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Karin was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness from the age of 4 years old when her mom converted to the religion in 1985. After being disfellowshipped at 16 and reinstated at 17, Karin spent an additional 19 years as one of Jehovah’s witnesses until leaving in 2017. In 2021, she…

Ashley Barrera was born and raised a Jehovah’s Witness and left the organization with her husband and three kids in 2018 after coming face to face with the way CSA cases are ignored inside the group. Follow along as she tells the tragic story and how her amazing daughter, a…

Avi Greene is a certified nutrition, fitness, and mindset coach. Her work was born out of a strong desire to help women heal their relationship with their own bodies. And this process helped her escape the high-control religion of Jehovah’s Witnesses and build a vibrant life of service and love.…

"The most psychologically damaging was the hateful sermons on the LGBTQ+ community. I'm a religious trauma survivor who escaped fundamentalist Christianity (the IFB cult). I bring awareness to spiritual and religious abuse. My podcast Speaking Up with Andrew Pledger offers a platform for people to share their stories of surviving…

Ashley Easter is a cult survivor turned Intuition Coach who helps people escape self-doubt and harness the science and practice of intuition so they can take control of their destiny by becoming Intuitive AF. She is also the founder of Courage 365, a non-profit for abuse survivors (especially those abused…

Born and raised in Brooklyn NYC to a former JW mom turned reinstated and non-JW dad, Candice grew up around the organization and was mentally in for most of her life, baptized at 26 years old, and woke up at 34 years old due to in her words the governing…

Being born as a 3rd generation JW, I was unquestionably loyal to this high-control organization. I was the prototypical small town congregation 'Golden Child'. Starting at an early age as an Unbaptized Publisher at age 10 and Baptized at 15, I checked all the boxes, progressing from Pioneer to Ministerial…

In this episode, EXJW activist Ken Mayo stops by for a light-hearted chat about the work he's doing behind the scenes. Ken is proof that you don't need your own channel to support those who are just waking up! Former, current, PIMO elders chat: Reach out to Ken for more…

Former JW turned Mental Health Specialist Tyler Ahrens joins the show to talk with us about finding and navigating your way through the parenting path after waking up. Sadly, despite your best efforts to reverse the cycle, your children may be practicing the JW religion's teaching of shunning, which may…