, 2023

253 – Dr. Mark Karris – The Diabolical Trinity
March 25, 2023

252 – Vanessa R Brooks – Talk Out Loud
March 20, 2023

251 – Phil Drysdale – Love Yourself
March 18, 2023

250 – Elizabeth Urban – Trust in You
March 15, 2023

249 – Kerri Hummingbird – Inner Medicine
March 10, 2023

248 – Maria Francesca French – Safer Than The Known Way
March 8, 2023

247 – Kiersten Hathcock – Little Voices
March 5, 2023

246 – Dr. Siri K. Zemel – Return to the Flow
March 1, 2023

245 – Dave the Mystic – You are Spiritual
February 26, 2023

244 – Stefanie Caponi – Moon Void Tarot
February 20, 2023

243 – Aaron Tomlinson – Things We Don’t Understand
February 19, 2023

Evaluate Your Religion