Today's 'topic episode' is about grief, and Celine and Stephen explore the famous Kübler-Ross stages of grief and how they might apply to leaving a coercively controlling organization, relationship or cult. They also reflect upon the recent news items revealing the experiences of ex Jehovah's Witnesses and the Rebekah Vardy documentary, including the organization's responses.

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Shunning videos 

https://avoidjw.org/news/jehovahs-witnesses-mysteriously-deleted-shunning-videos/

Papers

Ransom, H. J., Monk, R. L., & Heim, D. (2021). Grieving the living: The social death of former Jehovah’s Witnesses. Journal of religion and health, 1-23.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-020-01156-8

Ransom, H. J., Monk, R. L., Qureshi, A., & Heim, D. (2021). Life after social death: Leaving the jehovah’s witnesses, identity transition and recovery. Pastoral Psychology, 70, 53-69.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11089-020-00935-0

The Guardian Review of the Rebekah Vardy Documentary 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/16/rebekah-vardy-jehovahs-witnesses-and-me-review-this-harrowing-documentary-will-totally-surprise-you

The Mail Online Piece About Dr Heather Ransom

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12097861/My-family-friends-rejected-fled-Jehovahs-Witnesses.html