For the curious & compassionate. Firsthand Survivor Stories of escaping cults, high-control groups & people. The Cults to Consciousness Podcast (and YouTube …
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Breaking news! Russell Brand convicted of rpe and SA. Monte Mader joins us live to unpack the verdict, the disturbing testimony, and the uncomfortable intersection of celebrity, spirituality, and power through “being saved”.
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1:25:4359K views · 1d ago · 1:25:43
Anne Gollert Hill was searching for direction when a seemingly harmless life coach introduced her to Scientology without revealing what she was being taught. After spending nearly 20 years inside the organization and rising to a senior editor responsible for Scientology's international publications, Anne reveals the financial manipulation, psychological control, and disturbing experiences that ultimately led her to walk away.
Topics: Working with Claire Headley at Scientology's secret base · Anne's childhood and early life · A controlling marriage and a downward spiral · Searching for answers and purpose · How Scientology first approached Anne · A life coach secretly teaches Scientology
1:29:30102K views · 1w ago · 1:29:30
Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star and bestselling author Heather Gay joins Shelise for a revealing conversation about growing up Mormon, serving a mission in France, and the pressure to become the perfect wife and mother. Heather exposes the psychological tactics she used as a missionary, the painful realities of her temple marriage, and how reality television unexpectedly gave her the courage to publicly leave Mormonism.
Topics: Introducing Heather Gay · Growing up a true-believing Mormon · Why BYU was the ultimate goal · Mormon temple baptisms at age 12 · Suppressing her true personality · Why Mormon girls were taught to dream small
1:27:1171K views · 1w ago · 1:27:11
What happens when a church becomes more important than your marriage, your chiIdren, and even the birth of your baby? Adam and Kayleen Stillman share their experience inside the World Mission Society Church of God, also known as WMSCOG. Kayleen was first approached on a college campus, and Adam joined after the couple met. Together, they spent years immersed in a community they believed held the truth.
Topics: Adam’s YouTube channel and Finding an Alternative · Their Mormon backgrounds · How Adam and Kayleen met · Kayleen is approached on a college campus · Introducing Adam to the church · The Bible studies and Adam’s doubts
1:02:3157K views · 1w ago · 1:02:31
Guest: Exposing WMSCOG Korean Cult
Esperanza returns to dive deeper into the SYSTEM behind the World Mission Society Church of God, explaining how the church's control over members' relationships, money, careers, and personal decisions actually worked, while answering your biggest questions.
▶️ Mentioned videos: Watch our initial interview with Esperanza
1:16:12114K views · 2w ago · 1:16:12
Things took an even darker turn when church leaders arranged her marriage to an abusve man she barely knew. Esperanza shares disturbing allegations of surveillance, reproductive control, and manipulation and abse within her marriage, along with the extraordinary journey that eventually led her to question everything she believed.
Topics: ChiIdhood, Adoption & Searching for Family · Finding Belonging in the Church · Online Dating Leads to a Doomsday Cult · The Bible Study That Changed Everything · Discovering God the Mother · Origins of the World Mission Society Church of God
1:02:5385K views · 2w ago · 1:02:53
She escaped one of New Zealand's most controversial religious communities with 10 chiIdren. But leaving Gloriavale was only the beginning. Ginny returns to Cults to Consciousness LIVE to reveal what life has really been like since escaping, how her family has adapted to freedom, and what she's learned about the community she once called home.
▶️ Mentioned videos: Watch our initial interview with Ginny
1:26:57312K views · 2w ago · 1:26:57
Born and raised inside New Zealand's isolated Gloriavale religious community, Ginny was taught that a woman's purpose was to obey, marry, and have as many chiIdren as possible. After entering an arranged marriage at 20, she spent approximately 22 years pregnant or breastfeeding while enduring relentless work demands, strict expectations, and limited reproductive freedom.
Topics: Introducing Ginny and Gloriavale · Growing Up in an Isolated Religious Community · ChiIdhood Labor, Punishment & Expectations · Considered an Adult at Just 12 Years Old · Working Before Dawn as a ChiId · Working Long Days and Leaving School at 15
1:21:5796K views · 3w ago · 1:21:57
Raised in the Canadian FLDS community, Ange Johnson was just 15 when she offered herself up for an arranged marriage, believing it would prove her worthiness to God. As Warren Jeffs battled for control of the church, Ange faced unimaginable pressure from her family, including her father's threat to jump off a bridge if she didn't marry.
Topics: Growing Up FLDS in Canada · Inside the Bountiful FLDS Community · Growing Up With 10 ChiIdren · The FLDS School That Ended at 10th Grade · Being Taught to Fear the Outside World · The ChiIdhood Clothing Incident
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