Cults

S2 Ep. 4: Tianna Joins a Cult

You’ve probably read or watched stories of people’s crazy experiences in a cult and wondered, “How could anyone ever give up everyday life and make such an extreme choice? What kind of weirdo would join such a restrictive organization?” Although there are many common tactics amongst cults, there are different types of cults, as well as different reasons why people join.

There’s a stigma around involvement in cults, so much so that people often don’t share these experiences publicly or even with those close to them. We’re moving into a new era where it’s time to bring the darkness into the light, with love and acceptance for all that we are and all that we’ve been through. Tianna takes another step out of her spiritual closet and shares her cult experience, with the hope of holding space for others to share their life experiences without guilt or shame.

In this episode we discuss:

  • What were the events leading up to Tianna joining a Korean Yoga organization?

  • How the book “Work as Spiritual Practice” by Lewis Richmond healed her inner divide between mundane work life and spiritual life. It’s not what you do, but the awareness you bring to it.

  • Is life purpose the same as career?

  • How “the obstacle is the way.” Your life’s challenges are showing up so that you may clear them to get to your true fulfillment.

  • What the cult offered that’s missing in our everyday life, particularly in the US.

  • The way that truth and propaganda are blended to sway us.

  • How life changed once Tianna became what they called a “master.”

  • What is “love bombing?’

  • What are some of the benefits and lessons Tianna gained from her cult experience?

  • How did she finally leave?

TIANNA ROSER is an Usui Reiki Master Teacher, Soul Plan Practitioner and Certified Clinical Hypnotist specializing in Past Life Regression, Life Between Lives Regression and Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT). She uses tools and processes to help people experience their true self, the source of real healing and growth. Learn more at AwakeningTransformation.com. Tianna is the author of the book, “Awakening Transformation: A Beginner’s Guide to Becoming Your Higher Self.” Her book is filled with practices to lighten your spiritual journey and accelerate growth, available on Amazon.

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S2 Ep. 1: Freedom from Fear-Based Beliefs with Michael Hoffmann

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We’re back for Season 2! In our first episode, we interview Michael Hoffmann. Mike is the author of “The Face of the Iguana: Freedom from Toxic Beliefs, a Journey in Healing and Transformation” (under the pen name “Patrick J. McKallick.”)

In The Face of the Iguana, he tells the dramatic stories of how fear-based beliefs, both cultish and religious affected his life, emotionally, physically and mentally and his eventual healing. Even if we haven’t experienced the childhood abuse, abandonment and religious indoctrination that Mike experienced, we can still relate to the toxic beliefs of judgment and separation from the divine that modern society instills in us from a young age. This deep seated-fear cripples us from developing self love and experiencing true inner freedom and peace.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Mike’s incredible journey from being raised by a raging alcoholic father, then abandoned to an orphanage, joining the Catholic seminary in Mexico at the young age of 12, looking for salvation in what turned out to be a doomsday cult and finally breaking free.

  • What Mike means by the term “Fear Pornography.”

  • The books that helped Mike deprogram himself from these toxic belief systems.

  • The clever way he was able to leave the cult.

  • The beautiful transformative spiritual experience that showed Mike that he is loved and supported by the Divine, that we all are.

  • The many evidence-based approaches to Spirituality that helped him to ultimately release his fear of death and find true empowerment within.

Get the full story by reading the book, which sprinkles humor and inspiration into his intense life experiences. You can find Mike’s book “The Face of the Iguana” on Amazon here For more support and inspiration on your own healing journey, check out Mike’s Facebook group “Freedom From Fear-Based Belief Systems” here.