#533 Cults - Dr Janja Lalich

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Janja Lalich, former cult member turned cult researcher and expert, joins Paul to discuss the characteristics of cult leaders, psychopathy, narcissism, the Nxivm cult in particular, and how cult behavior mirrors that of abusive relationships. For more about Dr Lalich go to www.cultresearch.org Image courtesy of Starz’s documentary series Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult. Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. For those under 18 you will be redirected to or can go directly to TeenCounseling at www.teencounseling.com WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to [email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 533 with my guest cult expert Dr. Janja Lollich. I'm Paul Gilmarten.
0:10.6	I'm not sure if this is my podcast. I've been doing the show for 10 years and I think
0:16.8	I might accidentally be hosting the wrong podcast. I don't really know how to back
0:22.0	out of this so I'm just going to continue hosting this podcast. Maybe that's not even
0:27.8	my name. Can you tell that I'm bored with the the boiler plate notes of introducing
0:34.1	the episode? My name is Paul Gilmarten. This is the man a little in this happy hour. It's
0:41.5	a place where we talk about all the bullshit rattling around in our heads. I'm not an expert.
0:48.3	Don't don't trust me. Basically that's what I'm saying. Don't sue me. I'm a nut job.
0:56.0	Don't sue me. That's really that's what I should boil it down to. I'm Paul Gilmarten.
1:01.5	Welcome to the mental illness happy hour. I'm a nut job. Take everything with a grain
1:05.8	of salt. I don't want to be sued. Somebody emailed me and they said that last week's
1:12.8	episode I mentioned two things. I mentioned that I had COVID during the interview with
1:19.5	Matt Hague and I also mentioned going out to a restaurant with my girlfriend. The episode
1:24.8	with Matt had been recorded about a month ago. I did not have COVID when I went to a restaurant.
1:37.6	But if I did, you know what? Go fuck yourself. If I want to take people down, isn't that my
1:42.1	prerogative? This is from the Ask Paul Anything survey filled out by agent zero. Any asks,
1:51.0	what would you advise someone experiencing anxiety about moving out for the first time
1:56.8	from their parents house? That's a great question. I think every person obviously is different.
2:05.5	It depends on what the relationship is with the parents. What kind of experience you have
2:10.9	with being by yourself. Obviously not living by yourself because you've never done that
2:18.4	before. But do you have a support group of friends? Do you have a support group? Do you
2:26.2	open up about your feelings? I think those are all important things to factor in. But
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