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MarValous Chats Marina Shimoyama
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- Religion och spiritualitet
Mom (Valerie) & daughter (Marina) chat about growing up Moonie, in the Unification Church of Rev. Moon. In 1979 Val participated in an arranged matching at the New Yorker Hotel, followed by the 2075 couple marriage blessing in 1982 at Madison Square Garden, then the largest mass wedding. After 30 yrs of marriage, in 2010, she made a brave bold move to step away from her husband for a time, which led her to take a wide lens look at the organization itself. “30 yrs ago it was all a noble experiment,” she says. “Now we can look at the concrete results & see what works, and what doesn't".
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Beneath the Surface Part 1
This is a two part episode in which I and my Mom delve beneath the surface of her arranged marriage. She took a step back from the church and community in 2010 to focus on her mental health and gain clarity on her life and marriage. It was a life full of lies and abuse behind closed doors that no one in the community ever knew until now. This interview might start off slow, but stick with it and towards the end and especially in part II, we get into some nitty gritty content. We unintentionally talked for almost 4 hours about a few main points that my mom wanted to make before I started the interviewing process and dialogue. I pressed record just to get things started, and we ended up having a casual conversation that would ultimately set up the listener to better understand our background and my moms relationship within her marriage first and foremost. This wasn't meant to be the first thing we released, however, now it seems vital to premise where we are coming from before we move forward with deeper questions or sharing.