New Year’s Resolutions
As a Jehovah's Witness dad didn't really 'do' New Year, but upon leaving he observed the common tradition of the New Year's Resolution. What does the research suggest about how effective they are and ...
29 Dec 20211h 8min
My Story: Growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, leaving and making sense of life
Early in 2021 Stephen talked to his daughter, Celine about his life as a Jehovah's Witness, being raised in the group, getting married to a fellow JW, struggling with doubts and finally leaving around...
25 Dec 20212h 27min
Christmas Special
Sarah, joins Stephen for our Christmas Special as we think about the joys and 'tricky bits' of celebrating Christmas after leaving a cult, especially one that banned it. We think back to our own exper...
22 Dec 202143min
MindShift Time! Interview with Clint Heacock on Religious Deconstruction and Dominion Theology
Clint Heacock was raised in a Fundamentalist Christian group. As a young man he studied theology and Bible studies in various academic settings and completed his PHD in 2011 with his dissertation bein...
18 Dec 20211h 5min
Believe In Yourself! Self Efficacy, Inside And Outside a Cult
The term 'Self Efficacy' describes the amount of belief an individual has that they can achieve something. In study after study the degree of self efficacy is a great predictor of whether the individu...
15 Dec 202132min
Bonus: Cults as Organizations - Motivating Members
This week in the series of Cults as Organizations Stephen explores Herzberg's Two Factors, and Expectancy Theory, often used in Organizational Psychology, to understand what motivates teams and indiv...
13 Dec 202114min
Transcendental Meditation, Cults and Exiting: Interview with Patrick Ryan from Cult 101
Patrick Ryan found himself deeply involved in Transcendental Meditation during the 1970s until he started to believe he was part of a harmful group. He is now a cult mediation specialist, otherwise kn...
12 Dec 20211h 8min
Dreams
Today Celine and Stephen explore dreams. Religion, psychoanalysis, neuroscience and psychology all attempt to explain what happens when we dream and whether they mean anything. Stephen also talks abou...
8 Dec 202157min
