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170 – How Jehovah’s Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 3 – Weaponizing Your Desires

One hallmark of gaslighting is using what is near and dear to a person as ammunition against...

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• 7 días

169 – There’s Nothing That Jehovah’s Witnesses Can’t Make Worse – Cherie Is Shunned

Life happens, both for the better and for the worse. Being a kid is hard, especially as it...

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• 14 días

168 – How Jehovah’s Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 2 – The Denial

One hallmark of gaslighting is the denial of what happened, even in the face of proof. Jehovah’s...

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• 21 días

167 – Between Two Worlds – Abuse, Trauma; Jess is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses

Jess grew up between two worlds, the one at her father’s house and the one at her mother’s. Both...

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• 28 días

166 - What They REALLY Said - The 2024 Governing Body Update #2 - An ExJW Reenactment

On March 15, 2024, Mark Sanderson of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses gave an update to...

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165 – Looking Back – Cancer, Autism & Jehovah’s Witnesses – Jacob is shunned

Young Jacob was diagnosed with cancer at just 5 years of age and suddenly found himself in...

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• 2 meses

164 – How Jehovah’s Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 1 – The Setup

Through gaslighting, one person or one group of people can become the reality check for an...

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• 2 meses

163 – What The Hell Did I Just Do? – Justin and Jehovah’s Witnesses

Getting baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses is a forever contract with a cult. In Justin’s...

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• 2 meses

162 – How Covid Changed The Face Of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Well, Some Of Them)

The Covid-19 pandemic brought a lot of change to the world. Many started to wear masks for...

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• 2 meses

161 – An ExJW Couple Leaves A Cult With Covid As A Catalyst – Walking Away Under The Cover Of Zoom

Finding a way out of a cult is one of the hardest things that a human can do. To find one’s own...

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• 3 meses

160 – Jehovah’s Witnesses And The Holocaust – An ExJW Goes To The Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum

Many people don’t realize that Jehovah’s Witnesses were among the many that were persecuted and...

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• 3 meses

Episode 159 – A Divided Household – Tana is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses

Tana was raised in a home where her parents weren’t on the same page. Her mother, a devout...

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• 3 meses

Episode 158 – Smurfs, Demons, Bed Bugs and Jehovah’s Witnesses

Behold the tale of the Smurf doll and the Kingdom Hall. A legend told by adult Jehovah’s...

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• 3 meses

Episode 157 - CSA, Trauma and Jehovah's Witnesses - Caressa's Story

When Caressa’s 18 year old sister started dating a “brother” from another congregation that was...

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• 4 meses

Episode 156 – Announcing The Uprising Of Former Jehovah’s Witnesses

The Uprising Project is a new initiative in the community of former Jehovah’s Witnesses to help...

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• 4 meses

Episode 155 - The Little Girl Without A Smile - Dedicated To Yvette

Natasha grew up in Belgium and found herself in a world of abuse at home. Others, noticing the...

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• 5 meses

Episode 154 – It Was Hell – Andrea is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses

Growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses is hard. Kids want to fit in and are forced to be...

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• 5 meses

How To Start Your Own Ex-JW Cart

So yeah, I created my own cart to help people get another side of the story that Jehovah's...

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• 5 meses

153 – Legal Considerations For Former Jehovah’s Witnesses – Blood, Wills, Emancipation, Insurance

When a person leaves the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses they may still find themselves attached in...

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• 5 meses

Episode 152 – Love Without A Home – Grief, Gaslighting and Jehovah’s Witnesses

In the concept of gaslighting, one person is trying to create the reality for another person in...

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• 6 meses