Clergy Abuse: 3 Hidden Truths
Sandy Phillips Kirkham experienced the pain of clergy abuse at a young age but has since embarked on a journey of recovery and found her voice. She shares her powerful story and her journey towards healing in her book, 'Let Me Prey Upon You: Breaking Free from a Minister's Sexual Abuse.' Now serv...
Finding Healing After Falling Prey Into Clergy Sexual Abuse (Rerelease)
This week on Grief and Rebirth, we’re revisiting this powerful episode with Sandy Phillips Kirkham, who shares her journey from trauma to healing after being preyed upon by a charismatic youth minister at 16. She discusses her award-winning book Let Me Prey Upon You, the impact of clergy abuse, h...
Finding Healing After Falling Prey Into Clergy Sexual Abuse
Many of us find comfort within our church community, especially when we’re at a difficult time in our lives. For Sandy Phillips Kirkham, what was a place of warmth became a place of intense trauma when she was 16 years old.In this episode, she sits down with Irene Weinberg to talk about her award...
Surviving Clergy Abuse: Sandy Phillips Kirkham EP 223
In this episode, the focus is on clergy abuse—a topic made even more pressing by recent headlines. The featured guest, Sandy Phillips Kirkham, shares her harrowing ordeal of being abused by a charismatic youth pastor starting at the age of 16. Sandy discusses the grooming process, the five years ...
Learn how healing from regrets will free you to live full out
Show Title: Learn How Healing From Regrets Will Free You To Live Full OutShow Theme: Healing From RegretsEpisode: 2026.12.20The Living Full Out Show with Nancy Solari invites you to take an honest look at the parts of your past that weigh on you. You may beat yourself up over choices you wish you...
From Silence to Strength: Sandy Phillips Kirkham on Clergy Abuse, Healing & Finding Your Voice
In this episode of Born Without a Choice, I’m joined by Sandy Phillips Kirkham, an author, speaker, and advocate for survivors of clergy abuse.
Sandy shares how her experience as a teenager in a church community eventually led her to confront a painful chapter of her past decades later. We discus...
Life Can Be Wonderful After Abuse | Sandy Phillips Kirkham
What happens when the place you trusted for safety becomes the place where that trust is broken?
In this episode of Thought Atlas, I sit down with Sandy Phillips Kirkham, an author, advocate, and speaker who supports victims of abuse. Sandy shares her own experience of being sexually abused by h...
Why Survivors Stay Silent: Understanding Guilt, Shame, and Fear || Sandy Kirkham
What happens when someone spends decades carrying the weight of abuse, only to eventually find the courage to speak?
In this episode, we hear from Sandy Phillips Kirkham, an author, speaker, and survivor who has dedicated her work to raising awareness about clergy abuse and helping others unders...
Finding Your Voice: Healing, Hope & Speaking Out After Clergy Abuse with Sandy Phillips Kirkham
In this episode of Life in Transition, I sit down with Sandy Phillips Kirkham, an advocate, speaker, and survivor of clergy abuse, for an honest and courageous conversation about finding your voice, trusting your intuition, healing, and rebuilding your life after trauma.
Sandy shares her personal...
Breaking the Silence: Sandy Phillips Kirkham on Clergy Abuse, Healing, and Finding Your Voice
A place meant to offer safety, trust, and spiritual guidance can sometimes become the setting for profound harm. For survivors of clergy abuse, the journey toward healing can involve years of silence, confusion, shame, and questions that are difficult to share.
In this deeply personal episode of...
