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Back to SearchEpisode 136 - A Beautiful Process - Karen
Courage isn't the absence of fear, but rather feeling the fear and doing what you want or need to do anyway. Karen grew up in a lot of fear, the fear…
3 years ago
Episode 135 - A Fork In The Road - Daniel is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Like many, Daniel was both gay and one of Jehovah's Witnesses. That reality creates dissonance between who one is and who they have been raised and p…
3 years, 1 month ago
Episode 134 - Careers Without College - ExJwHelp #2
Coming from a cult that discouraged education and that even discouraged pursuing an upward trajectory in a career, as the cult activity itself was se…
3 years, 1 month ago
Episode 133 - Adoption And Jehovah's Witnesses - Ashley Is Shunned
Fostered by a woman in the congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, little Ashley caught the eye of the person that would adopt her as a part of their fa…
3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 132 - Gaslight - Jehovah's Witnesses Edition - Lexi is Shunned
Like the 1944 film "Gaslight", and the resultant term "gaslighting", those with the power around Lexi growing up tried their best to create a reality…
3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 131 - California Dreamin' - Catherine is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Catherine did all the things that the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses wanted her to do, but she could never find connection with it. Though she was held …
3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 130 - Sincerity Is NOT Enough - Jose is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses are a performance based cult that are all about "what have you done for me lately". Your actions are everything to them. Sadly it…
3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 129 - Being Noticed Was Bad - Trevor is shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses
"I had these huge dreams and aspirations of what I wanted to do, where the attention was all on me. But in my actual life I was so afraid to be notic…
3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 128 - If I Do This, Maybe They'll Leave Me Alone
Whether it was giving his first talk or becoming an unbaptized publisher or getting baptized, Nate knew what was expected of him as one of Jehovah's …
3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 127 - "If he kills me, we won't be married in paradise anymore, right?"
During a meeting with the congregation elders about her abusive husband, JoHannah asked the question that is the title of this episode. Trying to get…
3 years, 5 months ago