To book an exclusive spot in our High Performance Leadership summit head here: https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140We’ve spoken on this show before about highly controlled religious groups before, but it has been more from the outside looking in.This episode’s guest experience being born into just such a group and living in it for 20 years before being expelled simply for asking questions.Lindy Jacomb is the founder of the Olive Leaf Network, a recently launched charity in New Zealand that supports former members of high-demand religious groups. In this episode Lindy shares:About high controlled religious groupsHer experience growing up in a high control religious groupHow the group appears to use technology to control its membersThe process she went through to realising she didn’t believe in the religionHow she experienced shunning and was cut out of the community for asking questionsHow someone threw out a rope when she felt like she was drowning, even though her religion said they were evil How she is now helping others go through the process of leaving high cost situations.The importance of having the courage to make the choice to changeKey Quotes“This whole thing is a construct of lies”“It wasn’t an external force that took (my family) from me. They have actively chosen to be dead to me.”“If anybody finds out I’m questioning the faith, I’m essentially socially dead.”More about LindyLindy is the Founder and Team Facilitator at the Olive Leaf Network which you can find out more about here:Website: https://oliveleaf.network LinkedIn: Olive Leaf Network LinkedIn. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoliveleafnetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olive_leaf_network/You can get involved with the podcast onlineTo try out our resilience course: https://www.challengesthatchangeus.com/surviving-2-thriving-course1On facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeusOr on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeusIf you want to contact the podcast, email us here: [email protected] check out our website: www.Challengesthatchangeus.com If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.auFor her other business you can find it through the websites: www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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