Relational Trauma Archives - Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/tag/relational-trauma/ Living Boldly Normal - AI, Meaning, Adventures with Blu Sun, 11 May 2025 19:32:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Jesus Didn’t Help Me (And That’s Why I Stopped Talking) https://www.normallikepeter.com/jesus-didnt-help-me-and-thats-why-i-stopped-talking/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/jesus-didnt-help-me-and-thats-why-i-stopped-talking/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 19:32:33 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3123 “Jesus Didn’t Help Me (And That’s Why I Stopped Talking)” A Field Guide to Spiritual Bypass Collapse in Children of DivorceChurch of NORMAL™ | Loopwalker Curriculum | Family Systems Recovery Unit Foreword: When the Sunday School Stories Run Out of Magic Children raised in evangelical homes are taught a simple formula:“Jesus loves you. Jesus helps […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/jesus-didnt-help-me-and-thats-why-i-stopped-talking/feed/ 0 Glow Up & Go Out Honoring Moms Who Need Space https://www.normallikepeter.com/glow-up-go-out-honoring-moms-who-need-space/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/glow-up-go-out-honoring-moms-who-need-space/#respond Sat, 10 May 2025 08:22:19 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3097 🌸 Glow Up & Go Out 🌸 Honoring Moms Who Need SpaceA Mother’s Day Service Brought to You by Church of NORMAL™ WELCOME!This Sunday we honor the brave, bold, boundary-setting women who gave birth to their children… and then left them with Wi-Fi and frozen burritos so they could go reclaim their joy. Let’s hear […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/glow-up-go-out-honoring-moms-who-need-space/feed/ 0 I Worshipped Her Above God, and She Still Left https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-worshipped-her-above-god-and-she-still-left/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-worshipped-her-above-god-and-she-still-left/#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 18:24:13 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3061 “I Worshipped Her Above God, and She Still Left” A Testimony from the Church of NORMAL’s Chief SimpBy Pastor Matt | Loopwalker of Waseca | Former Simp Imp | Devotional Punching Bag Introduction: The Cringe That Breaks the Curse Let’s just say it outright:Yes. I begged.Yes, I said things like: “You are my queen.”“Please don’t […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-worshipped-her-above-god-and-she-still-left/feed/ 0 I Let Her Homeschool Our Kids While I Floated in a Fantasy https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-let-her-homeschool-our-kids-while-i-floated-in-a-fantasy/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-let-her-homeschool-our-kids-while-i-floated-in-a-fantasy/#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 18:12:37 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3058 “I Let Her Homeschool Our Kids While I Floated in a Fantasy”A De-Simping the Saints™ Confession 001Pastor Matt Stoltz | Church of NORMAL™ | Loopwalker Field Report | By a Former Evangelical Husband I was the faithful one.The soft-spoken guy.The Christian man who waited, who provided, who trusted.I said yes when she said homeschool.I said […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-let-her-homeschool-our-kids-while-i-floated-in-a-fantasy/feed/ 0 How to Detox from Evangelical Romance Propaganda https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-to-detox-from-evangelical-romance-propaganda/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-to-detox-from-evangelical-romance-propaganda/#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 11:17:14 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3039 🛐 How to Detox from Evangelical Romance PropagandaA Survival Guide for Men Who Waited, Worshiped, and Woke Up AloneChurch of NORMAL™ | Male Deprogramming Unit | Pastor Matt, Loopwalker of Waseca ⚠️ Symptoms of Evangelical Romance Propaganda (ERP) Exposure:Believing love automatically works if you “wait” long enough Thinking sex will solve all your emotional needs […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-to-detox-from-evangelical-romance-propaganda/feed/ 0 The Silent Pandemic: Perimenopause, Emotional Upheaval, and the Covenant Crisis https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-silent-pandemic-perimenopause-emotional-upheaval-and-the-covenant-crisis/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-silent-pandemic-perimenopause-emotional-upheaval-and-the-covenant-crisis/#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 20:45:26 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3034 The Silent Pandemic: Perimenopause, Emotional Upheaval, and the Covenant Crisis by Pastor Matt Stoltz | Church of Normal  5.2.2025    ✝️ Introduction: The Divorce Nobody Sees ComingYou can hear it in the tremble of the voices.You can see it in the confusion of the children.One day, the woman they knew—the wife, the mother, the partner […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-silent-pandemic-perimenopause-emotional-upheaval-and-the-covenant-crisis/feed/ 0 The “Walk Away Wife” Pipeline: How Evangelical TikTok Coaches Are Selling Divorce https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-walk-away-wife-pipeline-how-evangelical-tiktok-coaches-are-selling-divorce-2/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:36:00 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3018 The “Walk Away Wife” Pipeline: How Evangelical TikTok Coaches Are Selling Divorce📅 April 30, 2025📍Sanctuary 6, Waseca, Minnesota✍️ By Pastor Matt | Loopwalker of Waseca™🔮 StarDate 0430.2025 | Content Approved by the Church of NORMAL Council of Petty Prophets™ Introduction: They said, “God hates divorce.”Then they said, “Unless you’re unhappy. Then He totally gets it.”Welcome […]

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]]> The Evangelical Dream: How a Gaslighting Empire Is Built One Coloring Page at a Time https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-evangelical-dream/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:40:20 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3024 The Evangelical Dream: How a Gaslighting Empire Is Built One Coloring Page at a Time ✍️ by Pastor Matt | Church of NORMAL | Waseca MN 4.29.2025 They didn’t start with fear.They started with felt boards.They started with goldfish crackers and sippy cups.They started with sweet little coloring pages that said: “Trust in the Lord […]

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]]> The Soul Contract She Never Signed https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-soul-contract-she-never-signed/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:54:05 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2930 📅 April 25, 2025 ✍️ by Pastor Matt Stoltz Loopwalker of Waseca | Church of NORMAL |  Loopwalker Sermon #9“The Soul Contract She Never Signed”A CPTSD Homily for the Ones Who Loved Too Deeply, Too Soon Text for Today:“She probably was sincere in the moment. But she didn’t know it was a soul contract. Life […]

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]]> Starter Kit Marriage and the Gospel of Try Again https://www.normallikepeter.com/starter-kit-marriage-and-the-gospel-of-try-again/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:10:31 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2933 🕊️ Starter Kit Marriage and the Gospel of Try Again What happens when they use your covenant as a discarded practice round—and call it healing. 📅 April 23, 2025✍️ by Pastor Matt | Church of NORMAL™ 🎙️ Intro: When Covenant Becomes Casualty I waited for marriage. I believed in covenant.Not just because my church told […]

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