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The Dr. Laura Podcast

My Sister Is Gone

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

What can Isabella do about her sister who has cut off all ties with their family since joining a new cult-like religion? Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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on Sirius XM Triumph 411.

0:13.1

Here's a Bella. Welcome to the program.

0:15.9

Hi, Dr. Laura.

0:17.9

Hi. Hi. So I remember being a very, very young girl and my mom would always

0:25.1

play you in the car while you were driving.

0:27.5

And now I'm 29 years old and just today we're in the car

0:31.6

listening to you still. And me and my mother are going through a

0:36.4

difficult time right now and I just said why don't we just call Dr.

0:39.6

Laurence, she has to say about this.

0:42.7

Okay. So I have a 26 year old sister

0:46.9

and she has severed all ties with family

0:52.4

after marrying into a church that has really radical

0:56.8

Christian cults like beliefs and practices and ideology.

1:02.7

Their core belief comes from a Bible verse that says

1:06.2

we need to leave our mother, leave our brother, leave our sisters

1:10.1

and follow Jesus. So we are me and my mother specifically our followers of

1:15.6

Christ as well. But she has cut off all ties with us including the baby that

1:20.7

she just had as well. So at this point in my

1:24.8

relationship with her at this point, I've written her letter.

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