Episode 41: Healthy Groups vs Harmful Groups. How can you tell?
If you’ve been wondering if your book club is actually a cult, then this episode is for you! Settle in as our hosts chat about the green flags for healthy groups - borrowing extensively from the work ...
27 Aug 202455min
Episode 40: Dr Gillie Jenkinson - Recovery, Training and a visit to New Zealand
Lindy chats with Dr Gillie Jenkinson, UK psychotherapist, trainer of therapists, and author of “Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse - A Workbook for Recovery and Growt...
13 Aug 202452min
Episode 39: Cult Chat goes to Barcelona - Top Takeaways (Part Two)
Liz & Caz learnt so much at the International Cultic Studies Association conference in Barcelona that they had to do another episode on it! Listen in as they tell Lindy all about the fascinating anti-...
7 Aug 202450min
Episode 38: Cult Chat goes to Barcelona - Top Takeaways (Part 1)
What were Liz & Caz doing in Barcelona this month? Apart from chowing down on tapas and sipping on their drink of choice, the girls hob-knobbed with leading international authorities on cults & coerci...
30 Jul 202454min
Episode 37: Cult Recovery and Therapy - What do therapists need to know?
Do therapists have the skills needed to support the recovery of cult leavers? Yes! Do they understand the significance of the cult context? Hmmm, maybe not. In this episode, Lindy and Liz discuss the ...
16 Jul 202458min
Episode 36: Sarah Mettrick (Part 2) Sri Chinmoy Teenage Recruitment and Lost Milestones
We’re back again to finish our conversation with Sarah Mettrick, former Sri Chinmoy disciple, who was recruited into the Sri Chinmoy Centre as a fourteen year old. Sarah tells us about her emotional s...
2 Jul 202459min
Episode 35: Cult Chat Episode 35 - Sarah Mettrick (Part 1) Running for Sri Chinmoy
Sarah Mettrick spent 13 years in the Sri Chinmoy Centre in Christchurch. In this first of two episodes Sarah talks to Caz about her years in the group. The two talk about life as a teenage recruit in ...
18 Jun 202457min
Episode 34: Healing Trauma - A Day with Bessel van der Kolk
Recently Caz, Liz and Lindy spent a day with renowned trauma expert, Dr Bessel Van Der Kolk, author of “The Body Keeps the Score”. Our trio unpack their day of learning, and talk about the impact of t...
4 Jun 202458min
