Leaving Loudly

On Anger, Peace, and the Spiral of Healing

This essay is a response to Sarah Steed’s recent piece on what it means to truly leave a high-control faith. Her reflections stayed with me, and this is where my own journey overlaps and expands.

One of my favorite Substackers, Sarah Steed, wrote beautifully about what it means to leave religion behind. I recognized myself in much of it before realizing …