A Safety Guide For Gentle Souls w/Esther Friedman

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Esther Friedman is a licensed mental health counselor, expressive art therapist, songwriter, performer, author, and ex-cult member. In 2006, a cult took advantage of her uncertainty, open-mindedness & open-heartedness. It perpetrated what she now calls Cultic Identity Theft. In 2011, she left and found her voice by embracing, honoring, and protecting those core traits. She says that telling her story through writing saved her sanity. Those vulnerabilities are now her strengths. Esther shares her journey of involvement in a secretive group that she knew simply as "School" but which has been known by many names, most popularly Odyssey Study Group. She explains how a seemingly innocuous and coincidental meeting in a grocery store was actually a premeditated plan of recruitment by this high-control and deceptive group. Along the way Esther and Rachel exchange insights, they've gained from treating clients who have recently left high control groups. Before You Go: Rachel explains how ex-members of high control groups have a right to feel anger and how that intensity can be used as a positive motivator toward healing and self-reliance. Find more about Esther and her work here: https://www.gsrhealingarts.com/ You can sign up for Rachel's webinar series LIVING IN FREEDOM here: rachelbernsteintherapy.com/webinar.html Thanks to all of our newest Patreon supporters!! To help support the show monthly and get bonus episodes, shirts, and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Prefer to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link: www.paypal.me/indoctrination You can help the show for free by leaving a rating on Spotify or Apple/ iTunes. It really helps the visibility of the show! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
0:13.5	Hi, everybody. I'm excited to announce some upcoming webinars that I'll be conducting.
0:20.0	There will be two three three-part webinars.
0:23.0	The first of which is intended for former cult members or people who were in relationships
0:27.1	with controllers or narcissists who were looking for deeper insight into their healing process.
0:32.5	The second series is for the families and friends of those who have been in those kinds of
0:36.4	environments and want to
0:37.6	understand how to help support their loved ones and also how they can cope with these difficult
0:42.8	moments and stresses placed on these relationships with their loved ones. The first of the three-part
0:49.4	series for former members will premiere Thursday, September 8th, at 6 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
0:56.8	At the same time of day, the following two Thursdays as well, the 15th and the 22nd.
1:02.0	The second webinar intended for families and friends will premiere Thursday, October 6th,
1:07.5	at 6th p.m. Pacific Standard Time, and at the same time of day, the following two Thursdays, October 13th and October 12th at 6th p.m. Pacific Standard Time and at the same time of day the following two Thursdays,
1:13.3	October 13th and October 20th. These first rounds of webinars are going to be premiered live,
1:18.8	so you'll be able to ask questions in the chat that I will then answer at the end during the Q&A
1:24.7	session. The individual cost for these three-part webinars is $150 U.S.
1:30.2	dollars. The bundle price for both webinars is $250 U.S. dollars. If you're unable to attend
1:36.7	live, the webinars will be available for purchase through my website, Rachel Bernstein Therapy.com,
1:42.2	or on our Vimeo page page where you can download or stream them
1:46.2	anytime. You can find the link in the show notes of this episode. Each meeting will be one hour
1:52.9	long, a 45-minute presentation with 15-minute Q&A. I truly look forward to speaking with all of you
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