# Healing from Spiritual Abuse: My Journey to Freedom

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Podcast: [Sheep Among Wolves](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sheep-among-wolves-7028085)
Published: 2025-10-17T16:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

My guest today is Shelby Bowen, from www.youtube.com/@shelbybowencoach. Shelby works in helping those who have suffered spiritual abuse walk through healing and reconnect with God. In this interview, she shares her story of coming out of spiritual abuse in a hyper-charismatic church/ministry position. And the steps that you can take to avoid this or come out of this in your own life.00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:34 - My Introduction to the Hyper-Charismatic Church00:05:20 - The Pressure of Finding My Purpose00:08:57 - The Confusion of "Death to Self"00:15:17 - The Manipulation of Extreme Emotionalism & False Faith00:19:43 - The Isolation of Exiting the Echo Chamber00:25:59 - The Guilt of Trying to Earn God's Approval00:28:31 - The Lack of Discernment in Prophecy & Deliverance Ministry00:36:57 - The Hard Road of Recovery00:41:42- Pushing Forward: The Steps to Healing00:47:54 - ConclusionThanks for hanging out with me today!If you have been blessed by this content and would like to help support the things we do here, you may do so by visiting: https://www.sheepamongwolves.org/supportFor everything SAW-related, check out our official website:www.sheepamongwolves.orgQuestions, comments, concerns, snarks, or conundrums? E-mail me: chuck@sheepamongwolves.org You are now free to roam about the countryside!#christianity #apologetics #discipleship

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