What do you know about cults and how to help survivors? For those who want to attend a conference on the subject, I recently received the following announcement about one in 2020. In this post, after the announcement, I respond to the conference theme, sharing what’s happened with Undertow. Check … [Read more…]
Lately I’ve been conflicted about what to write here. I hem and haw. Travel blogs? More cult commentary? No. Today, Sunday, July 21, 2019 is different. Today I am not up in the air about what to post, thanks to a famous journalist. I am not a journalist, but I … [Read more…]
Do you know that cults are not just weird fringe groups from the 1970s but that many operate around the world today? Who joins them, leaves them, and suffers from their abuse? Cult Info Today I’ve been give permission to republish the following e-newsletter from the International Cultic Studies Association … [Read more…]
Welcome back to travel stories. In 2009, my husband, Hoyt, and I were gone nearly five months to visit six countries and one region. We started in New Zealand. From there, we headed to Australia (including Tasmania), Bali (in Indonesia), Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Tibet (an autonomous region), and then visited … [Read more…]
Dear Undertow supporters, I promise I’ll be writing soon, as planned, about my world travels with Hoyt, but first this note. Thanks for your support I’m writing first to thank you for your ongoing support of my efforts to share Undertow, my cautionary cult story. Many of you around Orlando have … [Read more…]