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Trust me, do you trust me?

Trust me, I'm like a smart person.

Yeah, I've never lied to you.

I've never had lied to you.

If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!

If I'm gonna trust me, the podcast about cult, extreme belief and the abuse of power from two former high schoolers.

Is that what we said, former teenagers?

Who've actually experienced it?

I am Lola Blonk and I am Megan Elizabeth.

And today our guest is Drew Amsteads.

He is a student and survivor of conversion therapy and he is adorable.

He's going to talk to us about coming out to his parents and being sent to a counselor who tried to make him straight.

How he began to believe what the counselor said and how dark things got for him during that period.

He'll also tell us what he did to cope, how he came out of it and finally spoke his truth and where he's at now.

Before we dive in with Drew, I'm Megan.

Could you kindly tell me the coldest things happening this week?

Yes, I surely can.

This ties back into our Amanda Knox cognitive bias.

What I've noticed that I'm doing is there's an action bias, right?

You just start doing action because it feels like it's better than doing nothing.

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