Lessons on Leaving

Lessons on Leaving

By Jen KiabaSociety & CulturePersonal Journals
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Lessons on Leaving episodes

  • We Are All Vulnerable

    Although media coverage of topics like cults and QAnon are important, in that they help us understand the very real threat of radicalization, I sometimes struggle with how the coverage is handled. Oftentimes the subject comes off as “crazy,” or is treated like a circus sideshow. Rarely is the coverage nuanced enough to help viewers understand what indoctrination is and how it happens. More often than not, we come away thinking, “at least that could never happen to me.” But the truth is far more complex.

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    20 min
  • Why Didn't You Just Leave?
    The question “Why didn’t you just leave” is one I’ve heard more times than I care to count and, sadly, I think that’s something many cult survivors can relate to. This is also a question that many survivors of domestic abuse/intimate partner violence are faced with. As a survivor of both, I want to draw a direct line between cultic abuse and domestic abuse. Because the more that we understand about these systems of control, how they are similar and how they function, the better we can understand and support survivors.
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    18 min
  • Let Us Embark

    After many years, I decided to try blogging again about the things that have been rattling around in my brain - and then it was brought to my attention that audio might be an easier format for some people to consume. Right now it’s Spring in 2021, and we’re inches away from the anniversary of when the COVID pandemic shut things down in the state of New York. Plus, we are all only a few months past the riots at the US Capital. This has me thinking about trauma, both collective and individual, healing and cults. So, that is what I will be sharing about here in this audio blog.

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    9 min

About Lessons on Leaving

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Jen Kiaba, an artist, educator and second generation cult survivor, shares thoughts on trauma, healing and art. See more of her work and her art at https://www.jenkiaba.com