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The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

The Cult of Personal Development: Escaping NXIVM with Sarah Edmonson

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're airing a special four-part series on THE CULT OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. Tune-in every day for new episodes.

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Actress Sarah Edmonson was once a key part of NXIVM, a sex cult where women were enslaved, branded and trafficked, before blowing the whistle on the toxic cult after 12 years of abuse. Hear her true story of how she escaped NXIVM and found redemption on this episode of The Cult of Personal Development.


Visit Sarah Edmonson's website | https://www.sarahedmondson.com


Join a recovery movement for survivors of cultic abuse | http://www.igotout.org


Subscribe to Sarah's podcast, A Little Bit Culty | https://www.alittlebitculty.com


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Transcript

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0:00.0

If someone's saying you have to stay in this room,

0:02.6

you can't leave till it's break time.

0:05.0

You can't be on your phone.

0:06.4

You can't eat when you need to.

0:08.5

I would be like, you are my own person.

0:10.6

I'm not doing this.

0:12.0

That's me now, right?

0:13.6

Like I would never, ever put myself through that again.

0:17.6

But I've been on the other side as a coach

0:20.5

where I'm leading a five day and someone's like,

0:22.6

you know, an hour into a two hour class.

0:24.3

I really need to eat because I'm hypoglycemic.

0:26.9

And I'm like, do you really though,

0:28.6

or is it because we're talking about money?

0:30.6

You know, like, I was that person to be like,

0:33.8

don't leave because you're just stuffing your issues down

0:36.5

with food.

0:38.1

If you're in a group, you're not sure if it's a cult

0:40.2

and you've having red flags, those are all things.

0:44.0

Controlling your food, controlling the environment,

0:46.6

controlling when you leave, controlling when you sleep,

0:50.0

controlling your behavior, and also making you feel shitty

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