So Dr. Madhutey Lui, thank you so much for being here with us.

Thank you, Barbara.

Thanks, everyone, for being here on this Thursday night.

I'm excited to talk with you all and discuss the book together.

But I think to start, I'm going to do a short reading just to ground us.

Also, if you didn't read the book, that's totally fine.

This is like a little synopsis, I guess.

how you're able to reclaim your sense of self after sharing the religious trauma that you experienced with the church and how you were able to just step outside that system.