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Podcast: The Divorcing Religion Podcast
Episode: Alyona Smoky - A Beautiful Liberation
Description: Alyona Smoky - A Beautiful LiberationCW: War in UkraineAlyona Smoky was born and raised in Ukraine, where her mother joined a high-control, conservative evangelical church when Alyona was young. As a result of family stressors, Alyona shouldered much of the emotional burden in her family as a child, and she grew up very quickly in a chaotic and emotionally intense environment.When she was 16, Alyona moved to the U.S. with her family due to political unrest in Ukraine. She found coming to the U.S. disorienting, having left...