Cult Diaries

What happens when you've spent your entire life trying to prove your love for God... only to discover you've been serving a system that never allowed you to trust yourself? In this deeply moving episode of Cult Diaries...

What happens when the faith that was meant to bring you hope becomes the very thing that causes your deepest wounds? In this powerful episode of Cult Diaries , Brooke sits down with award-winning essayist, screenwriter...

Mae Scott , a woman whose story shines a light on a kind of abuse that often goes unseen—the kind that is protected, enabled, and reinforced by family systems themselves. Mae is the author of An Embarrassment of Pandas...

In this powerful and eye-opening episode, we sit down with Edna White , a survivor, truth-teller, and transformational leader who courageously shares her journey of leaving the Pentecostal church and confronting the...

Katherine Spearing, MA, CTRC — founder of Tears of Eden , certified trauma recovery practitioner, author, and host of the groundbreaking podcast Uncertain , one of the first platforms to boldly name and explore...

In this deeply moving episode of Cult Diaries , I sit down with writer and storyteller Georgia Clare, whose life has been shaped by both profound rupture and breathtaking resilience. Raised in Wales and now living in...

In this deeply powerful and possibly triggering episode, (trigger warning) we sit down with Martha Glory Kartaoui , a cult survivor who has transformed unimaginable experiences into a life devoted to healing, truth, and...

In this haunting and deeply powerful episode, I sit down with Bonnie Zampino, a domestic violence and cult survivor who shares the unimaginable reality of life inside the Community of Jesus. What Bonnie endured is...

Welcome to Season 2! I have finally been able to sit down and make space for some new interviews and this season is going to be a wild ride! I have some amazing guests that I have throughly enjoyed learning from...

<p>In this episode, Brooke sits down with Bre Hamilton ( Religious Trauma Coach), who grew up deeply embedded in fundamentalist evangelical Christianity—where identity, belonging, and moral value were measured by...

<p>What happens when the church you dedicate your life to turns out to be a cult? In this episode of Cult Diaries, I sit down with Elise Heerde, who courageously shares her story of growing up in and ultimately escaping...

<p>Jada Bohmer is the host of Awaken to Freedom, a podcast dedicated to empowering women breaking free from cults, high-control religious environments, and abusive relationships. Today, Jada Bohmer shares her powerful...

<p>Donovan Johnson left the Jehovah's Witnesses over 8 years ago, after losing his mother. She had confessed that she had questioned things for years, and told him before she passed. He then took that and began to...

<p>In this episode of Cult Diaries, we’re diving headfirst into one of the most emotionally loaded and deeply misunderstood doctrines in the Bible—Armageddon. If you grew up in a high-control religion or under the...

<p>Born into a fourth-generation Jehovah’s Witness family, today's guest grew up deeply entrenched in the faith, striving to be the perfect believer while secretly battling feelings of inadequacy and doubt. Like many...