Life after Organized Religion - Monday, Mar 30 - 7pm-8:30pm

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Life after Organized Religion – Monday, Mar 30 – 7pm-8:30pm

$20.00

7:00 – 8:30 PM (door opens 6:30)

Three-themed in-person ticketed meetings
$20  Payment at the door
See below for the 3 themes, facilitator’s info, and feel free to reach out to info@dallasmeditationcenter.com for further inquiry.
  • March 2nd – Understanding Adverse Religious Experience & Mapping out your Story
  • March 16th – Overcoming Dogmatic Thinking & Group think
  • March 30th –Reclaiming your Spirituality & planning the next chapter

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Dallas Meditation Center (DMC) is hosting three (3) themed Support Group meetings led by a PsyD. Max Bourgo and co-facilitated with DMC Center Director Jiyoon Lee. You can attend just one or all three sessions. We intend to create space for people with past adverse religious experiences to learn from the difficult experiences, grow beyond the impacts, and connect with one another.
Meet the Facilitators: Max and Jiyoon via intro YouTube video
 
Do you have difficult memories in the context of religion? The memories could look like (but not limited to) being taught rigid doctrine that triggers a guilt response, or an emotionally upsetting situation one experienced at the religious institution, or parents’ religious values being forced down upon you as a child. These negative experiences you had within the religious context can continue to affect your life. Having heard how common this experience is, Max Bourgault, Psy. D., and Jiyoon created a 3-themed Life After Organized Religion Support Group meeting.
Each session would be structured as follows: check-in, brief meditation, educational content, group work, discussion, and Q&A.
We believe that knowledge, wisdom, and support from the leaders and the community that shares similar pain will help all of us heal and build an intentional life after religious trauma.
You can attend just one or two or all three, however it fits your life.
Facilitator bio
Facilitators Bios
JiYoon Lee (she/her) serves many roles: most notably, she currently serves the Dallas Meditation Center community as the Center Director. To offer herself as a facilitator of healing, she is trained in Somatic Experiencing Therapy. Previously, she offered herself as a yoga teacher, translator, and creative writing instructor. She is grateful for her Mindful practices –yoga, meditation, and artistic practices– and the Sangha that guides her to deepen her understanding of the World.

Max Bourgault (he/him): Born and raised in Québec City, Canada, I practiced as a licensed psychologist for eight years before moving permanently to Dallas in 2024. Over the past two decades, I’ve traveled widely to study and experience a variety of healing modalities and spiritual traditions—experiences that have deeply enriched and expanded my work beyond conventional psychology.

While I remain licensed in Canada, I’ve chosen to step away from clinical practice to embrace a more holistic, psycho-spiritual approach to transformation. My current work weaves together psychological insight, spiritual depth, and practical tools to support whole-person growth.

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