Katie Rouse is a marketing manager and freelance writer in Raleigh, NC. She writes on faith deconstruction and chronic illness on her Substack, Embodied Deconstruction. Find her published or upcoming writing with Humankind 105 Zine, Brevity Blog, Missive Mag, hyssop + laurel, The Unmooring, and Earth & Altar. She published her first book of poetry, Psalms of Deconstruction, in fall 2021, and is working on her first memoir, which will recount her journey of deconstructing her faith while serving as a missionary in India.