Fifty episodes. Fifty long form discussions looking into the lives of people that share the pain of shunning from cults or high-control religious groups. Fifty families that have been torn apart, fifty people that have had to grieve the loss of people that are still alive. Today we close in on roughly 200,000 individual downloads from people that have been touched by these fifty brave people that have chosen to speak up. Shunning is designed to take your voice away and by participating you’re not only taking it back but you’re amplifying it and people are listening. I get the emails from people that listen because it gives them a greater understanding of their friend or relative that is in a cult. I get the emails from people that have been negatively impacted by these groups though never involved. I get the emails from people that have lost people that they cared about to suicide, or that have attempted themselves, or are feeling that way right now because of involvement with these religious groups. I also get the emails from people that have found these stories inspiring and healing, as well as emails from those that told their stories and found the experience cathartic and empowering.

In a world where bullying is universally condemned, shunning is still not only practiced, but encouraged by large organizations that are given charitable status by the governments of this world. They need to see what kind of real “charity” these cults are about. The world at large needs to wake up to the realities of these groups and they should not be rewarded for their bigotry. In this episode we will hear what telling their story has done for a handful of people that were generous enough to come back on the podcast to give some updates. It can be truly healing for the individual, and also through these stories we affect change. These people have impacted the lives of others in a positive way by telling their stories and sharing with the world. You will hear from David, Sydney, Torah, “V”, Jenny, and myself in this episode. Life after shunning goes on, and we can find better things and happiness if we keep moving forward.

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Music by Fair Voyeur entitled “No Hell Yet”.

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Resources Mentioned: This JW Life – The podcast that started this movement.

Petition to make education a federal right for all children – Amish Heritage Foundation

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