{"id":23997,"date":"2024-06-19T13:16:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/?p=23997"},"modified":"2024-06-19T13:19:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:19:34","slug":"rob-skinner-podcast-sean-st-jean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/rob-skinner-podcast-sean-st-jean\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rob Skinner Podcast with Dr. Sean St. Jean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join me as I talk to Dr. Sean St. Jean, author of the new book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipibooks.com\/products\/spiritual-trauma-a-guide-for-healing-your-heart-from-church-hurts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spiritual Trauma: A Guide for Healing Your Heart from Church Hurts<\/a><\/em>. &nbsp;I recently met Sean and read his book and we talk about his background, his book and why he wrote it.&nbsp; Listen to Sean as he talks about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The massive bicycle accident that changed the direction of his life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why he got into counseling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What prompted him to write his new book<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The &#8220;ABC&#8217;s of Trauma&#8221; or three different levels of trauma church members face and how to identify them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conformity culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How we create a world of good or bad in our own heads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The dangers of leaving your current church for the hope of a better environment and how each of us needs to &#8220;choose our dysfunction.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His tools for helping Christians work through trauma.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The difference between &#8220;worth&#8221; and &#8220;worthy&#8221; and why it makes a world of difference.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His method for spiritual recovery<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find this interview on the <a href=\"https:\/\/robskinner.com\/staff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rob Skinner Podcast here for audio only<\/a>&nbsp;or you can watch and listen to the interview on YouTube here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jjH6kBtSSs8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More about Dr. Sean St. Jean:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Sean St. Jean is a full-time professor at King University in Tennessee, teaching therapy at a graduate level. He is also a therapist in private practice, and has worked with hundreds of disciples and ministry staff around the world who are struggling spiritual trauma, workplace stress, and ministry burnout. His new book, <em>Spiritual Trauma: A Guide to Healing Your Heart From Church Hurts<\/em> was just released this fall and can be found at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/seanstjean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seanstjean.com<\/a>. Sean, his wife Erin, and their three children currently live in British Columbia, Canada, and are active members of the Vancouver Church of Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Sean St. Jean can be reached at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:sean_st_jean@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sean_st_jean@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interview with Dr. Sean St. Jean, author of the new book &#8220;Spiritual Trauma.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":23998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[71],"tags":[59,58],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-23997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-books","tag-mental-health"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/rob-skinner-podcast-sean-st-jean.png?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-6f3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12872,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/renewal-workshop-for-spiritual-formation-may-13\/","url_meta":{"origin":23997,"position":0},"title":"Renewal Workshop for Spiritual Formation \u2013 May 13","author":"dtadmin","date":"April 22, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The LA Church of Christ and the Way of the Pilgrim Ministry host monthly Renewal workshops for those seeking to enrich their spiritual journey. 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