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Alissa's Awake: Ex-Jehovah's Witness Women Speak Out is a powerful podcast amplifying the voices specifically of women who have left the Jehovah’s Witness religion. Hosted by Alissa, this series dives deep into real stories of religious trauma, shunning, purity culture, control, and the painful, yet empowering journey of waking up and walking away. Through in-depth interviews and anonymous stories, former Jehovah’s Witnesses share what life was really like inside the organization, what led them to question their faith, and how they are rebuilding after leaving a high control religion. Some guests bravely appear on the show, while others choose anonymity for safety but every story matters. From disfellowshipping and family estrangement to deconstruction, therapy, and healing from spiritual abuse, no topic is off limits. If you’re navigating life after leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses, healing from religious trauma, questioning your beliefs, or suppor
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Signup to Generate a PitchAlissa's Awake: Ex-Jehovah's Witness Women Speak Out is a powerful podcast amplifying the voices specifically of women who have left the Jehovah’s Witness religion. Hosted by Alissa, this series dives deep into real stories of religious trauma, shunning, purity culture, control, and the painful, yet empowering journey of waking up and walking away.
Alissa's Awake is hosted by Alissa. The show has published 51 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include ""I Was Raised to Be a Jehovah’s Witness Wife, Married at 19 to Escape" | Amber’s Story" (30 October 2026, 64 minutes), ""I Was a Devoted Jehovah's Witness Pioneer, While Secretly Enduring Abuse" | Rose's Story" (20 October 2026, 176 minutes), and "Jehovah’s Witness Pioneer Starts Asking Questions, Then Gets Shunned | Deanna's Story" (13 October 2026, 71 minutes).
Alissa's Awake publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 77 minutes across 51 episodes.
Booking probability for Alissa's Awake is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Alissa's Awake requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Alissa's Awake's contact route on record: verified email.
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Alissa hosts Alissa's Awake, a health podcast with 51 episodes published.
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Episode #49
In this powerful episode of Ex-Jehovah’s Witness Women Speak Out, Amber shares her deeply personal story of growing up in the Jehovah’s Witness organization, enduring religious trauma, navigating marriage and motherhood...
Episode #48
In this powerful episode of Ex-Jehovah’s Witness Women Speak Out, I sit down with Rose, a former Jehovah’s Witness who dedicated her life to serving the organization. From regular pioneering and volunteering on Bethel...
Alissa's Awake
In this episode of Ex-Jehovah’s Witness Women Speak Out, I sit down with Deanna, a former Jehovah’s Witness who was baptized at just 10 years old, graduated high school early to begin regular pioneering at 16, and spent...
Alissa's Awake
In this episode of Alissa’s Awake, Sarah shares her story of growing up in a Jehovah’s Witness household marked by abuse, fear, instability, and silence. Sarah opens up about what life was like behind closed doors, the...
Episode #45
In this episode of Ex-Jehovah’s Witness Women Speak Out, Crystal shares her powerful ExJW story of growing up in the Jehovah’s Witness organization, being pressured into baptism at 17, experiencing disfellowshipping and...
Episode #44
In this episode of Ex-Jehovah’s Witness Women Speak Out, Diana shares her powerful story of growing up as a born in Jehovah’s Witness, realizing from a young age that she was attracted to girls, and trying to suppress...
Episode #43
In this episode of Ex-Jehovah’s Witness Women Speak Out, I sit down with Jessie to hear her story of growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, leaving the organization at just 17 years old, and discovering that walking away...
Episode #42
In this episode of ExJW Women Speak Out , Christina shares what it was really like growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness in Brooklyn, surrounded by the influence of Jehovah’s Witnesses Bethel. She opens up about being...
Episode #41
In this episode of Ex-Jehovah’s Witness Women Speak Out, I sit down with Leslie as she shares her story of growing up Jehovah’s Witness and living under strict religious rules that shaped nearly every part of her...
Episode #40
In this conversation, I sit down with Grace to talk about growing up deeply religious, navigating Christian purity culture, questioning the beliefs she was raised with, and ultimately learning to trust herself again...
Episode #39
In this episode of Ex-Jehovah’s Witness Women Speak Out, Jimi shares her powerful and deeply honest story of growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, living with intense fear and guilt, leaving the organization, and spending...
Episode #38
In this episode of ExJW Women Speak Out, Melanie shares the unbelievable story of growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, surviving an abusive marriage, waking up to the organization, disassociating, and eventually...
Episode #37
In this episode of Ex-Jehovah’s Witness Women Speak Out, Ashley shares her powerful story of growing up in a Jehovah’s Witness family and the experiences that eventually led her to question the organization she had...
Episode #36
In this episode of ExJW Women Speak Out, Lindsey shares her powerful story of growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, navigating a difficult family environment, experiencing control and mistreatment, and eventually reaching...
Episode #35
In this episode of Ex-Jehovah's Witness Women Speak Out, Sinead shares how decades of guilt, fear of Armageddon, and the belief that she would never see her father again nearly pulled her back into the organization...
Episode #35
What do you do when waking up from Jehovah's Witnesses could cost you your marriage... and your children? In this episode of Ask Alissa: Anonymous JW Voicemails, I respond to a secret PIMO (Physically In, Mentally Out)...
Episode #34
In this episode of Ex Jehovah's Witness Women Speak Out, Stacy shares what it was like growing up with a Jehovah's Witness father while her mother remained Catholic. From childhood confusion and family conflict to...
Episode #33
In this episode of Ex Jehovah's Witness Women Speak Out, Darlenne shares her journey of becoming a Jehovah's Witnesses at a young age, bringing her own family into the religion, and eventually realizing she could no...
Episode #32
In this anonymous letter, a former Jehovah's Witness shares the heartbreaking story of growing up in an abusive household, surviving childhood trauma, navigating medical pressure over the blood doctrine, battling...
Episode #31
Are Jehovah's Witnesses a cult? It's one of the most common questions asked about the organization and in this video, we're taking an honest, evidence based look at the answer. Instead of relying on stereotypes or...
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