My relationship with religion and spirituality is complicated at best. Despite growing up in a Catholic household, attending Catholic school, and ensuring I was in my pew every Sunday at Mass, I often felt that I was at the surface level of a connection with God. In fact, the thought of God often gave me a great deal of anxiety. Throughout college, I went through a process of deconstruction. I rejected a notion of God altogether and lived most of my young adult life without […]