Changing your mind about something you once had conviction for does not make you a sucker. It is a demonstration of personal sovereignty, confidence, and wisdom.

The difference between groups and cults? People who leave groups are going in a new direction. People who leave cults are disgruntled, toxic, suppressive, sick, miserable, and lost.

The kids I worry about the most are the ones whose parents believe they could easily spot a predator.

A Celebration of Life will be held for The Livingston Family on Feb 7 at 10am at Cornerstone Chapel in Leesburg.
The service is open to all, but the family requests that the media not attend. Attendees are welcome to dress as colorfully as you remember Donna, Peter, Everly, and Alydia to be. ❤️

Am I the only one searching for a home high up in the mountains with lots of land and no internet service?

Here’s the problem with living with the “us vs. them” mentality: it requires you to live in the delusional that the “us” are always the good guys.

You might be brainwashed if there’s someone you’ve decided is never wrong, never to be questioned, and always worthy of defense.

Want to know whether a group is a cult? Listen to what they say about those who leave.

Sorry folks. For me, this isn’t political. This is a violation of office and a violation of the sisterhood. Even if the outcome did not change, you always take the meeting. And you certainly, at minimum, always hear the woman out.

This Is How An Upper-Middle Class Girl Full of Potential Gets Trapped in Human Trafficking (a thread)…

10 Things Adoptees Want Adoptive Parents To Know (3/10):
An adopted child has a nature that cannot be snuffed out by nurture. Resist the urge to identify their positive traits as a result of how you are raising them, while siphoning off their less desirable qualities as a result of their bloodline.

10 Things Adoptees Want Adoptive Parents to Know 2/10: Adopting should be a sacrificial act of service, not a means to satisfy a longing to be a parent. Grasping for a wounded baby to fulfill is unfair. A relinquished kid cannot be a gift or blessing to you. You can only be that for them.

10 Things Adoptees Want Adoptive Parents to Know 1/10: A baby relinquished to adoption endures an indelible trauma. Even when it is beautiful. Even when it is better. Our relinquishment spawns one woman’s grief, and often ends another’s. Our own grief goes undetected, churning silently inside of us.

Anyone who’s been in a cult or high control religion can tell you: snitches don’t get stitches, they get praise. This way no one feels safe to be honest, and followers have an easy means to win favor.

How to spot a cult, abuser, or authoritarian leader: they attack the motivations and character of those who challenge them.

A sign that you might be brainwashed? An angry, defensive refusal to consider you might be.