Ep 199 12 Step Cult Whistleblowing with Burn The Stigma

Today we're sitting down with Tara Grace from Burn The Stigma YouTube, Burn The Stigma Facebook and Burn The Stigma TikTok to discuss what it's been like for her to 12 step dissent since 2020.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Cult Whistleblowing Intro

05:26 Deprogram Book List

05:58 First starting to dissent

10:25 We are more than addiction

13:58 Evolving as a dissenter

18:03 Becoming a 12 step dissenter

20:52 Navigating initial pushback

26:50 What keeps Tara going

34:41 Thriving beyond labels

37:38 Unexpected gifts from dissenting

45:17 Traditional recovery kills people

51:20 Trolls, ad hominem and purpose

59:15 Dissenting and speaking out advice

1:11:44 How dissenting changed Tara's life

1:20:02 Predators and cult whistleblowing dangers

1:35:39 Passion, fire and soul purpose

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