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Children & Families, Substack
Young Lyric, who believed they were doomed to hell, dressed as a black cat.

Religious Indoctrination of Children Is Child Abuse: Here’s Why I Won’t Apologize for Calling Religious Indoctrination Child Abuse.

Lyric Holmans

As a child, who was indoctrinated into the Christian faith, but struggled to believe what I was told “was the unquestionable truth,” I spent the first 11 years of my life terrified that I was going to hell (and was convinced that I was a bad person) because I couldn’t force myself to believe in Jesus and the Christian God (who I was told was the ONLY path to salvation and everyone who wasn’t a believer would go to hell). Continue reading Religious Indoctrination of Children Is Child Abuse: Here’s Why I Won’t Apologize for Calling Religious Indoctrination Child Abuse.

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A selfie Lyric took recently. They’re in a black and white outfit and sitting in their RV, with their long hair down and smiling.

Society Trained Me to Swallow My Rage. My Autistic Self Said “No More.” – “Repression = Strength” Was a Dangerous Lie I Believed (Until My Diagnosis).

Lyric Holmans

The Forbidden Feeling: Why My Anger Terrified Me (And How I Made Peace With It) – The Cost of Swallowing Coals: How I Stopped Digesting Anger & Started Living.
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Lyric, standing on one of their favorite mountains, looking at other mountains. They’re wearing black and white shorts, and their bare back faces the camera s they face away. The RV they live in is on their right. In the foreground is white text that reads: I'm Polyamorous but I'm Also Afraid of Starting New Personal Relationships I'm on pause as I get to know my Self better - because that's a relationship I almost lost.

I’m Polyamorous but I’m Also Afraid of Starting New Personal Relationships

Lyric Holmans

I’ve made no attempts to keep the fact that I am Polyamorous to myself.  This particular facet of my identity is one that I’ve known about since middle school (when I first found myself attracted to multiple people at the … Continue reading I’m Polyamorous but I’m Also Afraid of Starting New Personal Relationships

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Photo of Lyric at the lake, doing a back bend in the sunset with pink and black silk fans.

HIDDEN DANGER: Why I Stopped Recommending Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness, and Other Somatic Practices to People I Don’t Know Well

Lyric Holmans

In my mid-20s, when I learned that I could “pause my mind” and found relief for the first time in my life, forcing myself into the present moment, it became all I wanted to do all the time.
Continue reading HIDDEN DANGER: Why I Stopped Recommending Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness, and Other Somatic Practices to People I Don’t Know Well