Denying my Dissociation w/ Dr. Michelle Haslam, ex-New Kadampa Tradition - S5E14pt2

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🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Dr. Michelle Haslam offers her personal experience with a self-described 'modern Buddhist' group called The New Kadampa Tradition. She has produced lots of educational materials that explain the process of indoctrination within Buddhist cultic groups. She defines 'dissociation' and explains it within the context of her time at Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation Centre in Northamptonshire, England. Dr. Haslam tells us about some of the new rituals and traditions developed by the group in order for it to operate. Stay tuned, Before You Go: The internal struggle of speaking up when a loved one is in a cultic group- with the risk of driving them away, or putting yourself at risk. Rachel reminds people who may be trying to help someone in an abusive situation that the person may be pushing you away to protect themselves. 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.
0:13.8	Hello, everyone. I wanted to be able to say something before I introduce our guest for today.
0:23.2	If you have a story that you want to be able to share that relates to the themes of this podcast, or if you know someone
0:28.6	who's been wanting to share their story or share their research, please, please, please,
0:34.0	have them be in touch with us here at the show at indoctrination show at
0:39.2	gmail.com.
0:41.1	A couple of people have actually already gotten in touch and their stories are fascinating and
0:45.8	I know there are thousands more out there with stories just as fascinating.
0:50.7	So please get in touch.
0:52.4	If you want to be able to have this as a forum to let people know about what to watch out for,
0:58.1	and to let people know how you get through it. And so for today, we're going to hear part two of my conversation with Dr. Michelle Haslam.
1:08.4	She is a clinical psychologist who became involved with the new Kadampa tradition in
1:13.7	2016. Living in their meditation center in Northamptonshire, England, Michelle experienced
1:21.6	indoctrination and spiritual abuse within the group and despite her training as a psychologist,
1:27.3	came to believe that she
1:28.8	should be destroying her ego instead of practicing self-care and self-compassion.
1:36.6	Now Michelle produces materials that explain the process of indoctrination within Buddhist cultic groups.
1:43.1	Michelle has since been a target of harassment via her workplace and character assassination
1:48.7	from senior members of the group.
1:51.8	And as a result, her workplaces now need to remain confidential.
1:58.2	You can visit her website, though, at www.w Kadaampa Tradition Report.org, or go to her YouTube channel, Recovery from the New Kadampa Tradition.
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