• How to Have Sex in a God-Honoring Way
    Mar 31 2023

    The girlies allow themselves to be ministered to by two God-fearing Christian women via a book titled, "Sex, Purity, and the Longings of a Girl's Heart: Discovering the Beauty and Freedom of God-Defined Sexuality."   By Bethany Beal and Kristen Clark

    sources for when the ministry didn't hit as deep and we needed to result to science:

    Love the Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Religious Tolerance by Janet R. Jakobsen and Ann Pelligrini

    Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski, Ph. D.

    Jesus Camp produced by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

    Give Me Sex Jesus  created by Mathew Barber and Britney Machado

    AOD Method

    Support Groups to try!

    Journey Free
    Recovering From Religion
    iSurvive.org this one isn't directly religious trauma support but complex PTSD and depression
    more general support group links:
    Support Group Central 

    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Quality over Quantity
    Mar 15 2023

    The girls are being honest about their very human limitations and we hope you're doing the same, wherever you are. <3 

    We'll be back on March 29th with our much-hyped Girl Defined episode.

    Show More Show Less
    6 mins
  • The Octopussy Within Teal Swan
    Mar 2 2023

    Ma'any read Teal Swan's The Connection Process and tells us about it so maybe one day, we too can experience love like Teal's. This is one of the first episodes we ever recorded so if the quality isn't perfect... that's why. Be patient with us, we do this for free.


    Our title song is "Starchild" by Dave Malloy


    You can help us produce this show by becoming a Patron!


    Teal Swan's The Connection Process

    Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find - And Keep - Love by John Gray, PhD

    All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

    Meditation, Trauma and Suffering in Silence: Raising Questions about How Meditation is Taught and Practiced in Western Contexts in the Light of a Contemporary Trauma Resiliency Model by Jane Compson

    The Construction of Mindfulness by Andrew Olendzki


    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Why Does Andrew Tate Do That?
    Feb 16 2023

    Mathany reads Andrew Tate's the Tate Bible and tells Ma'any all about how utterly unremarkable this man is.

    Sources:

    • The Tate Bible by Andrew Tate & G. Slim
    • Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
    • Triple Exclam!!! The Life and Games of Emory Tate, Chess Warrior by Daimm Shabazz
    • The arrest of misogynist influence Andrew Tate, explained by Rebecca Jennings
    • You can ignore Andrew Tate by Rebecca Jennings
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 4 mins
  • James Clear, Atomic Habits and Kim Kardashian at Harvard
    Feb 1 2023

    Ma'any reads Atomic Habits. The girls discuss Americans' obsessions with work and try and unpack the stigma of laziness.

    Sources:
    Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
    Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price
    Radically Content by Jamie Varon



    Support us on Patreon!

    Our title song is "Starchild" by Ghost Quartet, written by Dave Malloy.

    Send us nice things - thatsfauxdeep@gmail.com 



    Here are some loose timestamps if you feel like jumpin' around:

    3:20 Mathany's relationship with work

    8:50 Ma’any outlines the episode

    9:50 Ma’any’s relationship with work

    12:00 Ma’any talks about Zuko and Avatar the Last Airbender

    17:40 James Clear's personal history

    20:00 James Clear’s current business

    21:30 Types of people who recommend Atomic Habits

    22ish What is the 1% rule?

    24:30 Habits are like compound interest

    32:15 The laziness lie

    36:41 What Ma'any likes about Atomic Habits

    41:50 What Ma'any doesn’t like about Atomic Habits

    45:10 Language of self-help

    47 Weight and fatphobia

    54 Using shame and anger as motivation

    59 Discussion on "Radically Content"





    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Welcome to the Deep End
    Jan 18 2023

    Mathany reads Teal Swan's manifesto The Completion Process. Listen to the girls as they discuss each and every step... all eighteen of them.

    Support us on Patreon!

    Our title song is "Starchild" by Ghost Quartet, written by Dave Malloy.

    Send us nice things - thatsfauxdeep@gmail.com 

    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Now starting... That's Faux Deep!
    Jan 3 2023

    Mathany and Ma'any discuss how they got the audacity to start a podcast, and why they think so many mean people have infiltrated the worlds of self-help and spirituality. Diversions include Kendall Jenner, mean bosses, and man's original sin.

    Support us on Patreon!

    Our title song is "Starchild" by Ghost Quartet, written by Dave Malloy.

    Send us nice things - thatsfauxdeep@gmail.com

    Show More Show Less
    10 mins