Picking Up The Pieces Of Yourself w/ Lisa

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Lisa got out of a small, suburban, new age, therapy-based group in 2016, which she had joined as a 19-year-old, single mother. This high-demand group went through many phases over the 30 years she was involved. The charismatic, narcissistic leader utilized modalities such as rebirthing, affirmations, hot seat talk therapy, sleep deprivation, as well as verbal, physical, and sexual abuse as a means to control. These techniques combined with intervals of positive reinforcement held her captive in a sealed system where all efforts towards personal success were directed to benefit the leader. Creative endeavors were quashed if it meant confidence and self-esteem were to be gained. In 2015, there were enough cracks that Lisa realized that she could never become the person she joined the group to be if she stayed. Since Lisa got out, she married the man who helped her find her way back to herself and out of the group. Lisa is passionate about supporting other cult survivors to find their own voices and share their own stories…and for those voices and stories to be heard, acknowledged, and understood. Lisa shares her experiences of being in an abusive high control group for decades, she explains what it was like joining as a single teenage mother and examines the differences between being raised in a cult vs joining one as an adult. Lisa then examines what led to her finally leaving the group and what triggered her passion for supporting cult survivors once she left. She continues the conversation by talking about #igotout the movement she founded to bring survivor's stories to the public. Before You Go: Rachel provides her professional insights on what an unhealthy therapeutic experience looks like, and how to keep yourself safe from a potentially harmful situation. To hear Rachel dive deeper into this topic, you can watch her video here: https://youtu.be/EEBo_Z2VTqE For more information on Lisa's #igotout movement please visit: https://www.igotout.org/ Thanks to Maura Campbell-Balkits for increasing their monthly pledge on Patreon!! You can always help support us for free by leaving a review on Apple/ iTunes, it really helps the visibility of the show! To help support the show monthly and sign up for cool Indoctrination stickers and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Want to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link! www.paypal.me/indoctriNATION Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to Indocination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
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0:53.8	Hi everybody.
0:55.3	Today on the show, we have a woman named Lisa.
1:00.3	And Lisa is involved in an organization called hashtag I Got Out.
1:07.7	And it is one of many and kind of a growing number of places where people can connect with
1:17.1	others who have had similar experiences and can be connected to resources, people who have
1:22.7	been in restrictive environments and in cults.
1:27.2	She got out of a small suburban new age therapy-based group in 2016,
1:33.2	which she had joined as a 19-year-old single mother.
1:37.9	This high-demand group went through many phases
1:40.5	over the 30 years she was involved,
1:43.2	and the charismatic narcissistic leader utilized
1:46.1	modalities such as rebirthing therapy, affirmations, hot seat talk therapy, sleep deprivation,
1:55.9	and as well as verbal and physical and sexual abuse as a means of control. These techniques combined with
2:03.9	intervals of positive reinforcement held her captive in a sealed system where all efforts towards
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