Lisa Cataldo: Drive-by Spirituality

Drive-by-Spirituality: How Religion and Spirituality Can Make us “Sick.”

Theologian, professor, and therapist Lisa Cataldo discussed “Spiritual Bypassing”—the notion that spirituality and religious faith can be used as a way to hide from or deny parts of our experience, particularly trauma or “negative” emotions and thoughts. Spirituality that’s used as a defense contributes to making us “sick,” rather than contributing to growth and health.