Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#13 (Part 1): Changing how we talk to ourselves
Season 1 Episode 13
Most of us carry some version of the harsh inner critic. And why wouldn't we? All we have been told by the org is that we have been born bad, we can …
1 year, 10 months ago
#12 Fear of Falling Prey to Another Cult or Group
Season 1 Episode 12
One of the more common fears I hear about from my clients is that they will unwittingly fall victim to another group or organization that doesn't hav…
1 year, 10 months ago
#11 (Part 2): Keeping or Cutting Family and Friends
Season 1 Episode 11
Loss of family and friends is one of the most painful aspects of leaving the org. Most of us will do anything in order to maintain those ties. But so…
1 year, 10 months ago
#10 (Part 1): Keeping or Cutting Family and Friends
Season 1 Episode 10
Loss of family and friends is one of the most painful aspects of leaving the org. Most of us will do anything in order to maintain those ties. But so…
1 year, 10 months ago
#9 Keeping the Faith (NOT the religious kind)
Season 1 Episode 8
Most of us have a negative association with the word "faith". To those of us who have escaped from high control religions, the word "faith" implies b…
1 year, 10 months ago
#8 Why it's so hard to wake them up (and some ideas if you choose to try)
Season 1 Episode 8
What's better than waking up from the org? Waking and taking your friends and family with you.
Sadly, this is easier said, and almost never done.
In…
1 year, 10 months ago
#7 You Are Not Broken
Season 1 Episode 7
Sharing our story, of the ways in which we have been hurt by this organization, and our grief over challenges it has created for us is an essential p…
1 year, 10 months ago
#6 (Part 2): Breaking free from black and white thinking
Season 1 Episode 6
Black and white, right and wrong, good and bad... This is how JWs approach the world, and it creates a real problem for those of us who enter into th…
1 year, 10 months ago
#5 (Part 1): Breaking free from black and white thinking
Season 1 Episode 5
Black and white, right and wrong, good and bad... This is how JWs approach the world, and it creates a real problem for those of us who enter into th…
1 year, 10 months ago
#4 (Part 2): Learning to trust your treacherous heart
Season 1 Episode 4
How many times have we heard about the dangers of trusting our treacherous heart? Among the many ways in which JW indoctrination sabotages our senses…
1 year, 11 months ago