Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.

I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.

Are you struggling to understand why fear drives our decision-making in high-pressure situations?

Then don't miss my video lecture.

Why fear makes us say yes when we knew we should have said no.

As a therapist and an educator, I delve into the psychology of fear-based compliance.

Whether you've experienced it in cults, controlling relationships, corporate cultures,

multi-level marketing, really anywhere. Learn how skilled manipulators get us to override our instincts,

silence our doubts, and say yes when everything inside wants us to say no.

Discover how we fear being labeled difficult

and the psychological mechanisms that keep us complying with others' demands.

This lecture and many more are available for purchase on my website,

rachel Bernsteintherapy.com.

Just follow the link in the description of this episode to view and purchase all of the

available lecture videos.

Take good care.

Hello, everyone. Today on the show, we have someone who is going to be talking about his story with such honesty, really opening up about his experiences. I'm really excited to have you hear him. His name is

Timothy Hufflebauer, and he graduated from the Teen Mania's Honor Academy and toured with their

Acquire the Fire Youth Events on two different tours and as an actor in one of them. He is a cult survivor,

a sexual abuse survivor, an author, a soldier, and most importantly a husband and father who

dearly loves his family. Here is Timothy now.

I am so happy to have Timothy Heffelbauer with me today. I know that this is going to be one of those

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