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By Ryan Lee
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Episodes: 52
Description
This podcast is dedicated to all you ex-JWs out there looking for guidance on navigating life after leaving the Jehovah's Witness
Its host, Dr Ryan Lee, is a former JW with a doctorate in clinical psychology and a practicing therapist, specializing in helping former JWs and other cult survivors move through the process of waking up, walking out and moving on from life in a high control religion.
Dr Lee covers a range of topics relating to coming to terms and healing from religious trauma and rebuilding a life after leaving a cult
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#42 You are NOT normal
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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#41 BOOM! Ghosted!
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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#40 The Virtue of Selfishness
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May 09, 2025 |
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Musical Rant: 150 ways to beat depression in 5 minutes
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May 04, 2025 |
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#39 Swallowing the Big D: Spitting in the Face of Depression
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May 02, 2025 |
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Elder Update: Dating Edition
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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#38 Crash Course in Dating for Cult Survivors
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Elder Update: Beards, Broads and Bullshit
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Musical Rant: Narcissistic Tango
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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#37 The "N" word (No, not that one)
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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#36 Personal Lessons (Broadly Applicable) From The Ex-JW Ayahuasca Retreat
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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#35 How Do You Like Your Pain? Dirty or Neat?
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Musical Rant: Ayahuasca/Constipation Metaphor
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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#34 All About Ayahuasca
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Musical Rant: My first LSD trip
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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#33 My First Psychedelic Experience
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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#32 Ten Keys for Upping Our Social Game
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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#31 Rebuilding Your Community
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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#30 The Challenges of the Empath
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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#29 Ease on Down the Road
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Musical Rant: Warmer Thoughts of Death
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Musical Rant: You're Gonna Die
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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#28 Death... is harmless
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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#27 Take Control of Your Narrative
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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#26 My Take on Meditation
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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#25 (Part 2) The Problem With People Pleasing
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Musical Rant: Overgiving into Oblivion
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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#24 The Problem With People Pleasing
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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#23 What it means to "do the work" (and how to make it easy)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Musical Rant: Enough. It's Time to Get the F#$% Out
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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#22 What to Expect When You're Defecting: How to break the news that you're leaving
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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#21 Why Therapy is Awesome!
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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#20 (Part 2) Boundaries: What F@#% is that?!
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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#19 (Part 1) Boundaries: What F@#% is that?!
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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#18 (Part2) Navigating life with a PIMI spouse and children
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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#17 (Part 1) Navigating life with a PIMI spouse and children
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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#16 (Part 2): Imagining what a loving god might actually look like
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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#15 (Part 1): Imagining what a loving god might actually look like
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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#14 (Part 2): Changing how we talk to ourselves (How to do it)
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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#13 (Part 1): Changing how we talk to ourselves
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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#12 Fear of Falling Prey to Another Cult or Group
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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#11 (Part 2): Keeping or Cutting Family and Friends
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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#10 (Part 1): Keeping or Cutting Family and Friends
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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#9 Keeping the Faith (NOT the religious kind)
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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#8 Why it's so hard to wake them up (and some ideas if you choose to try)
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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#7 You Are Not Broken
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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#6 (Part 2): Breaking free from black and white thinking
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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#5 (Part 1): Breaking free from black and white thinking
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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#4 (Part 2): Learning to trust your treacherous heart
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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#3 (Part 1): Learning to trust your treacherous heart
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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#2 (Part 2): I'm out, now what? 5 essential tasks for moving on
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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#1 (Part 1): I'm out, now what? 5 essential tasks for moving on
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Jun 10, 2024 |