Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey

Ep 1332 | Inner Child, Shadow Work & Somatic Therapy: A Warning to Christian Women

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Apr 13, 2026
A warning about how popular therapy ideas like inner child work, shadow work, and somatic therapy are reshaping Christian spaces. The conversation traces these practices to Jungian and New Age roots and flags conflicts with biblical sanctification. It challenges self-focused healing trends flooding Bible studies, books, and social media. Listeners are urged to compare trends with Scripture.
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INSIGHT

Therapy Culture As The Primary Threat

  • Allie Beth Stuckey argues therapy culture is the dominant threat to Christian women's theology, more than feminism or the New Age.
  • She claims secular therapy language filters into Bible studies and conferences, replacing sanctification with self-focused healing tied to social media trends.
ANECDOTE

Response To Viral Inner Child TikTok

  • Allie recounts reacting to a viral TikTok of a woman 'speaking to her inner child' and publicly declared there is no inner child in the Christian worldview.
  • Her critique drew angry responses from therapists and reopened discussion about therapy language in the church.
INSIGHT

Origins Of Inner Child Theory

  • She traces the inner child idea to Freud, then Jung, then John Bradshaw popularizing reparenting on Oprah in the 1990s.
  • Allie highlights Jung's occult and New Age ties and warns the 'divine child' narrative encourages self-idolatry not biblical repentance.
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