Andy grew up in an evangelical cult in Florida, wherein women were silenced and men held authority. Never identifying as a girl, Andy nevertheless learned from their religion that it was better to be dead than to be trans. After…[Continue Reading...]
Those who know anything about Guinevere Turner usually come from one of two camps: ’90s lesbians or mainstream bros. It’s something the actress and screenwriter is both aware of and amused by. “There are so many weird aspects of my…[Continue Reading...]
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT - Serena Kelley was born into the Children of God cult and became a 'poster girl' for the controversial organisation. After making her escape, she is now sharing her story with The Mirror A woman who was…[Continue Reading...]
Prof Debbie Haski-Leventhal Makes it Meaningful, after escaping Kabballah cult, This interview is in English Israeli born Professor Debbie Haski-Leventhal is an inspirational speaker and professor of Management at Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University.If a fortune-teller told 19-year-old Debbie that…[Continue Reading...]
When we think of cults we think of David Koresh and the Waco Siege, the Manson Family, and of people like Jim Jones, who convinced 918 of his followers to kill themselves and their children. But those are extreme examples…[Continue Reading...]
The night the world ended, I was at a bowling alley in a strip mall in the suburbs of Montreal, throwing strikes with other Jehovah’s Witness friends. Wholesome activities were the only way we could cool our hot teenage blood.…[Continue Reading...]
In Rebekah Vardy's childhood home there were no birthdays or Christmases, television and books were censored and she was warned that youthful mischief or bad manners would bring down the wrath of God on her. As a Jehovah's Witness, she…[Continue Reading...]
When Debbie Haski-Leventhal was 4 and her sister was 8, their 10-year-old brother died from cancer. Four months later, another son, Ori, was born into the family. Two years after the death of one brother and the birth of another,…[Continue Reading...]
It was the only thing generations of her family had ever known but, at 19, one woman revealed how one simple act led her to cut all ties with the fundamentalist sect she had grown up in. Laura McConnell, now…[Continue Reading...]
Join host Silvia Smart as she shares pieces of her journey to empowerment and survival from a cult-like martial arts system. Listen to the red flags that crop up around these dysfunctional and sometimes dangerous systems and people. Cults and…[Continue Reading...]
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