Uncovered: Life Beyond

Naomi and Rebecca
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Uncovered: Life Beyond

Join the conversations of Rebecca and Naomi, two ex-Amish Mennonite women who jumped the proverbial fence in their younger years and later experienced college as first-gen, non-traditional students. They discuss pursuing formal education while raising a family, navigating the hidden curriculum of academia, and other dimensions of reimagining a life beyond high-demand religion. Send your questions to uncoveredlifebeyond@gmail.com.

  1. 46. Unpacking Baggage: 6 Truths for Healing Religious Harm

    2 DAYS AGO

    46. Unpacking Baggage: 6 Truths for Healing Religious Harm

    Send us a textWhat advice would we give our younger, deconstructing selves if we could go back in time a decade or two? Join us, Rebecca and Naomi, as we reflect on the process of discovering ourselves beyond the confines of a prescribed religious identity. Inspired by an Instagram post by religious harm recovery coaches Cara and Rachael, we share six transformative insights that anyone redefining their identity might find helpful. From embracing emotions like anger as a powerful healing forc...

    57 min
  2. 45. Christmas Dreams vs. Reality: Embracing the Holiday We Actually Got

    6 DAYS AGO

    45. Christmas Dreams vs. Reality: Embracing the Holiday We Actually Got

    Send us a textWe, Rebecca and Naomi, sit down to recap our holidays and reflect on the ways traditions and expectations have evolved over the years. Somewhere between the low-frills Christmas traditions of our background and the extravagant expectations of Pinterest and Instagram today, can we make meaningful memories without sacrificing Mom's sanity in the process? Is it better to sacrifice spontaneity to get the precise gift we want or is it worth the risk to trust that our oved ones have b...

    1h 3m
  3. 44. Beyond the Block: Overcoming Creative Barriers

    11/10/2024

    44. Beyond the Block: Overcoming Creative Barriers

    Send us a textLast week we teased a book review for this episode, but--plot twist! We decided Julia Cameron's classic book, The Artist's Way deserves much more time than one episode. Instead, today we're discussing external and internal reasons we might doubt our creative abilities. First, though, we catch up on each other's lives and congratulate Margaret Schrock on her recent publication, a natural prelude to our topic today! We begin by discussing some of the cultural and social mess...

    58 min
  4. 43. Professors & Propaganda: Debunking the Drama in God’s Not Dead

    11/03/2024

    43. Professors & Propaganda: Debunking the Drama in God’s Not Dead

    Send us a textIf you've had any exposure at all to evangelical cinema over the past decade, it's almost certain that you're familiar with the film God's Not Dead and maybe even the sequels it has spawned. Recently we (Naomi and Rebecca) watched it for the first time. Unsurprisingly, we have thoughts which we share in this episode. First of all, we are very curious about the fever dream that must have inspired the antagonistic atheist professor's character; in all our years on college ca...

    1h 12m
  5. 42. Daring to Seek Safety for Our Daughters

    10/21/2024

    42. Daring to Seek Safety for Our Daughters

    Send us a textIn this episode we discuss the recently release documentary, For Our Daughters, based on a chapter of Kristin Kobes Du Mez' bestselling book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation. This relatively short documentary exposes toxic power dynamics with the Southern Baptist Convention among other religious institutions where victims are often shamed while predators are protected. We reflect on the predictable patterns that often accompa...

    49 min
  6. 41. Forgive, Fight, or Flee: Unpacking Women Talking

    09/10/2024

    41. Forgive, Fight, or Flee: Unpacking Women Talking

    Send us a textWhat happens when women in a tightly-knit religious community decide they've had enough? It's a scenario rarely considered. Join us as we reflect on the gut-wrenching film directed by Sarah Polley and based on the novel by Miriam Toews. While the film and novel take a real-life tragedy as their starting points, neither attempts to retell actual events. Instead, they invite us to imagine what might be possible if women owned their collective power, gave voice to their deepest sor...

    1 hr
  7. 40. Beyond the Brochure: What First-Gens Need to Know about Grad School

    09/01/2024

    40. Beyond the Brochure: What First-Gens Need to Know about Grad School

    Send us a textHow did Naomi stumble into one of the most defining experiences of her life? In this episode Rebecca gets the scoop on Naomi's (scenic) route to grad school as well as the good, the bad, and the unexpected that happened along the way. They discuss Naomi's inner struggles over combining motherhood and grad school, the impact on her children, as well as the activism she found at this intersection in her life. Along the way, Naomi explains some of the distinguishing features of adv...

    1h 5m
  8. 39. Caregiving and College: How one Midlife Mom Manages

    08/26/2024

    39. Caregiving and College: How one Midlife Mom Manages

    Send us a textEver wonder how midlife moms juggle college, caregiving, and running a business? Today Rebecca walks us through the ways that she has combined her college career with all her other responsibilities. She gives us a glimpse into typical features of her daily life, describing the ways her days have changed over the past decade of her long, determined march to graduation. We find out how she motivated her teens to take responsibility around the house and how she explained a pile of ...

    52 min
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Join the conversations of Rebecca and Naomi, two ex-Amish Mennonite women who jumped the proverbial fence in their younger years and later experienced college as first-gen, non-traditional students. They discuss pursuing formal education while raising a family, navigating the hidden curriculum of academia, and other dimensions of reimagining a life beyond high-demand religion. Send your questions to uncoveredlifebeyond@gmail.com.

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  • Creator
    Naomi and Rebecca
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    46
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Uncovered: Life Beyond
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