# Chelsea Kim Long
> Writer, lay theologian, and neighborhood pastor in San Diego. Author of Faithfully Dissident Daughters. Writing on embodied faith and the divine feminine.
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## Pages
- [About Me](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/about.md) - Meditate with me Hear more from me
- [Blog](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/blog.md)
- [Book Recs](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/book-recs.md) - Read a book,change your life! Reading is a primary way that I've shifted my views on a variety of topics to find a more beautiful and expansive way to live. Click each image to go to the full booklist on bookshop.com! When you order through my link you support my work, small book stores, and the au…
- [Circling Prayer](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/circling-prayer.md) - What is a Caim? Drawing inspiration from early Celtic Christians, we can embrace the practice of "circling prayers" or caim, symbolizing a sacred space and the encompassing love of God. By physically drawing a metaphorical circle around ourselves as we pray, we invite our entire being—body, mind, s…
- [Contact](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/contact.md) - Want to work with me? Drop me a line here: hello@chelseakimlong.com
- [Examen of Belonging](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/examen-of-belonging.md) - Feel free to right click (control + click) to save this image to your computer and print it out!
- [Finger Labyrinth](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/finger-labyrinth.md) - Feel free to right click (control + click) to save this image to your computer and print it out!
- [Insta Links](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/links.md) - Chelsea Kim Long Let's reimagine Christianity beyond patriarchy and toward more expansive and inclusive expressions of faith. Pre-order now Faithfully Dissident Daughters Pre-orders are what convince bookstores to stock a book. If you're planning to read it, ordering early genuinely matters. Pre-or…
- [New Moon Rituals](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-rituals.md) - New Moon Rituals “The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims God’s handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the earth and their…
- [Privacy and Disclosure Policy](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/privacy-and-disclosure-policy.md)
- [Resource Library](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/resource-library.md)
- [Shop](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/shop.md) - Purchase liturgies, prayer books, devotionals, meditation worksheets, and more from Chelsea Kim Long
- [Spiritually Homeless for the Holidays 2023](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/spiritually-homeless-for-the-holidays-2023.md) - I know personally how painful it is to be going through a faith transition during the holidays. It can feel so isolating, particularly if you are spending time with family and friends who still believe in the ways you used to. It’s difficult to be confronted by your lack of certainty during a time…
- [Spiritually Homeless for the Holidays](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/spiritually-homeless-for-the-holidays.md) - I know personally how painful it is to be going through a faith transition during the holidays. It can feel so isolating, particularly if you are spending time with family and friends who still believe in the ways you used to. It’s difficult to be confronted by your lack of certainty during a time…
- [Subscribe](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/subscribe.md) - Welcome to Rebirth: Insights from the Labor of Change I’m Chelsea Kim Long—writer, lay theologian, Christian mystic, meditation guide, and neighbor. This space is for anyone longing to unlearn harmful theology and live into a faith that doesn’t require abandoning reality—or themselves. Subscribe to…
- [The Lord's Prayer Booklet](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/the-lords-prayer-booklet.md) - Download your free digital booklet here
- [The Year of Belonging](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/the-year-of-belonging.md) - What does it mean to belong to each other in a world that so often feels fractured? Join the Year of Belonging Book Club As we step into 2025, we find ourselves reflecting on how much has shifted—and how much still feels unresolved. How has it already been five years since 2020, since a global pand…
- [Welcoming Prayer](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/welcoming-prayer.md) - The Welcoming Prayer is a contemplative practice rooted in the wisdom of Christian spirituality and pioneered by the late spiritual teacher Mary Mrozowski. It was designed as a tandem practice with Centering Prayer to be a moment-to-moment practice that helps us to embody surrender and acceptance,…
- [Wisdom Calls: 40 Days of 
Embracing the Divine Feminine in Christianity and in Our Own Lives](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/wisdom-calls-freebie.md) - Download your free digital booklet here
- [Work With Me](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/work-with-me.md) - I know what it’s like to feel the ground shift beneath your faith and your life. These offerings are born from my own journey—spaces for listening, healing, and rediscovering God in authentic-to-you ways

## Posts
- [Breadcrumbs Episode 8: Mary the Tower](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/breadcrumbs-episode-8-mary-the-tower.md) - Learning about Mary Magdalene changed everything I thought I knew about women in Christianity — and myself in it.
- [How to Be a Christian](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/how-to-be-a-christian.md) - The second creative project I've been working on this year.
- [I'd rather feed people](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/crowded-table-book-tour-fall-2026.md) - Four dinners, two conferences, and a party in my neighborhood.
- [5 Books for July 2026](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-july-2026.md)
- [Breadcrumbs Episode 7: Trusting your Heart](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/breadcrumbs-episode-7-trusting-your-heart.md) - Learning how begging God to make your decisions for you is not the same as faith — and what it looks like to finally trust yourself.
- [5 Books for June 2026](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-june-2026.md)
- [Breadcrumbs Episode 6: Sacred Body, Sacred Emotions](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/breadcrumbs-episode-6-sacred-body-sacred-emotions.md) - Learning how a yoga teacher training, a baby penguin, and medieval art all point to the same theology — your body is not a liability to faith. It's your first site of connection with God.
- [Remember MASH from middle school?](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/faithfully-dissident-daughters-pre-order-bonuses.md) - I made super fun pre-order bonuses for Faithfully Dissident Daughters
- [5 Books for May 2026](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-may-2026.md)
- [Checking In With Your Inside Team](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/checking-in-with-your-inside-team.md) - May this meditation help you and your little one slow down, say hello to your feelings, and offer yourself support
- [Breadcrumbs Episode 5: Compassion and the Womb of God](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/breadcrumbs-episode-5-compassion-and-the-womb-of-god.md) - Learning how a Hebrew word for womb cracked open my theology of God — showing you where I tattooed it on my body.
- [5 Books for April 2026](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-april-2026.md)
- [Want to be on my launch team?](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/want-to-be-on-my-launch-team.md) - You get first dibs
- [Breadcrumbs Episode 4: The Divine Feminine and a Mother’s Choice](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/breadcrumbs-episode-4-the-divine-feminine-and-a-mothers-choice.md) - Learning how a journal entry about birth control, a Krispy Kreme, and a witchcraft doctor were all breadcrumbs pointing somewhere I didn't expect.
- [New Moon in Pisces: The Woman who Anointed Jesus with Oil](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-in-pisces-the-woman-who-anointed-jesus-with-oil.md) - This new moon, examine your ideas around endings, healing, closure, spirituality, solitude, old age, afterlife, what's hidden, limiting beliefs, and the subconscious.
- [5 Books for March 2026](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-march-2026.md)
- [I’m so excited to show you the cover of my book](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/cover-reveal-faithfully-dissident-daughters.md) - Faithfully Dissident Daughters releases September 8!
- [Breadcrumbs Episode 3: Crisis of Theology](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/breadcrumbs-episode-3-crisis-of-theology.md) - Learning how embodied community healed what rigid theology could not.
- [New Moon in Aquarius: The Woman at the Well](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-in-aquarius.md) - This new moon, examine your ideas around groups, friends, social awareness, humanitarianism, technology, and your hopes and wishes for the future.
- [5 Books for February 2026](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-february-2026.md)
- [Learning to See Wisdom: An Alternative Lenten Curriculum Centering the Voices and Bodies of Women](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/learning-to-see-wisdom-lent-2026.md) - Re-train your attention to recognize the feminine presence of God that has always been woven through the story.
- [Breadcrumbs Episode 2: Roots and Rebellion](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/breadcrumbs-episode-2-roots-and-rebellion.md) - Learning how patriarchy took root in my body—through ancestry, evangelical teaching, and cultural imagination.
- [When Anger Became a Theological Question](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/when-anger-became-a-theological-question.md) - "I’m dealing with a ton of anger. The more I learn about patriarchy and feminism, the angrier I become—and I hate being that stereotype of an ‘angry feminist.’ I’m trying to figure out how to acknowledge that anger, feel it, and work through it, so I can move toward a more peaceful internal space.”…
- [Wisdom Calls 2026: A Feminist Journey Through Lent](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/wisdom-calls-2026.md) - This Lent, fast from the patriarchy. Feast on Wisdom.
- [New Moon in Capricorn: Mary's Character Arc](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-in-capricorn-marys-character-arc.md) - This month explore your relationship with career, long-term goals, structure, status, reputation, public image, masculinity, your father, experts, fame.
- [5 Books for January 2026](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-january-2026.md)
- [Breadcrumbs Episode 1: The Cost of Denying Yourself](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/breadcrumbs-episode-1-the-cost-of-denying-yourself.md) - Learning how “holy” and “harmful” had gotten tangled together in my body
- [Breadcrumbs and Book Club](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/breadcrumbs-and-book-club.md) - Come with Me into 2026
- [New Moon in Sagittarius: Hagar and the ability to see God](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-in-sagittarius.md) - This month explore your relationship with travel, wisdom, philosophy, higher education, religion, cross-cultural relations, learning, and ethics.
- [5 Books for December 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-december-2025.md)
- [How to Survive the Holidays](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/how.md) - Invest in your peace of mind this holiday season.
- [New Moon in Scorpio: Rahab and the Intensity to Change Lineages](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-in-scorpio.md) - This new moon, examine your ideas around merging, intimacy, shared finances, loans, assets, property, joint ventures/goals, mystery, and your partner’s resources.
- [5 Books for November 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-november-2025.md)
- [New Moon in Libra: Abigail—Get You a Woman Who’s Both](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-in-libra-abigail-get-you-a-woman-whos-both.md) - This month, examine your views on relationships, marriage, contracts, business partners, equality, sharing, and interpersonal style.
- [5 Books for October 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-october-2025.md)
- [5 Books for September 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-september-2025.md)
- [New Moon in Virgo: Priscilla and the Ministry of Details](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-in-virgo-priscilla-and-the-ministry-of-details.md) - This month, examine your relationship with health, fitness, systems, analytical nature, pets, work habits, organization, sense of usefulness, and service
- [5 Books for August 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-august-2025.md)
- [New Moon in Leo: Esther and the Fire of Discernment](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-in-leo-esther-and-the-fire-of-discernment.md) - This new moon, examine your ideas around romance, love, play, creativity, fertility, childlike spirit, joy, self expression, and drama
- [5 Books for July 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-july-2025.md)
- [New Moon in Cancer: Miriam and the Waters of Belonging](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-in-cancer.md) - This new moon, examine your ideas around the home, roots, family, self-care, emotions, foundations, mother, children, women, femininity.
- [I'm Writing a Book](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/im-writing-a-book.md) - I can't believe I forgot to officially tell you...
- [5 Books for June 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-june-2025.md)
- [Reclaiming Space for the Divine Feminine: A Summer Solstice Workshop](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/divine-feminine-summer-solstice-workshop.md) - Join me Friday, June 20th for a live workshop on Zoom.
- [New Moon in Gemini: Mary and Martha, Women Who Contain Multitudes](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-in-gemini.md) - This new moon, examine your ideas around the mind/thinking, communication, siblings, social activities, interests, neighbors, and your early education.
- [5 Books for May 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-may-2025.md)
- [New Moon in Taurus: Ruth, a Loyal Agent of Her Own History and the History of Israel](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-in-taurus.md) - This new moon, examine your ideas around money, work, income, daily routines, values, material possessions, priorities, habits, your job, and work ethic.
- [Inviting Resurrection: A Post-Easter Support Group](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/inviting-resurrection-support-group.md) - Let's explore how resurrection shows up in real life—through healing, growth, and the slow return to hope after loss or change.
- [5 Books for April 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-april-2025.md)
- [New Moon in Aries: Deborah the Prophetess and Judge of Israel](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-in-aries.md) - This new moon, examine your ideas around Self, attitude, appearances, first impressions, beginnings, your body, identity, and your approach to life.
- [Embracing New Moon Rituals: A Feminist and Post-Evangelical Christian Approach](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/feminist-christian-moon-rituals.md) - Explore the transformative power of New Moon rituals through a feminist and post-evangelical Christian lens. Discover how integrating lunar cycles can enrich your spiritual practice, offer a fresh perspective on faith, and increase your intuition.
- [5 Books for March 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-march-2025.md)
- [A Catholic Prayer Card, an Orthodox Prayer Rope, and Untying Generational Knots](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/a-catholic-prayer-card-an-orthodox-prayer-rope-and-untying-generational-knots.md)
- [Fast from Patriarchy. Feast on Wisdom. (Free Lenten guide + final call for the cohort!)](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/free-lenten-guide.md) - Uncover the Divine Feminine in Scripture and reclaim your own sacred belonging.
- [What if Lent isn’t about sacrifice?](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/lent-2025.md) - This year, let's trade guilt and restriction for wisdom and liberation.
- [5 Books for February 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-feb-2025.md)
- [Wisdom Calls: A Feminist Journey Through Lent](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/wisdom-calls-lent-cohort.md) - This Lent, fast from the patriarchy. Feast on Wisdom.
- [Faithful Resistance in the Face of Injustice](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/faithful-resistance-in-the-face-of-injustice.md) - How do we respond to injustice when it feels overwhelming?
- [The Year of Belonging Book Club 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/2025-year-of-belonging-book-club.md) - What does it mean to belong to each other in a world that so often feels fractured? Explore this with us this year.
- [Faithful Resistance: A Support Group for the First Full Month of the New Administration](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/faithful-resistance-support-group.md) - Let's process our grief, reflect deeply, and begin to take faithful steps toward resistance rooted in love and hope.
- [5 Books for January 2025](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-january-2025.md)
- [Embracing Wholeness](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/embracing-wholeness.md) - As we begin this new year, I wonder if you can carry this truth with you: You are whole.
- [What Do You Want to See in 2025? 🌟](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/eoy-2024.md) - Take my brief end of year survey to help shape this newsletter for 2025!
- [5 Books for December 2024](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-december-2024.md)
- [3 Meditations to Bring More Calm to Your Holidays](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/3-meditations-to-bring-more-calm-to-your-holidays.md) - The holidays can bring up conflict and stress. Try one of these meditations to bring more calm to your holiday season
- [Tidings of Hope for the Holidays Support Group](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/tidings-of-hope-for-the-holidays-support-group.md) - The Holidays Can Feel Heavy During a Faith Transition If you’re spending time with family and friends who still believe the way you used to, it can feel isolating. You might feel frustrated by their attempts to “fix” you or sad that they don’t understand where you’re coming from. And navigating the…
- [The Holiday Calm Kit: In-the-Moment Tools for Navigating Family Gatherings with Peace and Presence](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/holiday-calm-kit.md) - Invest in your peace of mind this holiday season.
- [The Art of Holding Space: Guided Meditations for the Emotions We Resist](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/the-art-of-holding-space-workbook.md) - Hi friends, I don’t pretend to know how you’re feeling today. Maybe you're moving through joy, anxiety, or a quiet ache you can’t quite name. What I do know is that each day brings an opportunity to work on nervous system regulation—a skill that so many of us, especially those raised in environment…
- [Four Days Out: Living Belonging in Divided Times](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/four-days-out-living-belonging-in-divided-times.md) - We can be committed to the long, hard work of widening the circle of human concern—not as an abstract ideal, but as a lived, everyday practice.
- [Welcoming Cynicism Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/welcoming-cynicism-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you discover the strength to choose from a place of clarity, compassion, and courage.
- [5 Books for October 2024](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-october-2024.md) - Sneak peek of my first two merch designs!
- [The Millennial Exodus and Me](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/the-millennial-exodus-and-me.md)
- [Welcoming Confusion Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/welcoming-confusion-guided-meditation.md)
- [5 Books for September 2024](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-september-2024.md)
- [Jesus Didn’t Condemn Women. So Why Do We?](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/jesus-didnt-condemn-women-so-why-do-we.md) - "Go and sin no more" wasn’t about moral purity—it was about freeing people from systems that sought to oppress them.
- [Welcoming Grief Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/welcoming-grief-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you trust your body to lead you through this healing process for loss.
- [5 Books for August 2024](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-august-2024.md)
- [When Healing Makes You (and Those Around You) More Uncomfortable](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/when-healing-is-uncomfortable.md) - I can’t accept what I used to accept because what I used to accept was never okay with me even when I could muscle my way through it.
- [Welcoming Fear Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/welcoming-fear-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you access your profound intuitive and instinctual knowledge.
- [5 Books for July 2024](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-books-for-july-2024.md)
- [Don’t Get Stuck in Freeze: How to Face This Political Moment](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/dont-get-stuck-in-freeze.md) - The political moment we find ourselves in is one marked by division, fear, and a troubling rise in fascist politics. Here's how to reckon with your past and move forward.
- [Why Pride Matters to Me as a Straight Christian Woman](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/why-pride-matters.md) - Pride is not just about who you love or how you identify; it’s about the courage to be yourself in a society that frequently pressures you to keep parts of yourself hidden. This is a struggle I know well.
- [Welcoming Hatred Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/welcoming-hatred-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help shine a light on parts of yourself that you may have formerly rejected and work to bring them to wholeness.
- [You're On Your Own, Kid](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/youre-on-your-own-kid.md) - Peace is much less about trying to fit inside of a cage and much more about embracing yourself in wholeness.
- [Welcoming Shame Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/welcoming-shame-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation bring you into communication with your shame and let it serve as a guide to help you live by your own moral code.
- [My Sister and I Take Taylor Swift Very Seriously](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/the-tortured-poets-department.md) - Listen to my sister and I discuss Taylor Swift's new album, the Tortured Poets Department.
- [My Spontaneous Abortion Story](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/my-spontaneous-abortion-story.md) - I wondered if pure gratitude would have kept the baby alive, if my ambivalence caused her heart to stop. I didn't give voice to these fears, caught in my own sense of shame.
- [On Katie Britt’s performance of white, Christian motherhood (Or, how I grew up thinking I wanted to be a tradwife)](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/on-katie-britts-performance-of-white-christian-motherhood-or-how-i-grew-up-thinking-i-wanted-to-be-a-tradwife.md) - I could never have grown up to have a life that looks like the one that Katie Britt portrayed last night because that life doesn’t exist in reality.
- [On the Need for Diverse, Embodied Theology](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/on-the-need-for-diverse-theology.md) - The theology that taught me to only ever address God with male pronouns had never given me an imagination for a God who had a body that looked like mine, for a God that had the bodily experiences that I experienced in my body.
- [Welcoming Anger Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/welcoming-anger-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation bring you into communication with your anger and let it serve as a guide to restoration and protection.
- [The Year of Belonging Book Club](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/the-year-of-belonging-book-club.md) - What does it mean to belong to each other in a world that is so fractured? Let's explore this together all year long.
- ["Women are badder than men."](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/women-are-badder-than-men.md) - Despite my best efforts to educate and influence my children, they still come home with all kinds of views that I don’t endorse.
- [Reclaiming Holiday Happiness](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/reclaiming-holiday-happiness.md) - This Christmas break felt good for the first time in forever.
- [Mary Taught Her Son to be a Prophetic Witness](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/december-2023.md) - While historical records may not explicitly detail Mary's teachings to Jesus, her values and spirit likely shaped his compassion and commitment to justice.
- [Advent 2023 Guided Meditations](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/advent-2023-guided-meditations.md) - May these meditations help you experience God with us this season and learn from the stories of the women.
- [Harvesting Wisdom from Doubt Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/harvesting-wisdom-from-doubt-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you turn toward and hold space for your questions and doubt.
- [Reading the Psalms in a Time of War](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/november-2023.md) - I don’t know what to do with these Psalms, and I think that’s ok. I allow myself to sit with the discomfort over those words that were written by a specific people in a specific context for a specific purpose. And I also search for new, beautiful, hopeful reinterpretation of these ancient words
- [How We Show Up Book Club](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/how-we-show-up.md) - Join me this November to learn what true, authentic family, friendship and community can look like.
- [Centering Prayer Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/centering-prayer-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you experience connection with God on a deeper level.
- [The Compassionate Heart of God: A Maternal Perspective](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/the-compassionate-heart-of-god.md) - Explore the profound concept of God as Mother rooted in compassion and 'womb love.' Learn how this perspective can reshape our theology and bring about a more peaceful world.
- [October 2023](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/october-2023.md) - In 2020, my desires came crashing out of my heart through my mouth and I no longer could stand in my own way to advocate for what I wanted.
- [Understanding Flesh as Ego Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/understanding-flesh-as-ego-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you embrace your body as a tool to move beyond operating out of the ego and into the Self.
- [September 2023](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/september-2023.md) - So much of grief centers on the loss of the future vision you had for yourself and that person, the desire that you had for more time.
- [The Gap Between Who I Was and Who I Am Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/the-gap-between-who-i-was-and-who-i-am-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you to explore the experience of inner tension as it relates to embodying new values
- [My Sister Doesn't Think I'm a Psychopath](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/my-sister-doesnt-think-im-a-psycopath.md) - Listen to my sister and I discuss the media coverage of USWNT star Alex Morgan's experience in her first World Cup as a mother.
- [The Barbie Movie is a Feminist Retelling of the Genesis Story](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/august-2023.md) - I can relate to the experience of knowledge being thrust upon me that I didn't ask for, that I was forced to reckon with.
- [Singing in Church Feels Complicated](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/july-2023.md) - I have always loved singing in church, yet there are so many songs that I used to sing in church that I cannot sing anymore.
- [Exploring Embodied Spiritual Practices in the Christian Tradition](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/exploring-embodied-spiritual-practices-in-the-christian-tradition.md) - Discover ancient and modern embodied Christian practices. Learn to incorporate them into your spiritual practice.
- [Seeing with the Eye of the Heart](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/seeing-with-the-eye-of-the-heart.md) - May this meditation help you cultivate a deeper and clearer inner seeing.
- [Tell Her Story Book Club](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/tell-her-story-book-club.md) - Join me this summer as we learn about and discuss the leadership roles of women in the early church.
- [June 2023](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/june-2023.md) - I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to answer that nagging question about if pre-kids me was comfortable with my body or disconnected from my body. Probably a mix.
- [Exploring Embodied Spirituality within Christianity](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/embracing-embodied-spirituality.md) - I discovered embodied spirituality first through my yoga asana practice, and then I started to find it in my own faith tradition of Christianity.
- [God's Not Mad At You Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/gods-not-mad-at-you-guided-meditation.md) - Imagine how it feels to be surrounded by God's love and allow the truth of God's unconditional love to sink deeply in during this meditation.
- [May 2023](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/may-2023.md) - How would the church have been different, how would our world have been different, if women had been allowed to lead and influence?
- [Hosting Council Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/hosting-council-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation connect you with three distinct, related, and important aspects of your spirituality.
- [Finding Hope in the Church on the Ground](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/finding-hope-in-the-church-on-the-ground.md) - Next week I'm headed to Seattle for Inhabit 2023, the annual conference hosted by the Parish Collective, the nonprofit org that I work for doing communications and content. The impending trip stirred some reflection on my journey... I walk into a sanctuary and my heart starts beating fast. I find a…
- [April 2023](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/april-2023.md) - Reintegration work is a piece of redemption that we can work toward in the here in now, instead of waiting for God to redeem it all in the end.
- [A Journey of Faithfulness with Mary Magdalene Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/journey-of-faithfulness-mary-magdalene-guided-meditation.md) - I invite you to find yourself in the story of Mary Magdalene’s faithfulness. We will imagine 4 scenes together and connect with the emotions and experiences of Mary Magdalene.
- [Return Home to Yourself](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/march-2023.md) - Jesus modeled what it looks like to return home to oneself on a regular basis, and that’s why he was able to live so aligned with his values and with what he believed God was calling him to do.
- [Breathing with God Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/breathing-with-god.md) - May this meditation remind you of the nearness of God, as near as your next breath.
- [We Know That “He Gets Us”–But Evangelical Church Leaders Still Don't Get It](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/he-gets-us.md) - If they want to answer the first question posed on the “He Gets Us” website, they can start by just looking in the mirror.
- [Embodiment, Diet Culture, and Intuitive Eating](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/february-2023.md) - Two years ago I started really focusing on embodiment. In spirituality, yes, and also in the ways I was interacting with my physical body on a daily basis.
- [Cultivating Peace with What Is Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/cultivating-peace-with-what-is-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help draw you deeper into your lived experience and find peace in the midst of it.
- [Benefits of Spiritual Direction](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/benefits-of-spiritual-direction.md) - When it comes to seeking guidance and support, spiritual direction is an extremely helpful and accessible source. I've been meeting once a month virtually with my current spiritual director for the past 2 years and have benefited from having someone who can help me make sense of my spiritual musing…
- [Do Less and Prioritize Your Joy](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/january-2023.md) - This new year, may you find ways to support your health and to prioritize your joy.
- [Fresh Eyes for the Christmas Liturgy](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/fresh-eyes-for-the-christmas-liturgy.md) - May these fresh perspectives spark some new thoughts in you, and may they provide you peace in a season that can feel heavy if you're in a time of uncertainty around beliefs.
- [You Can Find New Meaning in Christmas](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/december-2022.md)
- [Easing Holiday Stress Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/easing-holiday-stress-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you return to your center to find peace to bring throughout your day.
- [The Benefits of a 5 Minute Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/benefits-5-minute-meditation.md) - Don’t doubt the power of only 5 minutes of meditation in your day.
- ["When you meet the Buddha, kill him."](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/november-2022.md) - Yes, of course, we want to learn from mentors and elders, but ultimately, those people are only human themselves with their own limited perspectives.
- [God Our Mother Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/god-our-mother-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you expand your imagination to include feminine images for the Divine.
- [Announcing the “Do I Stay Christian?” Book Club](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/announcing-the-do-i-stay-christian-book-club.md) - “Mom, why did Jesus have to die?” I glanced at my husband and turned around to face my 3-year-old, sitting in the backseat of the car as we drove home from a family BBQ. A particularly precocious child, I found myself in theological conversations with him on a fairly regular basis once he started a…
- [5 Minute Meditations for a Parenting Time Out](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/5-minute-meditations-for-when-you-need-a-parenting-time-out.md) - Parenting is stressful and can take you to your capacity in no time flat. Try one of four 5-minute guided meditations to find calm and move through your day with more peace.
- [I Opted Out of Mom Guilt](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/october-2022.md) - You can have it any way you want it–as long as you can shut out the voices of those who try to push you into a mold that you never fit.
- [Waning Moon Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/waning-moon-guided-meditation.md) - On the waning moon, the wild woman asks us to turn inward and listen to what the body has been saying all along.
- [Serena Williams' Retirement and What We Tell Our Daughters](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/september-2022.md) - I wanted to see her have it all, on her terms, but her story seems to prove that no matter your level of privilege, you can’t have it all.
- [On letting people see who you really are](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/on-letting-people-see-who-you-really-are.md) - “It doesn’t make sense that only two kids are allowed on the trampoline at a time! The trampoline is so big. So many more kids could fit on there.” My son Calvin looks at me and I ask him again to put his shoes on. We’re rushing to get out the door to make it to church on time, and my husband and I…
- [Full Moon Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/full-moon-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation ground you back into the support of your body and the earth during times of frenetic energy.
- [August 2022](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/august-2022.md)
- [Waxing Moon Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/waxing-moon-meditation.md) - May this meditation remind you of the deep well of creative power you have within.
- [July 2022](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/july-2022.md)
- [New Moon Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/new-moon-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you remember to let your intuition lead as you create space to go inward and give yourself a fresh beginning.
- [June 2022](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/june-2022.md)
- [Thoughts On Moon Rituals From An Exvangelical](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/thoughts-on-moon-rituals-from-an-exvangelical.md) - This post is an introduction to a 4 part meditation series I will release about working with the energy of the moon in my spiritual practice.
- [Self-Compassionate Body Scan Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/self-compassionate-body-scan-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you start to come to acceptance with your body as it is now, embracing all your marks and scars and areas of imperfection.
- [May 2022](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/may-2022.md)
- [Inviting Resurrection Guided Mediation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/inviting-resurrection-guided-mediation.md) - May this meditation help open you up to see the divine pattern of death and resurrection.
- [April 2022](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/april-2022.md)
- [Dwelling in Your Sanctuary Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/dwelling-in-your-sanctuary-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation remind you that your body is good and that you can access your spirituality in your physical body.
- [March 2022](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/march-2022.md)
- [Creating Sanctuary Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/creating-sanctuary-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you to find a moment of freedom and safety in your day.
- [February 2022](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/february-2022.md)
- [Practicing Presence Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/practicing-presence-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation give you the opportunity to identify what it is you need and slow down enough to actually receive it.
- [January 2022](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/january-2022.md)
- [Treasures of the Darkness Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/treasures-of-the-darkness-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation provide you with a new perspective on what the Divine might be able to teach you in the darkness.
- [December 2021](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/december-2021.md)
- [Riding the Waves Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/riding-the-waves-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation give more space to your emotions as you remember that you are safe and held, even in the midst of overwhelming feelings.
- [November 2021](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/november-2021.md) - November 2021
- [Almost 8 Months In](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/8-months-in.md) - These days I’m surprised at how peaceful I feel about her death. Almost 8 months of life without her and most of the time my grief nags at the edges of my consciousness, but it’s contained. And then something happens like I wake up remembering in vivid detail what her hands looked like with her lon…
- [You Know What To Do Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/you-know-what-to-do.md)
- [October 2021](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/october-2021.md)
- [Womb Love Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/womb-love.md) - May this meditation help you to begin your exploration of the feminine face of God and how we all uniquely reflect the image of God.
- [September 2021](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/september-2021.md)
- [Exploring the ordinary; encountering the divine](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/exploring-the-ordinary-encountering-the-divine.md) - I remember taking a career aptitude test as a senior, sitting in the little modular building that held the guidance office of my Christian high school. One of the results I got as a possible profession was pastor. I remember thinking, pastor? That’s not an option for me. Men are pastors. But even i…
- [Patient Nurture Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/patient-nurture-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you to process a difficult season and being to allow space for your emotions, whatever they are.
- [More Than Conquerors Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/more-than-conquerors-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you to notice the patterns that keep you stuck so that you can start to see where you actually do have a choice.
- [Fruit of the Spirit Guided Meditation](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/fruit-of-the-spirit-guided-meditation.md) - May this meditation help you to see the gifts that are already inside of you and the ways in which you have been shaped by your relationship with the Divine.
- [Hi, I'm Chelsea](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/about-me.md) - In short, I'm exploring post-evangelical Christianity, talking about meditation, mental health & motherhood and writing my first memoir. Subscribe to my newsletter here. In writing I’ve found a way to shake free the thoughts that have been sticking in my head and see them for what they actually are…
- [Putting Boundaries on My Depression](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/putting-boundaries-depression.md) - I recently passed the 3 months mark of taking Zoloft for depression. Depression showed up for the first time in my life 6.5 years ago, during my first postpartum season (I wrote about that here). Pregnancy, postpartum, and motherhood shifted my emotional landscape. It completely blindsided and bewi…
- [My Food Freedom](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/my-food-freedom.md) - I wrote this for Whole Mamas as the September Whole30 was coming to a close. With each Whole30 I’ve completed, I’ve learned valuable lessons throughout the shifting seasons of motherhood. Learn more about Food Freedom at Whole30.com [https://whole30.com/fff-faq/]. My Relationship with Food I’ve alw…
- [CKL Book Recs: Race and Racism](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/ckl-book-recs-race-and-racism.md) - By no means am I an expert! I am simply an avid reader* and have decided to commit to learning about race and racism through educational books. In particular, I believe in the value of reading the perspectives of people of color. However, most of these books center on the Black experience in Americ…
- [Hand to Hold: Support for NICU Parents](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/hand-to-hold-support-nicu-parents.md) - This article was originally published on Whole Mamas. Obviously this topic is near and dear to my heart as a twin mama with a two week NICU stay. Cristal and Christine work with the organization Hand to Hold [https://handtohold.org/]. Cristal is a Family Support Specialist and Christine is an Ambas…
- [Bottle Feeding Products](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/bottle-feeding-products.md) - Have you had the experience of going to create your baby registry, standing in the aisle of a big box store, and feeling paralyzed by all of the choices? So have I, and I want to help you out.Today I’m sharing my favorite bottle feeding products. Although each family’s needs vary, these products co…
- [Postpartum Distress: Baby Blues vs. Postpartum Depression](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/postpartum-distress.md) - This article originally lived on the Whole Mamas website. The information in this article was so helpful to me during my second postpartum, so I wanted to host it on my personal website after Whole Mamas shut down.This post is written by Vanessa Park and Ann Smith, of Postpartum Support Internation…
- [Healthy Eating as Soul Care](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/healthy-eating-as-soul-care.md) - January 1, 2104: “Today I’m starting my first Whole30! My reasons for doing a Whole30 are wanting to be more mindful of how I’m fueling my body (and by extension, my breastfeeding son’s body!!), kicking unhealthy cravings and compulsive eating to the curb, and maaaaybe dropping a few of those last…
- [Managing Pregnancy Cravings](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/managing-pregnancy-cravings.md) - I successfully completed a #PregnantWhole30 during my twin pregnancy and maintained Whole30-inspired eating throughout. I wrote a few articles sharing how I tried to honor my intention of having a healthy, happy pregnancy and postpartum. This pregnancy, I had a rough first trimester with frequent n…
- [My Redeeming C-Section Experience](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/my-redeeming-c-section-experience.md) - There’s a huge cultural focus on natural birth now. I think this is beautiful and fully support women who choose to go that route. This was of course what I was planning for my first birth — an unmedicated, hospital birth, but it didn’t go according to plan [http://chelseakimlong.com/wading-through…
- [Preparing for Postpartum](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/preparing-for-postpartum.md) - In my first pregnancy, I did very little to process and prepare for postpartum [http://chelseakimlong.com/wading-through-depression/]. I went in very blind to the realities that might occur around birth trauma and the gamut of mental health issues that I could meet. Facing labor felt like a huge ch…
- [Wading Through Depression](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/wading-through-depression.md) - I spent more time in my first pregnancy preparing for the birth than for all the days that followed. My goal was a natural hospital birth. I read every book and blog post. I hired a doula. I had a contingency for every situation. I talked to everyone I knew about their birth stories, analyzing thei…
- [Walking Through Anxiety](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/walking-through-anxiety.md) - My first anxiety attack happened freshman year of college. I laid on the floor in my dorm room and willed myself to breathe, feeling deeply afraid, paralyzed by fear and stress. I was struggling in a few classes, and as the perfect high school student, I wasn’t acquainted with failure in academics.…
- [My Journey Through Infertility](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/journey-through-infertility.md) - This post originally appeared on the Healthy Mama, Happy Baby blog. Embarking on a Two-Year Struggle My first Whole30 was in January 2015. Toward the end of that round, I found out I was pregnant. My firstborn was only seven months old at the time. This pregnancy was a total surprise, and it took m…
- [Ending my Pregnant Whole30](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/ending-my-pregnant-whole30.md) - I successfully completed a #PregnantWhole30 during my twin pregnancy and maintained Whole30-inspired eating throughout. I wrote a few articles sharing how I tried to honor my intention of having a healthy, happy pregnancy and postpartum. The Best Intentions I started a Whole30 the day I found out I…
- [Maintaining Your Vinyasa Practice Throughout Your Pregnancy](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/vinyasa-yoga-pregnant.md) - I lost my yoga practice during my first pregnancy. Up until that point I regularly practiced yoga for 2 years at a hot yoga studio. When I got pregnant I was faced with lots of advice for pregnant women and wasn’t sure how to sort it all out. One “rule” from my doctor was to not overheat my body, s…
- [The Evangelical Fear Complex](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/the-evangelical-fear-complex.md) - Lately I can’t stop thinking about Peter stepping out of the boat to walk on water toward Jesus. Just imagine the scene: It’s 4AM, the wind is blowing, waves are pounding into the boat, the fishermen are scared out of their minds, and suddently they see a ghost walking toward them on the water. Oh…
- [CKL Book Recs: To Alter Your World](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/ckl-book-recs-to-alter-your-world.md) - My dear friend Christiana’s first book, To Alter Your World [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0830841377/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0830841377&linkCode=as2&tag=chelseakimlon-20&linkId=8dd56ea545ad51976cea081697ffeeee] , released today. I read a pre-release copy of th…
- [Choose.](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/choose.md) - This is my word for 2017. Too often I paint a mental picture of myself as the victim. I watch and react as things happen to me. I tell myself stories that take the responsibility off of myself and place it on anything else—people, situations, events. Lately I’ve been meditating on that Byron Katie…
- [My Body Betrays Me](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/my-body-betrays-me.md) - Infertility plagues me and each month reminds me that my body isn’t doing what it’s meant to do. Lack of control is my constant lesson.
- [Yoga and My Christian Faith](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/yoga-and-my-christian-faith.md) - My practice of yoga has enriched my spiritual life as a Christian. Here's how I think about it.
- [Guest Post: Connecting to Your Insides](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/connecting-to-your-insides.md) - I met Jeniece about 3 years ago at the church I was attending at the time. I spotted her a few rows ahead of me and, no lie, thought to myself, “She looks like Taylor Swift and I want to be friends with her.” I somehow managed to weasel my way into a coffee date with her and I remember sitting at h…
- [What the Church Gave Me](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/what-the-church-gave-me.md) - One of my main goals in writing is to help people recognize and embrace the complexity of life by moving out of dualistic thinking. In these past few weeks of writing publicly on very personal topics, it’s been fascinating what people reflect back to me about themselves by way of their responses to…
- [I Didn’t Want This to be my Story](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/i-didnt-want-this-to-be-my-story.md) - I’m learning to say, yes, this is my story, and look how strong I am.
- [Playing the Heretic Card](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/playing-the-heretic-card.md) - This time popular author Jen Hatmaker has thrown the white evangelical community into a frenzy with her recent interview affirming gay marriage. She must have prepared for this, but the fall out has been brutal. Jen has been torn apart and demeaned. She has been told she needs to pray and read her…
- [Soul-care Over Self-care](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/soul-care-over-self-care.md) - “You know how on an airplane, they tell you to put your oxygen mask on first, and then help the people around you? Self-care is kind of like that. You gotta put your own mask on first.” I sit across the kitchen table from another mama friend, one who has been through the ringer with four kids six a…
- [Rules of Engagement on Social Media](https://www.chelseakimlong.com/rules-of-engagement-on-social-media.md) - A few weeks ago, a dear friend posted an honest question on Facebook about a controversial topic. I had some thoughts on the matter and took a quick glance at the existing comments on her post. Immediately my defenses rose and I noticed my anger level spiking as I saw the comments and links shared…

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