Perfectionism & Purity

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

No one is perfect. Not even Lola and Meagan. Today the ladies delve into the extreme belief of perfectionism, its connection to purity culture, Lola and Meagan's firsthand experience with OCD and religious trauma, how to address your inner cult leader, the intersectionality with cancel culture, and the importance of staying connected to those with extreme beliefs. Trust Me is brought to you by Prose! Take your FREE in-depth hair consultation and get 15% off your first order at Prose.com/trust 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] CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!! bit.ly/trustmemerch 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 in a cult or a high control group or if you've had
0:04.1	experience with manipulation or abuse the power that you'd like to share, leave us a message
0:08.4	on our hotline number at 347-86 trust. That's 347-868-7878 or shoot us an e-mail at TrustMePod
0:18.2	at gmail.com. Trust me, do you trust me? Trust me, I'm like a smart person. Yeah, I've never
0:25.6	lied to you. I never have lied. If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!
0:32.5	Welcome to TrustMe, the podcast about cults and extreme belief emancipulation from two
0:39.0	perfectionists who've actually experienced it. I am Lola Blonk. I am Megan Elizabeth.
0:44.6	And today our guests are ourselves. We are ourselves. It's us. It's just the two of us. We can make it
0:51.4	if we try today. We wanted to talk about a topic that is a theme that comes up for me a lot.
0:57.2	Is it a theme that comes up for you a lot? Yes. Okay. That topic is perfectionism, perfectionism
1:03.4	and purity and how these qualities within ourselves reflect the standards that cults have for us
1:10.4	as well and how society sometimes can get a little culty in this same way. And the number one
1:16.8	gets stuck. They which brings us to our cultiest thing in the week, which is the restaurant we just
1:20.8	went to. And what restaurant is that, Megan? Goop. Goop owned by the most perfect of the perfect.
1:26.9	That is so true. Yes. When it's perfect paltrow. When it's perfect. No, it didn't work.
1:34.0	Steve, our producer is applauding, so I'm going to say it did work. Yeah, the the cultiest thing
1:40.8	in the week is Gwyneth Peltrow's restaurant. Goop. Every item has a 20 line description of why
1:47.7	it's the most delicious and best thing you could ever put in your body. Well, I will say that this
1:54.0	all this says that I'm eating right now is the assiabary vegan protein bowl, but listen.
1:58.4	Lola, I'm talking about in the restaurant, the descriptions. There are, I mean, there was a T
2:04.9	that had a postcard. There was a T that had a postcard. There was a T that had a postcard that
2:10.2	explained what it did for you. And you could send it is what it looked like. You could send it?
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