Recovering from a Traumatic Narcissistic Cultic Relationship with Dan Shaw
Daniel Shaw, former member of a yoga cultic group, is a professional psychotherapist and author, who has researched extensively traumatic abuse from narcissistic systems of subjugation and control. He...
14 Heinä 20231h 1min
The Psychology of Cults Miniseries Part 3: Why People Join and Why they Stay
In this week's bonus episode in the mini-series The Psychology of Cults, Stephen uses social psychological to explore the attraction of a cult and how these groups appeal to our basic psychological ne...
11 Heinä 202312min
The Descent of Man
Leaving a high control group is difficult for everyone. Men and women have specific challenges, and today Celine and Stephen explore the challenges for men. To support Stephen's ride in aid of the Fa...
7 Heinä 20231h 27min
The Psychology of Cults Miniseries Part 2: The Problem With Shunning
In this bonus mini-series, Stephen talks about the psychology of cults. Today's episode is about the practice of shunning, its psychological effects, arguments some use to defend it and how society sh...
4 Heinä 202332min
The Troubled Teen Industry: Behavior Modification
Abby was a 15 year old girl suffering from anxiety when she was taken against her will to a lockdown facility in Utah. Abby's story is shocking but not, unfortunately unique, where powerful organizati...
30 Kesä 20231h
The Psychology of Cults Miniseries Part 1: How Cults Motivate
In this bonus mini-series, Stephen talks about the psychology of cults. Today's episode is about how cults motivate members to carry out work for the group. All of these episodes are taken from Stephe...
28 Kesä 202313min
Bike and Psych
Today's special episode focuses on Stephen's endurance challenge as he trains for the Land's End to John o' Groats 970 mile cycle ride from the southern tip of England, through Wales to the northern p...
23 Kesä 202358min
Taking on NXIVM with Susan Dones
Susan Dones took on NXIVM before most of us had even heard about the cultic self-help group. Against the warning of the Judge, Susan defended herself in court against at the, then powerful and wealthy...
16 Kesä 20231h
