

Washed her lady parts in a mosque bathroom Fasted for thirty days without food-or wine Was interrogated about her sex life by Amish grandmothers And thus she embarked on a year-long quest to experience thirty religions by her thirtieth birthday. She uttered a desperate prayer, and then the idea came to her-thirty by thirty. And she was sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. In actuality, she was slumped on the floor sobbing about everything from the meaning of life to the pile of dirty laundry on the floor. On her twenty-ninth birthday, while guests were arriving downstairs, Reba Riley was supposedly upstairs getting dressed. Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome is for questioners, doubters, misfits, and seekers of all faiths, and tackles the universal struggle to heal what life has broken. The Best Partnership Advice You’ve Ever ReceivedĪnd a funny marriage one – Separate bank accounts, separate bathrooms.Written with humor and personality, this debut memoir recounts a woman's spiritual quest of experiencing thirty religions before her thirtieth birthday. Nearing the end, Reba asked her for her honest opinion on what she thought of the book and everything, and she replied with “I’m so happy and proud to have my name involved with this book.” In a period of over 18 months, her editor did everything in her power to help her along the way. What her editor did was take her raw talent and experience, and taught her how to craft it into a story.

One of Reba’s proudest moments in partnership came with her editor for her book, ‘Post Traumatic Church Syndrome’. What tripped her up was that she felt like she couldn’t be honest at times with her friend.įind out what happened next by listening to the show. What they discovered in the process is that they’re fantastic friends but horrible in working together. This was about ten years ago and they had a great idea. They had decided that they were going to start a business together and it didn’t go well.

One of Reba’s biggest “trip ups” came with her best friend. She has overcome chronic illness, depression, and spiritual injury & now travels nationally speaking on the topics of healing, courage, and radical kindness.īrave is a verb. Reba Riley is the author of the Simon & Schuster bestselling memoir “Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome: one woman’s desperate, funny, and healing journey through 30 religions before her 30th birthday”
