En iyi Shunned podcastleri (2025)

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198 – God Wouldn’t Let A Demon Get Baptized – Growing Up Ostracized In Jehovah’s Witnesses 2:19:57

9d ago2:19:57

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It’s hard enough growing up different than everyone else because your family is in the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Everyone wants to fit in, to belong, to feel seen and heard and validated. But what if you individually were singled out in the very isolated cult environment at the ripe age of 12 because of rumors started by children and carried out…

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197 – The Shadiest People Rise At Bethel – Former Bethelite Shares His Story Of Moving On 2:33:21

23d ago2:33:21

2:33:21

One of the highest goals for a young person that is one of Jehovah’s Witnesses is to go to the Bethel headquarters located in New York, to work as a volunteer, serving their cult full time. But every person that goes there has a life before they go there, a life there, and for most, a life after as well. KJ has taken the time to share his story, on…

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196 – A Need-Greater’s Coming Out Story – With A Surprise Ending 2:03:05

1M ago2:03:05

2:03:05

As a young teen, Maxwell had a unique opportunity to get into a Korean pre-group for need-greating locally as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Although that didn’t ultimately pan out, self-described “ultra zealot” Maxwell was given yet another chance at just 17 years of age to start a Hindi group, which grew to over 30 individuals. Eventually he would l…

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195 – Seventh Day Adventists & Jehovah’s Witnesses – Looking In The Mirror With Cass, A Former SDA 2:05:18

2M ago2:05:18

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In this episode I, once one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, interview Cass, a former Seventh Day Adventist. Both religions were born in the same time period, out of the same disappointments, and both are capable of creating tremendously negative impacts in the lives and families of their adherents. Growing up with an atheist parent that she knew would die …

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194 – Everyone Knew But Me – What Else Is A Lie? – Waking Up Through Family Secrets 2:17:47

2M ago2:17:47

2:17:47

Much like in the movie The Truman Show, young Tara was living a lie. In the 8th grade, at the age of 13, Tara would be told something by one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in her English class that would rock her world. Learning her family secret would open her mind to wondering what else might not be as true as portrayed, and it would take great strength …

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193 – Sam Survives Jehovah’s Witnesses With Only Moments To Spare 2:01:32

3M ago2:01:32

2:01:32

Treated terribly by those that were supposed to protect and love her, Sam looked to things like baptism and being “The Bible Girl” at school to escape into serving a god that she was also seeking love from. She tried desperately, even seeing herself as “Jephthah’s daughter”, trying to dedicate herself to Jehovah, nearly meeting a similar fate. Ulti…

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192 – Unconventional Convention Activism – Dino’s DIY Activism – Anyone Can Do This 32:59

3M ago32:59

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Dino, a Shunned Podcast veteran, came up with an idea to reach out to convention locations for Jehovah’s Witnesses to challenge their messaging that is featured, at times, even on the campuses of institutions that they condemn. You will learn who to contact and we’re even including a downloadable sample letter/email that you can use directly. This …

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191 – ExJWs Helping ExJWs – ExJwHelp Day 2024 & Garden of the Gods, Rim Rock, Cave In Rock Illinois 15:07

4M ago15:07

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Thank you to all of the wonderful people that donated this year for our “day” of giving. Because so much is received, it takes more than a day, but we were able to do the following in September and October 2024. An accounting is below, and mirrored in the video: Amount Raised – $1525 plus $10 for $1535, explained in video (Thank you soooo much to a…

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190 – Stalked by Elders – Running away from Jehovah’s Witnesses 3:51:11

4M ago3:51:11

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Imagine feeling that you have to run away from your family, leaving them physically, so that you can hope to continue to have them in your life through the bond of a cult. For Jodi, this was a reality. She knew that if she stayed where she lived and with the person that she was falling in love with, a person that was not one of Jehovah’s Witnesses,…

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189 – But I’m The Good One – An ExJW Attorney Tells Her Story – Jehovah’s Witnesses Shun Kenesha 3:36:27

5M ago3:36:27

3:36:27

Young Kenesha knew from the time that she was a teacher’s pet in school that she wanted to be “the good one”. Growing up in a life that she hated as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Kenesha continued trying to be “the good one”, but somehow found herself in situations where she was being backed into corners by people seeking to punish her, both at home …

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188 – An Autistic Bipolar ADHD ExJW Comedian Tells His Story – Shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses 1:23:08

5M ago1:23:08

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Today we meet Mikey, aka Mikey J Havoc on the comedy stage, a stage that is very new for him in his life as he explores his past as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. In this episode we explore that past together, from the “divided household” that he grew up in, to growing up having to mask not only the fact that he didn’t believe, but also masking his au…

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187 – The Strength To Take A Stand – Kelsi is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses 2:45:57

5M ago2:45:57

2:45:57

When Kelsi was a young girl growing up in the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses, her head was filled with fears of great tribulations and doomsday scenarios. As most faithful Jehovah’s Witnesses would, her mom let her know that there would be no compromise, and that if push came to shove, she would choose her faith over her children. As she grew into her…

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186 – I Did Something Good – Megan is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses 1:52:58

6M ago1:52:58

1:52:58

After a life growing up in the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses, where she thought she was going to do something good but only found pain, Megan made changes. Today she may be shunned by a group that holds women down, but she has done something good with her life and wishes to inspire women to see the good that they can do too. Earlier this year she was…

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Would You Like To Help Others? – Announcing ExJwHelp Day 2024 15:32

6M ago15:32

15:32

To participate by donating to the cause, you can donate here (I will personally match the first $200 dollar for dollar): https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/shunnedrecovery You can also Venmo to @michael-shemwell-1 (last four digits of phone are 3279 if needed) To learn more about this day and how you can go out and participate on your own visit: https…

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Episode 185 – It’s Too Bad, So Wrong, So Long – Jason is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses 2:56:54

6M ago2:56:54

2:56:54

Jason describes his life like a cult version of the Nickleback song Too Bad and the accompanying video. The house was a bad day away from being condemned. Home was a place where his parents hated each other. His dad had an affair, got disfellowshipped, and took off. Mom was working at a cafe. Jason had to go fend for himself, and eventually his 15 …

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Episode 184 – Announcing Becoming Jehovah – A NEW Free ExJW Book 15:08

7M ago15:08

15:08

It all started in 2017 when I first told my story as the podcast This JW Life, the podcast that kicked off everything that has happened since, including this channel. Now, years later, that podcast has been turned into the book Becoming Jehovah, a book that can be read online at https://becomingjehovah.com/ in both English and Spanish. In this epis…

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183 – Black Sheep – The Worst Judicial Committee Ever? – NOBODY Should Be Treated Like This 2:29:20

7M ago2:29:20

2:29:20

Shayna was a person that stood up to bullies in school that were hurting other kids, but unfortunately the biggest bullies were the adults in charge of her care in life. A mother that left her with her alcoholic dad and that took the other kids when they split is just a small glimpse into what she was facing at home. But the later judicial committe…

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182 – Layers Of Shame – Hali is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses 1:51:24

7M ago1:51:24

1:51:24

Hali grew up in the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses, but also in what was thought to be a trap house. One of her first memories, at just 5 years of age, was a SWAT team breaking into her house, taking everyone out, and holding her father at gunpoint to arrest him. So she experienced the shame of being one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and having to be differe…

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181 – Trojan Horse ExJW Activism – Engaging Active Jehovah’s Witnesses 16:23

8M ago16:23

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I have created a website with a trivia quiz to help reach Jehovah’s Witnesses online. The goal of the quiz is to get them sharing, talking, and above all, thinking. Through carefully crafted questions and answers, where even the wrong answer can introduce a person to something that they never knew, my hope is to help people have fun while learning …

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180 – How DARE You Make Me Look Bad – Daisy and Jehovah’s Witnesses 2:53:34

8M ago2:53:34

2:53:34

In the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses, appearance means everything. It is your credibility, your social status, even your standing before god in their congregations. So when Daisy had moments that mirrored the pain she felt inside that manifested in a way that could be seen outwardly, her mother took that very personally. In fact, time and time again …

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Takeaways & Tips From My 2024 One Man Protest – Evansville Indiana Convention Of Jehovah’s Witnesses 52:59

8M ago52:59

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I decided to go out this year to test some new ideas for activism and protest at conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Evansville Indiana. I wanted this to be a one man protest and planned to go alone. The goal was to give a voice to the voiceless, to create cognitive dissonance in people that wish to ignore actual truth in favor of “The Truth”, an…

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178 – A Cult Blind To Abuse – Felicity is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses 2:44:13

8M ago2:44:13

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When Felicity’s father left when she was just eight years old, life took a sudden turn as her mother fell into the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Struggling with her own mental and emotional health, her mother is described as a wild animal, hurling objects and abuse at her young daughter. Concerned outsiders could see what was going on at times, but …

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177 – Hypocrisy – Greg is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses 2:46:37

9M ago2:46:37

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Throughout Greg’s life in the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses, he observed the hypocrisy and lack of love in the congregation. People were appointed to positions based on who they knew. They were dealt with judicially, with determinations of their fates being based on who they knew as well. Eventually Greg would have to leave his life as one of Jehovah…

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176 – How Jehovah’s Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Controlling Your Relationships 16:43

9M ago16:43

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Whether it is aligning people against you, telling you that you can’t trust people on the outside, or trying to convince you that you’re crazy, a person that is gaslighting you can wreak havoc on your relationships. When that person isn’t just one person but an entire cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses and it is everyone that you know, you don’t stand a c…

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175 – An Overseer Found Dead, Secret Memos, CSA Exposed, & A Brave Couple – Meet The 2x2s 2:52:47

10M ago2:52:47

2:52:47

In this episode we meet Kyle and Kari, a brave couple that has been a support (along with others) to their community of religious disaffiliates as they have been awakened to the realities of their group in shocking ways. What group are we talking about? Meet the Two By Twos, at times referred to as “the no name church”, a group that doesn’t necessa…

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174 – How Jehovah’s Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control Part 5 – Patterns, Positivity & Projection 12:41

10M ago12:41

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Gaslighting isn’t just a one time event, it is a pattern expressed over time, and Jehovah’s Witnesses use it with regularity in the cult. Love bombing, brainwashing, projecting what they’re doing onto others, hypocrisy, etc. are all a part of the experience. This is the fifth in a series where I’ll break down the ways that the cult of Jehovah’s Wit…

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173 – Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places – Catherine is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses 3:07:09

10M ago3:07:09

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Catherine wasn’t born into the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses. There was a lot of abuse and bullying that went on in her home, both parental and from her siblings. Her family was lacking love, and one day she thought that she found it when she met a young man. That young man ended up bringing her to Jehovah’s Witnesses, and she took to what she though…

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172 – How Jehovah’s Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 4 – “The Truth” Creates Liars 19:19

10M ago19:19

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Lying is integral to gaslighting, pushing the false realities that create confusion and lead to controlling behaviors. “The Truth”, as Jehovah’s Witnesses refer to their religious cult, is full of lies. The organization conveniently bends truth to create narratives to support and excuse their own behavior. The constant pressure to conform creates s…

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171 – Child Custody – Waking Up In Court On The Witness Stand – Darrin is shunned 2:09:45

11M ago2:09:45

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Waking up to the realities of life in the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses is hard enough to do even in the best of circumstances. But what if you were an active JW, and what if you were fighting another active JW for custody of your child? And what if, in doing so, your eyes were opened to the reality of everything that you were involved in through the…

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170 – How Jehovah’s Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 3 – Weaponizing Your Desires 17:30

11M ago17:30

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One hallmark of gaslighting is using what is near and dear to a person as ammunition against them. Jehovah’s Witnesses weaponize their relationships with you, your normal and natural desires, the expression of those desire, and more. They use shame to make you feel like a bad person for daring to want something outside of the approved list of perso…

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169 – There’s Nothing That Jehovah’s Witnesses Can’t Make Worse – Cherie Is Shunned 3:26:06

11M ago3:26:06

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Life happens, both for the better and for the worse. Being a kid is hard, especially as it relates to school. Families fight. Relationships come and go. Individuals have their own internal struggles. There are amazing people in this world that seek to uplift others, and also people that prey on others and hope to take them down. Cherie’s story high…

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168 – How Jehovah’s Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 2 – The Denial 12:37

11M ago12:37

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One hallmark of gaslighting is the denial of what happened, even in the face of proof. Jehovah’s Witnesses are masters of spin, from the organization itself to the individual members of the cult. When you hold something dear and you call it “The Truth”, you need it to be true no matter the cost. Whether it is the denial of their systematic shunning…

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167 – Between Two Worlds – Abuse, Trauma; Jess is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses 1:30:41

12M ago1:30:41

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Jess grew up between two worlds, the one at her father’s house and the one at her mother’s. Both involved abuse and created much trauma for her, and as a child she would have to choose which home to stay at. That often meant staying at one home until she could no longer tolerate it, and then moving to the next. Add in bullying at school, by other f…

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166 - What They REALLY Said - The 2024 Governing Body Update #2 - An ExJW Reenactment 22:33

12M ago22:33

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On March 15, 2024, Mark Sanderson of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses gave an update to his cult followers. This comes on the heels of a country like Norway taking the cult to task for their shunning policies, something that most Jehovah's Witnesses likely won't even know happened, and a court case that the JWs lost. As a result, funding w…

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165 – Looking Back – Cancer, Autism & Jehovah’s Witnesses – Jacob is shunned 1:41:16

1y ago1:41:16

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Young Jacob was diagnosed with cancer at just 5 years of age and suddenly found himself in different environments that garnered attention. However, as he would move on throughout his life, Jacob would find himself on the outside looking in, trying to be good enough to qualify to do the things that he saw other Jehovah’s Witnesses doing around him. …

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164 – How Jehovah’s Witnesses Use Gaslighting For Control – Part 1 – The Setup 15:37

1y ago15:37

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Through gaslighting, one person or one group of people can become the reality check for an individual, whether that person wanted that reality check or not. A person is systematically broken down, detaching from themselves and attaching to the one doing the gaslighting. Cults often employ gaslighting to get oneness of mind, unity, sameness. Jehovah…

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163 – What The Hell Did I Just Do? – Justin and Jehovah’s Witnesses 3:19:44

1y ago3:19:44

3:19:44

Getting baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses is a forever contract with a cult. In Justin’s case, that decision to get dunked in a pool of water was made as a young man, a young man that knew he was gay. Because of that, ultimately he would never be able to be what they wanted him to be. He realized that if he were ever to be disfellowshipped fro…

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162 – How Covid Changed The Face Of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Well, Some Of Them) 12:18

1y ago12:18

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The Covid-19 pandemic brought a lot of change to the world. Many started to wear masks for protection. But for many Jehovah’s Witnesses, their facial freedom was about to be granted as a result of something that is seemingly totally unrelated. Will these bearded brothers continue to grow their beards bred in captivity, or will they eventually becom…

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161 – An ExJW Couple Leaves A Cult With Covid As A Catalyst – Walking Away Under The Cover Of Zoom 2:17:59

1y ago2:17:59

2:17:59

Finding a way out of a cult is one of the hardest things that a human can do. To find one’s own way free, to take a stand against everything you’ve ever known while knowing that it will cost you dearly, is hard. For many it costs them their entire family, and in this episode I talk with a couple that made it out together. That comes with its own un…

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160 – Jehovah’s Witnesses And The Holocaust – An ExJW Goes To The Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum 21:04

1y ago21:04

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Many people don’t realize that Jehovah’s Witnesses were among the many that were persecuted and brutally murdered by the German Nazi Party. Growing up, this was put to me as both a source of unusual pride but was also used to instill fear in me that someday this would likely happen again… to us, because it was always about us. We were told many JW …

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Episode 159 – A Divided Household – Tana is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses 2:39:14

1y ago2:39:14

2:39:14

Tana was raised in a home where her parents weren’t on the same page. Her mother, a devout participant in the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses, raised her to follow that path. Her father, a racist man that struggled with alcohol and rode bikes, clearly had other views of life. These differences caused her tremendous problems growing up, but when a blood…

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Episode 158 – Smurfs, Demons, Bed Bugs and Jehovah’s Witnesses 9:19

1y ago9:19

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Behold the tale of the Smurf doll and the Kingdom Hall. A legend told by adult Jehovah’s Witnesses that made it across the United States and to other continents as well. Learn about this legend, and share your own stories of demons and fear promoted by the cult below in the comments. Support the show by donating to the cause on our Patreon page, Pa…

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Episode 157 - CSA, Trauma and Jehovah's Witnesses - Caressa's Story 1:39:48

1y ago1:39:48

1:39:48

When Caressa’s 18 year old sister started dating a “brother” from another congregation that was 37, an elder close to the family said that he didn’t like the guy and that he was bad news and that they shouldn’t be dating. No details were given, but it was foreboding. For the next few years Caressa, just 8 years of age, would face the abuse of that …

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Episode 156 – Announcing The Uprising Of Former Jehovah’s Witnesses 33:12

1y ago33:12

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The Uprising Project is a new initiative in the community of former Jehovah’s Witnesses to help these individuals with opportunities to find financial footing in a world that they were isolated from. According to one study by Pew Research of various religions and their incomes, Jehovah’s Witnesses had the lowest percentage of six figure household i…

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Episode 155 - The Little Girl Without A Smile - Dedicated To Yvette 1:54:26

1y ago1:54:26

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Natasha grew up in Belgium and found herself in a world of abuse at home. Others, noticing the outward countenance as a result of that abuse, referred to her as “the little girl without a smile”. Being raised in the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses, she would be pushed into baptism at 17 years of age under false pretenses. As a result, just 6 months aft…

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Episode 154 – It Was Hell – Andrea is shunned by Jehovah’s Witnesses 2:02:32

1+ y ago2:02:32

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Growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses is hard. Kids want to fit in and are forced to be different. For Andrea, the cult reinforced the authority of her mom, and her mom ruled with fear. Under the ever watchful eye of a mother looking to mete out corporal punishment, the beatings were so bad that her sister took some for her out of fear that she …

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How To Start Your Own Ex-JW Cart 21:40

1+ y ago21:40

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So yeah, I created my own cart to help people get another side of the story that Jehovah's Witnesses try to tell. I felt it would be a good idea to have a companion to the JW carts, the Awake to one's Watchtower of sorts. Thank you to those in my local area, including several never JWs, for giving me tips on where to find the carts. You made this p…

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153 – Legal Considerations For Former Jehovah’s Witnesses – Blood, Wills, Emancipation, Insurance 55:26

1+ y ago55:26

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When a person leaves the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses they may still find themselves attached in ways that they had not considered from a legal standpoint. This interview with a legal professional gives us insight into various topics, from going from our former no blood stance to a pro blood stance, what we need to consider when it comes to wills an…

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Episode 152 – Love Without A Home – Grief, Gaslighting and Jehovah’s Witnesses 3:36:41

1+ y ago3:36:41

3:36:41

In the concept of gaslighting, one person is trying to create the reality for another person in order to gain or maintain control of them. Jehovah’s Witnesses are masters of gaslighting, weaponizing what is near and dear to others against them, shaming them for who they are and what they want in this life. For Taylor there was massive internal conf…

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ExJwHelp Day 2023 - The Results - Former Jehovah's Witnesses Doing Good In The Community 14:54

1+ y ago14:54

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Thank you to all of the wonderful people that donated this year for our “day” of giving. Because so much is received, it takes more than a day, but we were able to do the following in September 2023. An accounting is below, and mirrored in the video: Amount Raised – $707 (Thank you soooo much to all of you that gave generously!) Accounting: $200 – …

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