My book, Honoring the Journey: The Deconstruction of Sister Christian, was released on October 22, 2024! This past January, I started a podcast with my friend, Karen Shock called Honoring the Journey where our vision was to break down walls of judgment and fear as we share and honor life and faith journeys not only from people who are deconstructing, but also people who have different faiths, backgrounds, and are from different cultures. I truly believe the reason there is so much division in this world is because we don’t take the time to really listen and understand someone before we make a judgment or come to a conclusion about who they are based on their race, culture or faith background. Karen has since moved on, so I now am going solo, but am really enjoying this adventure!

I have spent much of my life in one transition or another. I was a child whose parents were divorced at a young age, so my transitions began very early. My mother married a wonderful Military man, so we spent much of my young life moving very frequently. The most time we ever spent living anywhere consecutively was four years, in Okinawa, Japan, where I spent my High School years. 

After graduating, I went to college in West Virginia, where I met my husband. We were married young and had kids very young, and spent much of our 20's and 30's moving often with his job. Moving, starting new jobs, changing churches, meeting new people and adapting to new areas and new communities has always been a part of my life and it has served me well. I do understand that it can be quite stressful, though, and those stressful times can suck the joy right out of a life if not addressed and dealt with in a healthy and vibrant way. 

That's why, at this time in my life, I want to guide and assist others in their life's journey! My latest transition has been out of religion, and honestly this was the most painful of any transition I've ever lived through. It can be very lonely and difficult to leave the community and "truths" you have been a part of for so long.

In the religion I was in, I was taught not to trust my heart, not to trust my emotions and to only trust what I was taught in the Bible or by certain teachers. I remember thinking, after I left, how can I ever trust myself again? I get how hard this journey can be! Through the years of deconstructing my beliefs, I have found peace and have definitely learned to trust myself again. It IS possible to love God, honor others and be at peace outside of religious walls.

In the past, I was a Christian Radio Host, Speaker and Writer and Contestant on Survivor: China in 2007. I was known as "Sister Christian" on the show (someone even voted me out using that name). My faith was everything to me during those years. To be honest, it still is everything to me, it just looks very different. I'm no longer in church, but I do pray and I still love and seek to know God. I try to live like Jesus - loving people, being kind, calling out injustice and making sure everyone feels included and accepted as a human being without question. I also did a podcast with my sister called Midlife Madness that you can find on most podcast outlets! It was something we did during the pandemic - and it was incredibly fulfilling and a lot of fun.

If you're interested in working with someone who has tremendous life & faith experience in transitions, or if change has always been frightening to you, please don't hesitate to reach out via email at leslienease@gmail.com or check out the rest of this website for more info.

Your journey is a beautiful one - and it deserves to be honored!

-Leslie