Part 1 of a chat with Freya Vajra, a Melbourne-based trauma-informed sex and empowerment coach for women.  We had a great chat covering a bunch of fascinating topics ranging from cults to neurodivergence, addiction to peak states, conspiracy theories, and US politics. We disscuss the differences between benign cults and malignant cults, dopamine seeking through cults, gatekeeping information in cults, the illusion of empowerment in cults, personality disorders and sensation-seeking in cult members and cult leaders, high trait-openness and attraction to cults, and cult leaders who are paranoid that their students will “steal” their work, amongst much, much more, and that's only part 1! Part 2 is available (with other bonus episodes) when you subscribe to The Baby in the Bathwater here: https://anchor.fm/annie-mccasland-pexton/subscribe.

You can find Freya at www.freyavajra.com and on Instagram at @freyavajra

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Annie's book: Invisible Work: an Ex-Lawyer's Guide to Self-Care is available from Amazon and Lulu Press or via Annie's website: www.melbournecraniosacral.com/links