Britt Hartley - No Nonsense Spirituality
Divorced: Mormonism

My guest today is author, nihilism survivor, and atheist spiritual advisor Britt Hartley. Britt has over 287,000 followers on TikTok, and I think after our chat today that you will want to follow her, too!

Britt is a former Mormon, current atheist, whose journey away from religion took her to some dark places. Today we discuss freedom, nihilism, humanism, and meaning in life.

BRITT'S BOOK:
No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools, No Faith Required

FIND BRITT:
https://nononsensespirituality.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nononsensespirituality/
https://www.tiktok.com/@nononsensespirituality?lang=en

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Anke Richter - DECULT

TW: References to CSA, sex trafficking, suicide

My guest today is international journalist and author Anke Richter, who is based in Christchurch, New Zealand.

In 2022, Harper-Collins published Anke’s important and bestselling book called CULT TRIP: Inside the World of Coercion and Control. According to Anke’s website: She spent over 10 years investigating how and why cults seduce, entrap, and destroy otherwise ordinary people, asking what the line is between tribe and cult; participant and perpetrator; seduction and sexual abuse.

In addition to being a journalist and bestselling author, Anke is a member and co-founder of F.A.C.T. Aotearoa, which stands for Fight Against Conspiracy Theories.

Anke is also the convenor and director of DECULT, the first cult awareness conference in New Zealand (see link below).

FIND ANKE:
https://ankerichter.net/
https://decult.net/
https://factaotearoa.nz/

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Wilbur Turner - Two-by-Two Survivor

Today’s guest is Wilbur Turner (he/him), visionary founder and president of Advocacy Canada. He is located on the unceded ancestral lands of the Syilx people in Kelowna, BC, Canada.

A well-regarded speaker and workshop facilitator, Wilbur utilizes personal stories and humour to engage, educate, and uplift audiences. Wilbur is well known for his advocacy work for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

Today, Wilbur will also be sharing about his experiences growing up in a secretive sect recently gaining notoriety as The Two-by-Twos, who have also been called the No Name Church, The Friends, Cooneyites, and The Truth.

FIND WILBUR:

wilburturner.com

https://advocacy-canada.lgbt/

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Lyn Smith Gregory - Relative of Joseph Smith

LYN SMITH GREGORY grew up in Utah as one of 9 children in a devout Mormon family. Her great, great uncle was Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church. At 19 years old, Lyn left the Church and moved to New York City, eventually obtaining an MBA at NYU.

In this episode, we explore Lyn’s shocking loss of faith, and whether it is possible to retain family relationships with still-religious relatives.

FIND LYN:

http://lynsmithgregory.com/

https://www.instagram.com/lynsmithgregory/

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Karrine Blouin - ExJW Girl In Shambles
Divorced: Jehovah’s Witnesses

TW: Sexual Abuse

I discovered today’s guest, Karinne Blouin, on Instagram, where her handle is “girl_inshambles.” Her insights and personal snippets about her former life as a Jehovah’s Witness gripped me hard enough to invite her to share her story with us today.

Karinne was born and raised in the Jehovah Witnesses (in Montreal Canada). She's a sexual abuse survivor.

Karinne is currently writing an autobiography about her upbringing, waking up from years of brainwashing and guilt trips, and understanding how to deal with C-PTSD and trauma.

In this episode, Karrine shares about growing up in an abusive, authoritarian Jehovah’s Witness family - and what it took for her to leave.

FIND KARRINE:

https://www.instagram.com/girl_inshambles/

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Meg Applegate - Unsilenced

CW: Kidnapping

At the age of 15, Meg Applegate was abducted by two strangers in the middle of the night from her California home. Eight hours later she found herself at a lockdown treatment facility for 6 months in Boise, ID. After that, she was placed in an additional behavioral modification program in northern Montana for the next 3 years.

Today, Meg will be sharing with us about her work with UNSILENCED, a nonprofit organization serving victims of institutional child abuse – especially those harmed by the TTI, or Troubled Teen Industry.

Meg’s book is titled Becoming UNSILENCED: Surviving and Fighting the Troubled Teen Industry.

FIND MEG:

· https://www.unsilenced.org/

· Link for Meg’s book: https://a.co/d/3P5hM37

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Rebekah Monroe - Religious Trauma Research

My guest today is Rebekah J. Monroe, who identifies as a white queer woman with lineage in the Osage and Cherokee Tribes. Rebekah goes by the pronouns are She/Her/They.

Currently, Rebekah is a Clinical Psychology doctoral student, co-founder of the non-profit NARC-RT (which stands for North American Research Collective - Religious Trauma), and Vice Chair on the Reclamation Collective Board of Directors.

Rebekah's research interests include sexuality, sex education, cultural hegemony in institutions, health equity, mental health, yoga therapy, and religious trauma with an intersectional Black feminist lens inspired by scholars like Patricia Hill Collins, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and bell hooks.

Rebekah sees herself as a translational scholar making space in social sciences for people who are looking for navigation in healing from institutional harm and religious trauma. She envisions herself directing a research community center specializing in holistic care after finishing her graduate studies while working as a clinician part-time.

FIND REBEKAH:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebekah-joy-monroe/
Co-founder of NARC-RT: www.narc-rt.org
Vice Chair of Reclamation Collective Board of Directors Starting 2024: https://www.reclamationcollective.com/

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Lindsey Doolittle - Recovering from Religion & Suicide Loss

TW: Today we will be discussing issues related to suicide

Lindsey Doolittle was introduced to me as a documentary film maker who recently focussed her lens on Dr. Darrel Ray’s work at Recovering from Religion (see below for more information on this documentary).

In speaking with Lindsey, I learned that she has a powerful story of her own to share. The following excerpt is from her website www.AboveTheRug.com : Lindsey Doolittle is an art educator, children’s author, artist to the Faces After Suicide exhibition, and an Award-Winning independent filmmaker. Her advocacy began shortly after her late husband, Sgt. Brett Doolittle of the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department, died by suicide in 2015.

RESOURCES MENTIONED:
Link for RfR documentary Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/05592f97
Lindsey’s website: https://abovetherug.com/
RfR: www.recoveringfromreligion.org

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