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To The Moon and Back: Lisa Kohn on Talk Beliefs

Lisa speaks about her childhood in the church on Talk Beliefs.

Heavenly Deception with Faith Y3n

Faith is carrying out a regular live reading of the book Heavenly Deception, written by Maggie Brooks. In her weekly videos, Faith takes us through the chapters, interspersed with her astute observations and additional research. It is an incredibly insightful, useful and therapeutic journey, and all episodes so far can be found on her YouTubeContinue reading “Heavenly Deception with Faith Y3n”

Take Back Your Life: Janja Lalich and Madaleine Tobias

This book has been life-changing for many people on their recovery journey. A detailed synopsis will follow shortly but for now here is some more info: http://cultresearch.org/take-back-your-life/

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.

To The Moon and Back: Lisa Kohn’s memoir

Lisa’s mother joined the church when Lisa was a child, making her a ‘Jacob’s Child.’, inferior to the born and raised ‘blessed children.’. In her memoir, Lisa describes her early life with the Moon family children and her experience of abandonment while her mother took care of ‘blessed children’ instead of her own.

Why Didn’t You Just Leave? : Lessons on Leaving with Jen Kiaba

Jen explains how the coercive control and manipulation of a cult makes leaving it a complex and possibly dangerous achievement. https://www.jenkiaba.com/lessons-on-leaving/why-didnt-you-just-leave This blog post is also available as a podcast