Insights on cult dynamics, coercive control, exploitation, and survivor recovery from lived experience and frontline advocacy. Here to help you name what happened, understand the Exit Costs, and reclaim your life after coercive harm.
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The Numbers Game: The Psychological Cost of Being Almost Enlightened
Inside a spiritual cult where consciousness was measured and belonging had to be earned.
Every evening we gathered for an hour to three or four, taking turns describing our meditation experiences to people who decided whether they counted....
Grooming, Conditioning, and the Gradual Process of Predatory Entrapment
Why did you agree to that? Why did you go back? Why didn’t you leave?
Those questions assume a clear choice. But a decision made after months or years of dependency, fear, and shifting boundaries can’t be understood on its own.
A few mont...
Survivor Sovereignty: Navigating the Financial Aftermath of Coercive Control
Understanding and navigating the road from financial survival to survivor sovereignty.
Leaving doesn’t erase the financial consequences of coercive control.
I Started a Master’s Program Today... Without an Undergraduate Degree
Let’s be real… higher education was never on my radar. I’d go so far as to say I’ve always leaned towards the anti-establishment end of the spectrum.
So sharing that I started a master’s program today is pretty wild, to say the least… esp...
An Introduction to the Exit Costs Framework
Understanding the lasting costs of leaving cults, high-control groups, and coercive environments
Survivors know that leaving isn’t the end of the story.
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I survived a cult. Later, I survived the sex trade. Now I study coercive control & human trafficking. Blending lived experience, research & advocacy to help you understand why leaving isn’t the end of the story. I call what comes after Exit Costs.
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