157. CULTS: How NXIVM Controlled Women & How Sarah Edmondson Helped Take It Down
b'1. How attending a personal development training at a Holiday Inn led to Sarah being branded in a sex "secret sisterhood" initiation ceremony.\\n2. Her path from top recruiter to the whistleblower who helped take down the cult and its leader Keith Ranieri.\\xa0\\n3. Why we\\u2019re all susceptible to cult culture \\u2013 the need for belonging, the temptation of simplification, and how we\\u2019re trained to deny our gut instincts.\\n\\nCW: Discussion of cult culture and sexual coercion\\n\\nAbout Sarah:\\xa0\\nSarah Edmondson is an actor, podcaster, author, and cult-recovery advocate.\\n\\nSarah has starred in a number of TV series, yet she is most recently known for her real-life saga escaping the multi-level marketing company NXIVM \\u2013 and DOS, a \\u201csecret sisterhood\\u201d within NXIVM \\u2013 which can also be seen on HBO\\u2019s The Vow.\\xa0Sarah\\u2019s memoir Scarred shares her true story from the moment she joined NXIVM,\\xa0to her harrowing fight to get out and bring its founder to justice.\\xa0Sarah co-hosts the podcast A Little Bit Culty with her husband Anthony \\u2018Nippy\\u2019 Ames, and lives in Atlanta with her husband and two sons.\\n\\nTW: @sarahjedmondson\\nIG: @sarahedmondson\\n\\nSarah\\u2019s resource page: https://www.sarahedmondson.com/resources\\nSteven Hassan\\u2019s BITE model: https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/\\n \\nTo learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy\\n \\n Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices'