171. Breaking Free From Control To Reclaim My Life
Dear Little Me
Dawn Chitty
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
This week on the HEAL blog 3 Ways To Stop A Fight.
Melissa Lyon West personifies strength and resilience like no other. From a young age, she was entangled in a cult, dominated by her father's controlling influence. Up until she turned thirty, every aspect of Melissa's life was dictated by strict rules. There was no room for personal choice in this cloistered environment where men held all the power, and women were relegated to a subservient role. However, a series of events gradually chipped away at the foundation of her beliefs, leading Melissa to question the life she had been forced to lead. The turning point came when she boldly declared, "I'm not going to lie anymore." That single decision marked the beginning of her quest for truth, the catalyst for her healing journey. With unwavering determination, Melissa embarked on a path to freedom, breaking free from the shackles of the cult's control. Every step she took brought her closer to reclaiming her autonomy, as she refused to be bound by oppressive rules any longer. Now, our story finds Melissa at a pivotal moment in her life. Having endured a lifetime of conformity, she stands firm in her decision to sever ties with the cult once and for all. No longer willing to be part of something that stifles her spirit, Melissa takes a courageous stand and embraces her newfound freedom.
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| 0:30.0 | It was like everything would come up and we'd be like, wait a second, do we believe this? |
| 0:33.9 | No, we don't. Okay. Well, what do we believe? |
| 0:37.0 | And it was an overwhelming few years of going through that. |
| 0:43.7 | But I tell you now on this side of it, it's just like, I don't give a fuck what anybody thinks. |
| 0:48.6 | I have been through the hard process of having to |
| 0:54.3 | strip away everything, decide what I think, and a lot of people fell away. |
| 1:00.9 | You know, when we would say, okay, we believe this and not that people would fall away. |
| 1:04.4 | We're going to live this way and not that way. |
| 1:06.0 | People would fall away. |
| 1:07.6 | And now to the point where we're like, okay, look, I survived everything. |
| 1:12.6 | I've surrounded by a community now that I have built and a family I have chosen, |
| 1:18.8 | who support me and celebrate me. |
| 1:21.5 | And that's really, it was a hard path to get here, but I'll do it again. |
| 1:30.0 | Welcome to how my parents raised me. I'm Dawn Chitty. |
| 1:37.3 | When we are born, we arrive here as pure and perfect souls. |
| 1:42.4 | And the direction our life takes from that moment is deeply connected to what our parents bring to |
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