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

I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.

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support and take good care. Hello everyone. Today on the show we have Nikki G. She is a returning guest. She's a certified

trauma recovery coach who helps survivors recover and thrive after religious trauma and cult involvement.

She's also a survivor of multiple narcissistic relationships, religious trauma, and also a former member of multiple cultic communities.

Nikki is the CEO of Nikki G. Speaks LLC, which exists to support survivors with individual coaching services and online community and other various

forms of psychoeducation related to religious trauma, narcissistic abuse, and cult involvement.

And Nikki is also co-host of the podcast Surviving the Black Church, where she and her co-hosts delve into conversations regarding

religious trauma in the Black Church. She and other colleagues have just recently founded

the Black Religious Trauma Recovery Network, which is a resource to educate, support,

and empower Black Religious Trauma Surviv survivors. And Nikki also sits on the

board of directors for Tears of Eden. In this enlightening episode, Nikki G. delves into the complex

layers of religious trauma within the black church, the deceptive comfort of quote-unquote

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