Lisa Kohn - Addicted to The Messiah
Divorced: Unification Church (The Moonies)

CW: Suicidality; abandonment; substance addiction

My guest today was a speaker at the very first Conference on Religious Trauma in 2021. Lisa Kohn is a Unification Church Second Gen, and she is the award-winning author of TO THE MOON AND BACK: A CHILDHOOD UNDER THE INFLUENCE. 

Lisa understands what it’s like to be raised in – and torn between – two worlds. In fact, the best seats Lisa ever had at Madison Square Garden were at her mother’s mass wedding; and the best cocaine she ever had was from her father’s friend, the judge. 

FIND LISA:
https://www.lisakohnwrites.com/
IG: @lisakohnwrites
Lisa’s book excerpt: https://www.lisakohnwrites.com/to-the-moon-and-back/

Information on the Unification Church (aka The Moonies) https://www.insider.com/who-are-the-moonies-and-what-is-the-unification-church-2022-7
https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/2023/02/26/unification-church-and-rod-of-iron-ministries-what-sets-them-apart/69933145007/
 https://www.unificationcanada.org/en/about-us/

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