Have you ever been told you have a “critical spirit” simply because something didn’t feel right? Have you ever questioned a situation in church and been made to feel like you were the problem for noticing unhealthy behavior?

In this powerful episode of Unchurched, Edna White breaks down spiritual gaslighting and how religious language is often used to silence questions, shift accountability, manipulate emotions, and protect unhealthy power structures inside spiritual spaces.

This conversation is not about attacking faith. It’s about exposing how control, confusion, fear, guilt, and conditioning can show up in toxic church culture while making people distrust their own discernment, instincts, and emotional experiences.

Edna unpacks what spiritual gaslighting really looks like, the hidden meaning behind common phrases used in chur ...