Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
Today, Devi shares a conversation that she leads at the Mental Wealth Expo discussing the profound impact of religious trauma and the courageous work of reclaiming personal agency and trust. Devi shares the stage with Dr. Teddy Reeves, Senior Curator of Religion at the Smithsonian, and Carl Lentz, a former pastor and current strategist at Transformation Church. The conversation focuses on defining religious trauma, recognizing its effects, and finding pathways for healing. The guests discuss various forms of harm inflicted in religious contexts and offer practical advice for those struggling with these experiences. They emphasize the importance of finding personal connection with the divine outside traditional frameworks and encourage listeners to explore their spiritual identity with compassion and autonomy. The episode aims to provide tools for understanding, healing, and rediscovering a relationship with God that is true, expansive, and grounded in personal agency.
Airbnb Experience: Find your calm in a meditation with Devi Brown
Connect: @DeviBrown @DeeplyWellPodcast
Read: "Living in Wisdom" DeviBrown.com Now Available!
The Deeply Well Podcast is available on:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3n5hEIV…
Youtube: youtube.com/@DeviBrownWell-Being
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Deeply Well
Where higher consciousness meets the complexity of being human.
Hosted by Well-Being Master Teacher and multi-disciplinary healer
Devi Brown, Deeply Well is a soft place to land for those navigating the quiet, courageous work of becoming whole.Through soul-expanding conversations, guided meditations, and our signature Soul Work, each episode explores what it truly means to heal, to rewire, and to return—to your body, your truth, and your unique path. Created for the seekers, the sensitives, the creatives, and anyone reclaiming peace in a world that often overwhelms, Deeply Well invites you into presence, clarity, and self-mastery—one breath, one practice, one guest at a time.
Devi Brown is the founder of Devi Brown Well-Being, and the author of Living in Wisdom and Crystal Bliss. Her work honors the sacred complexity of healing and guides you gently back to yourself—again and again.
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Moments to Consider:
0:00 Welcome to Deeply Well.
2:00 Devi shares what the Mental Wealth Expo is and anchors us into our topic today, religious trauma.
8:00 Introducing our incredible guests, Dr. Teddy Reeves and Carl Lentz.
13:30 The panel begins, what is your definition of religious trauma.
21:00 How we practically disrupt the cycles of shame and secrecy.
25:10 What do you think God’s posture is? Naming the problem and reconciling with God.
27:04 Freeing your relationship with God, giving God back, God’s autonomy.
30:38 Reconnecting with God or spirituality outside of religious framework.
34:04 Where spirit is moving today, how Millennials and Gen Z are connecting with God.
37:20 How communities and individuals of faith can begin to rebuild trust.
41:47 Dr. Reeves and Carl leave us with some practical Soul Work.
49:31 We close out the episode with Devi, reminding us of our power to explore faith.
52:00 Devi’s Soul Work.
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Connect with Dr. Teddy Reeves:
Instagram: instagram.com/teddyrashaan/?hl=en
Film & Web Series: gOD Talk Film & Web Series https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/museum-centers/african-american-religious-life/god-talk-film-and-web-series
Learn More: https://ptsem.edu/profiles/dr-teddy-rashaan-reeves/
Connect with Carl Lentz:
Instagram: instagram.com/carllentz/?hl=en
Lights On Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lights-on-with-carl-lentz/id1747789103
Connect with the Mental Wealth Alliance:
Website: mentalwealthalliance.org
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Connect with Devi:
Website: devibrownwellbeing.com
Living In Wisdom Book: devibrown.com/book
Instagram: instagram.com/devibrown
Instagram: instagram.com/deeplywellpod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/devibrown?s=21&t=...
Merch: devibrown.myshopify.com
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Devi Brown is a Master Well-Being Educator & Healer, Advisor, Storyteller and Founder of Devi Brown Well-Being. The celebrated voice of daily meditation on the Chopra App and host of the iHeart media podcast, Deeply Well, Brown’s teachings have reached millions of seekers globally and counting. She serves as a well-being advisor for private, high-impact clientele and for Fortune 500 companies, including Chase, Microsoft, Chopra Global, and Overtime. With teachings rooted in spiritual psychology, advanced meditation, metaphysics, energy healing and trauma-informed facilitation, Brown’s mission is centered in the process of individual liberation that leads to community impact and an elevation of consciousness for all beings.
#DeviBrown #DeeplyWell #WellBeing #LivingInWisdom
Today, Devi shares a conversation that she leads at the Mental Wealth Expo discussing the profound impact of religious trauma and the courageous work of reclaiming personal agency and trust. Devi shares the stage with Dr. Teddy Reeves, Senior Curator of Religion at the Smithsonian, and Carl Lentz, a former pastor and current strategist at Transformation Church. The conversation focuses on defining religious trauma, recognizing its effects, and finding pathways for healing. The guests discuss various forms of harm inflicted in religious contexts and offer practical advice for those struggling with these experiences. They emphasize the importance of finding personal connection with the divine outside traditional frameworks and encourage listeners to explore their spiritual identity with compassion and autonomy. The episode aims to provide tools for understanding, healing, and rediscovering a relationship with God that is true, expansive, and grounded in personal agency.
Airbnb Experience: Find your calm in a meditation with Devi Brown
Connect: @DeviBrown @DeeplyWellPodcast
Read: "Living in Wisdom" DeviBrown.com Now Available!
The Deeply Well Podcast is available on:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3n5hEIV…
Youtube: youtube.com/@DeviBrownWell-Being
✺
Deeply Well
Where higher consciousness meets the complexity of being human.
Hosted by Well-Being Master Teacher and multi-disciplinary healer
Devi Brown, Deeply Well is a soft place to land for those navigating the quiet, courageous work of becoming whole.Through soul-expanding conversations, guided meditations, and our signature Soul Work, each episode explores what it truly means to heal, to rewire, and to return—to your body, your truth, and your unique path. Created for the seekers, the sensitives, the creatives, and anyone reclaiming peace in a world that often overwhelms, Deeply Well invites you into presence, clarity, and self-mastery—one breath, one practice, one guest at a time.
Devi Brown is the founder of Devi Brown Well-Being, and the author of Living in Wisdom and Crystal Bliss. Her work honors the sacred complexity of healing and guides you gently back to yourself—again and again.
✺
Moments to Consider:
0:00 Welcome to Deeply Well.
2:00 Devi shares what the Mental Wealth Expo is and anchors us into our topic today, religious trauma.
8:00 Introducing our incredible guests, Dr. Teddy Reeves and Carl Lentz.
13:30 The panel begins, what is your definition of religious trauma.
21:00 How we practically disrupt the cycles of shame and secrecy.
25:10 What do you think God’s posture is? Naming the problem and reconciling with God.
27:04 Freeing your relationship with God, giving God back, God’s autonomy.
30:38 Reconnecting with God or spirituality outside of religious framework.
34:04 Where spirit is moving today, how Millennials and Gen Z are connecting with God.
37:20 How communities and individuals of faith can begin to rebuild trust.
41:47 Dr. Reeves and Carl leave us with some practical Soul Work.
49:31 We close out the episode with Devi, reminding us of our power to explore faith.
52:00 Devi’s Soul Work.
✺
Connect with Dr. Teddy Reeves:
Instagram: instagram.com/teddyrashaan/?hl=en
Film & Web Series: gOD Talk Film & Web Series https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/museum-centers/african-american-religious-life/god-talk-film-and-web-series
Learn More: https://ptsem.edu/profiles/dr-teddy-rashaan-reeves/
Connect with Carl Lentz:
Instagram: instagram.com/carllentz/?hl=en
Lights On Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lights-on-with-carl-lentz/id1747789103
Connect with the Mental Wealth Alliance:
Website: mentalwealthalliance.org
✺
Connect with Devi:
Website: devibrownwellbeing.com
Living In Wisdom Book: devibrown.com/book
Instagram: instagram.com/devibrown
Instagram: instagram.com/deeplywellpod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/devibrown?s=21&t=...
Merch: devibrown.myshopify.com
✺
Devi Brown is a Master Well-Being Educator & Healer, Advisor, Storyteller and Founder of Devi Brown Well-Being. The celebrated voice of daily meditation on the Chopra App and host of the iHeart media podcast, Deeply Well, Brown’s teachings have reached millions of seekers globally and counting. She serves as a well-being advisor for private, high-impact clientele and for Fortune 500 companies, including Chase, Microsoft, Chopra Global, and Overtime. With teachings rooted in spiritual psychology, advanced meditation, metaphysics, energy healing and trauma-informed facilitation, Brown’s mission is centered in the process of individual liberation that leads to community impact and an elevation of consciousness for all beings.
#DeviBrown #DeeplyWell #WellBeing #LivingInWisdom
