Ranked #1
Toxic Workplaces and the Cult Survivor
Toxic Workplaces and the Cult Survivor
Cult survivors make great little worker bees (and I say this with a lot of love, respect, and a huge dose of sarcasm), a... Read more
19 Jul 2021
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45mins
Ranked #2
Were you brainwashed?
Were you brainwashed?
During a recent podcast interview, my friend and fellow survivor Lisa Kohn shared that while she was on tour to promote ... Read more
5 Jul 2021
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46mins
Ranked #3
Toxic positivity and the thought-terminating cliché
Toxic positivity and the thought-terminating cliché
Some of the tactics that the Unification Church use to train members rolls up into the thought terminating cliché: that ... Read more
28 Jun 2021
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24mins
Ranked #4
The Trauma of First Love in a Cult
The Trauma of First Love in a Cult
Members of the second generation ex-Unification Church community are beginning to speak out about their experiences, goi... Read more
21 Jun 2021
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28mins
Ranked #5
Memory Loss, Dissociation and Euphoric Recall in Cults
Memory Loss, Dissociation and Euphoric Recall in Cults
Sometimes I struggle to recall things from my childhood in the cult. There are long blanks in my memory, or when I do ex... Read more
14 Jun 2021
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14mins
Ranked #6
What is love bombing?
What is love bombing?
The term “love bombing” seems to have come into the cultural consciousness in a big way in the past several years, perha... Read more
7 Jun 2021
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18mins
Ranked #7
What’s so bad about growing up in a cult?
What’s so bad about growing up in a cult?
A few years ago someone commented on one of my social media posts, asking me to explain why I felt that growing up in a ... Read more
31 May 2021
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30mins
Ranked #8
Healing Through Art - Part Two: The Research
Healing Through Art - Part Two: The Research
In focusing on art as a healing tool, I want to hone in specifically on religious trauma because that area of focus is w... Read more
24 May 2021
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22mins
Ranked #9
Healing Through Art - Part One: My Story
Healing Through Art - Part One: My Story
I believe we are all born creative, or at the very least, with the capacity to be creative. If we’re lucky, we grow up i... Read more
17 May 2021
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20mins
Ranked #10
The Illusion of Choice
The Illusion of Choice
Overlaying bounded choice framework onto the biological need to survive within the human group, we can see that there is... Read more
10 May 2021
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10mins