A PatternWise™ Podast by Katie Leigh
The Sacred Struggle™ Podcast
Finding Jesus Amid Harm — A Journey to Reforged Faith
Start with the first four episodes to get into the podcast's rhythm. New episodes drop every other Tuesday.
You don't need to have it figured out. Come as you are, and take the next step at your own pace.
Sacred Struggle
Raw reflections on the journey to reforged faith
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If you're here, I'm guessing something in your life doesn't add up right now. Maybe you were told something was good, and it felt like harm. Maybe it happened in a church, in a family, or with someone who said they spoke for God. Maybe you're angry and still trying to forgive. Or maybe you're driving down the road thinking, "I love Jesus, but I'm hurting." Or you're saying, "I hate Jesus, and I don't know if it's worth it anymore."
No matter where you are, you're not crazy for asking. Your struggle isn't a lack of faith, and it isn't sin. Your questions aren't wrong.
What to Expect
Sacred Struggle is a raw, honest podcast for anyone trying to find Jesus after church hurt, spiritual abuse, religious trauma, or betrayal. There's no production team. It's just me, a microphone, and an open heart. In my other work, you'll find the polished framework. Here you'll find the person behind it, still wrestling and still finding Jesus in places I never expected. From time to time, I may invite a guest into the conversation.
Here, we trade cookie-cutter answers and Hallmark-movie endings for raw stories, conflicting emotions, and mixed outcomes. And it's okay to struggle with what doesn't make sense or with the tension we feel. Where the uniqueness of each person's journey is honored. Here, we don't lay down our faith to ask hard questions or feel pain; we choose to hold faith and pain together.
The Journey Every Episode Walks
• Sacred Struggle: the pit of pain, where most of us start in confusion
• Sacred Clarity: the path, where the truth comes into focus one step at a time
• Sacred Tension: the summit, where healing and struggle are held together
I share parts of my story, not every detail, no names, exposes, or graphic specifics. I will stay in the driver's seat of my story, so you can feel empowered to stay in the driver's seat of yours. Instead, we focus on how we feel and how we process what we have experienced.
You're Not Alone
You are not alone. Jesus is with you, even in the parts that don’t make sense or feels distant. I’m here with you too. There’s room here for honest tears and hard questions, and between episodes I’ll invite you to sit with what you heard, wrestle with it, and hold it in tension before we take the next step. One step at a time, let's embrace our sacred struggle together.
Wherever you are today, you don’t have to struggle by yourself. For additional resources and support, visit our resource page.
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The 5 Ways to Respond to Harm:
An Introduction to the PatternWise™ Framework
When harm surfaces in a family, a faith community, or an organization, most of us respond in one of two ways. We look away, or we react. Neither one works.
The Five Responses to Harm offers a third way. It introduces the PatternWise™ Response to Harm Framework, a five-stage continuum that moves from Prevention and Early Intervention through Crisis Response, Advocacy, and Trust Rebuilding. It’s written for leaders and for anyone who feels responsible for others, and desires to respond with clarity and care.
Katie Leigh is the Creator of the PatternWise™ Response to Harm Framework
For more than 20 years, Katie Leigh has worked on the human side of nonprofit, business, faith, and law-adjacent environments — using her professional skills over the last decade to bring trauma-informed and individualized approaches in stewarding disclosures of harm inflicted by individuals, institutions, and clergy. She is a Certified Trauma Services Specialist (CTSS) through ATSS, a Credentialed Advocate (CA) with a designation of Comprehensive Victim Intervention Specialist (CVIS) through NACP/NOVA, and a Child-Centered Forensic Interviewer (CCFI) through NACCFI.
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