9: [Sarah Edmondson - MAX's The Vow] I Got Out
What Came Next
Broken Cycle Media
4.4 • 627 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Sarah Edmondson is an actor, author, podcaster, victim advocate, & mother who has appeared in many publications and productions, including HBO’s The Vow. She found her passion for the performing arts at a young age, and has seen great success in front of the camera. Her roles in front of them have drastically shifted over the last decade though; she now uses the spotlight to share her experiences in NXIVM. Sarah was tested to her limits by her journey within the multi-level marketing sex cult, and we are so grateful she was willing to talk to us about how she’s turned what came next for her into education for the masses.
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Sources:
Sarah’s Cultic Abuse & Coercive Control Resources:
https://www.sarahedmondson.com/resources
Sarah’s Instagram:
http://www.instagram.com/sarahedmondson
A Little But Culty on Instagram:
https://instagram.com/alittlebitculty
Sarah’s podcast, A Little Bit Culty:
https://alittlebitculty.com/
Sarah’s Book, Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life
https://amzn.to/3RwmmY2
NY Times on NXIVM 10/17/17
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/nyregion/nxivm-women-branded-albany.html
HBO’s The Vow
https://www.hbo.com/the-vow
Psychology Today, Understanding the Basics of Cults:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-mind/202106/understanding-cults-the-basics
Combatting Cult Mind Control by Steven Hassan
https://amzn.to/3BaCQz
Insider.com on the Legal Progression of the NXIVM trials:
https://www.insider.com/what-is-nxivm-keith-raniere-explainer-2019-4#june-30-2021-allison-mack-was-sentenced-to-3-years-in-prison-27
I Got Out Movement
http://igotout.org
Cult Info Since 1979 via International Cultic Studies Association
https://www.icsahome.com/articles/prevalence
For free and confidential resources, please visit: somethingwaswrong.com/resources
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| 0:00.0 | What Came Next is brought to you by Better Help. |
| 0:03.7 | What Came Next is intended for mature audiences only. |
| 0:08.3 | Episodes discuss topics that can be triggering, |
| 0:10.7 | such as emotional, physical, and sexual violence, suicide, and murder. |
| 0:15.3 | I am not a therapist, nor am I a doctor. |
| 0:18.3 | If you're in need of support, please visit something was wrong.com |
| 0:21.6 | forward slash resources for a list of non-profit organizations that can help. |
| 0:26.5 | Opinions expressed by my guests on the show are their own and do not necessarily represent |
| 0:31.1 | the views of myself or broken cycle media. Resources and source material are linked in the |
| 0:36.9 | episode notes. Thank you so much for listening. |
| 0:42.3 | Sarah Edmondson is an actor, author, podcaster, victim advocate, and mother from Vancouver. |
| 0:49.8 | She found her passion for the performing arts at a young age and has seen great success in front of the camera. |
| 0:56.0 | Her roles in front of them have drastically shifted over the last decade, though. |
| 1:00.0 | She now uses the spotlight from her book, podcast, and HBO's The Vow to share her experiences in Nexium. |
| 1:08.0 | Sarah was truly tested to her limits by her journey in the multi-level marketing sex |
| 1:12.7 | cult, and I am so thankful she's here with us today to talk about how she's turned what came |
| 1:17.9 | next for her into education for the masses. |
| 1:47.6 | Music I am a mom of two, three-year-old and an eight-year-old. |
| 1:48.9 | We just moved to Atlanta. |
| 1:52.0 | I've been living in Vancouver most of my life except for university. |
| 1:58.1 | And a year in Israel when I was 18, I went to a camp as part of Habonim Drawer, which was actually a little bit culty. |
| 2:02.6 | Now that I know what I know, so it was like 10 months total. We worked the land, we traveled. It was an experience. |
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