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Aug 2023
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126 - Healing Trauma Caused by Cults and...

ANDREA
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Sarah Edmondson joins the show to share her experience of escaping the NXIVM cult, her childhood experiences that made her susceptible to joining the organization, and how to heal trauma caused by high-control organizations. Sarah was featured in HBO's NXIVM documentary, spent over a decade in the cult before eventually breaking free, is the host of the podcast A Little Bit Culty, and the author of Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life.

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