Michelle Dowd, Part 2 - From the Mountain to the Hospital to Forging Her Own Path

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In part two of their conversation with Michelle Dowd, Lola & Meagan dig into when Michelle and her family moved to the mountain, why discomfort was considered a virtue, getting sick with an autoimmune disease at the age of ten, spending many months in the hospital away from The Field and her family, what happened after her cult leader grandfather passed away, and how she left the group. Trust Me is sponsored by June's Journey! Discover your inner detective when you download June’s Journey for free today on iOS and Android. Learn more about Michelle's work here! https://mdowd.substack.com Follow Michelle here! https://www.instagram.com/michelledowdz CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!! bit.ly/trustmemerch Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being an occult or a high control group, or if you've had experience with
0:04.9	manipulation or abuse to power that you'd like to share, leave us a message on our hotline number
0:09.4	at 34786 trust.
0:12.2	That's 347-868. 347-86-26 trust or
0:18.8	8-68-8-78-78 or shoot us an email at trust-me pod at gmail.
0:19.8	Trust me. Trust me.
0:20.8	Dude you trust me.
0:22.3	Trust me I'm like a smart person.
0:25.0	Yeah, I've never lied to you.
0:27.0	I never have lied.
0:28.0	If you think that one person has all the answers, don't.
0:32.0	Welcome to Trust Me, the answers. Don't!
0:32.6	Welcome to Trust Me, the podcast about colds, extreme belief,
0:36.8	and manipulation from two mountaineers who've actually experienced it.
0:40.0	I'm Lola Blanc.
0:41.0	And I'm Megan Elizabeth. This week, guest is once again Michelle Dowd author of Forager Field
0:46.8	Notes for surviving a family cult. In part two today we'll talk about when her family moved to the
0:51.8	mountain and what it was like learning
0:53.6	foraging skills and being forced to be constantly uncomfortable because that was
0:57.5	considered virtuous. We'll talk about how she got sick with an autoimmune disease
1:01.8	at the age of 10 and spent months in the hospital.
1:05.1	What happened after her grandfather who was supposed to live to 500 years old died and how she
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