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Welcome to Self-Trust, a podcast by writer and spiritual coach Dani Fankhauser. In season 3, we explore Matriarchy & Mother Nature, a companion to Dani's debut novel, "Sister Earth." In the archives, you'll find the bread crumb trail of Dani's own self-trust journey, from religion, to memoir writing, to speculative fiction. Learn more: danifankhauser.com

This is a deeply personal story of growing up within evangelical Christianity, and questioning its guidance on premarital sex. Now updated with a new preface by the author! Dani Fankhauser was 26, in a new city, and a virgin who’d never had a boyfriend. Her trust that God would bring her a perfect partner, as the Christian self-help books had promised, was fading. She worried she would never find love if she continued on the same path.