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

I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.

Hi, everybody. As some of you may know, over the past couple of years, I've done several webinars and video lectures on a variety of

topics that also come up on this podcast. There is unfortunately a lack of qualified therapists

who specialize in working with cult survivors and their concerned family members. And since I can only

see a finite number of clients myself, I wanted to share insights from my 30-plus years

of doing this work with as many people as possible. So, in pursuit of that goal, I've made all of my

recent video lectures available on my website, rachel Bernsteintherapy.com. You can find a link to the

page in the show notes of this episode.

There you'll find my lecture from the most recent conference of the International

Cultic Studies Association, my quote, living in freedom, unquote, series for survivors

and their family members, and my recent lecture entitled, Why Did I Stay? Which examines the many reasons

that people have difficulty leaving high control groups. We plan on adding more video lectures

in the near future. So if you have topics you'd like to hear me cover, please feel free to reach

out to us and make suggestions.

Hi, everyone. I know there is always a lot happening around the world, and a lot, I'm sure,

on people's minds, there have been a lot of natural disasters also, and earthquakes with tsunami warnings and things happening. I am also here in Los Angeles, right outside an evacuation zone from the

LA fires. I know people who have lost everything and who are still trying to locate

their pets that they had to leave behind when they had to run because they couldn't find

their pet in time before they had to evacuate. If there's any way that you want to be able to

help the people out here who really are suffering, you can

check online for ways to support the rescue heroes, the firefighters, and others, and for people

...