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‘The Fucked up Brady Bunch’ on Falling Out

Elgen Strait starts the second season of his podcast ‘Falling Out’ with a reunion of the contributors for the first series. This three hour conversation features the collaborative story-telling skills of eight ex-moonies making sense of their past:

The Purity Knife: Sex, death and human trafficking in the Unification Church – Jen Kiaba

Blog post by Jen Kiaba about her experience on the Special Task Force in USA:: https://www.summerofcheesecake.com/2015/08/sex-death-human-trafficking-unification-church.html

Faith Y3n on Relationships

As we emerge from a high control group where every decision was made for us and we were shamed about romantic feelings, it can be a minefield trying to work out how to start and make relationships work in the real world. there is some great advice here… Faith Y3n says some interesting things inContinue reading “Faith Y3n on Relationships”

Renrobot’s Deconstructing Artwork

Renrobot has done a great deal of work expressing her journey out of the church… here are some examples of her work: https://www.facebook.com/renrobot.art https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frenrobot.art%2Fposts%2F399968111022618&show_text=true&width=500

Toxic Positivity and the Thought Terminating Cliche: Lessons on Leaving with Jen Kiaba

Jen looks at the methods of indoctrination used by the church and how thought stopping language is used as a method of control. This article is also available as a podcast. https://www.jenkiaba.com/lessons-on-leaving/toxic-positivity-thought-terminating-cliche

Unbroken Podcast: To the Moon and Back with Lisa Kohn

Lisa speaks on the Unbroken Podcast about her book, To the Moon and Back, which explores her childhood in the church, with the children of the Moon family, and her inspiring approach to healing forgiveness and recovery.