Elizabeth Community on Blessed Child Podcast with Hakja and Misook – Part 1 and 2

Part 1 ‘Dear Elizabeth, New Jersey community, this is a long awaited episode from an excommunicated, shunned, 2nd gen youth leader. Just listen to the episode. Thank you Hakja and Misook for bravely coming on and telling your stories. We dig deeper into the concepts of self-love and how intrinsically tied it is to theContinue reading “Elizabeth Community on Blessed Child Podcast with Hakja and Misook – Part 1 and 2”

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

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

Cults, Explained: Netflix documentary

In this useful episode exploring a range of cults, The unification church is included, with comments from Teddy Hose. What makes a cult? 1: Charismatic Leader revered as a godlike figure. 2: Doctrinated System of thought control. 3: Exploitation of members. Problems with the term cult. Cults rose to help people through social turbulence. USAContinue reading “Cults, Explained: Netflix documentary”