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Today we talk to Gary Sanders, Rebekah Reineke and David Jones about their experiences in the Jehovah’s Witness community.

While Gary and Rebekah grew up within the religion, David entered (and bowed out) later on in life. We discuss the framework behind the cult, the control tactics and how they have moved on a healed. We discuss the trauma as a result, the aspects of shunning as control and being disfellowshipped, the use of fear to control, and how Buddhism and mindfulness became a path toward healing.

Have you been in a similar situation and need someone to talk to? Here are a few resources:

Talk Space

Cult Escape

Leaving the Witness

Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion

 

 





 

Podcast edited by Brad Parsons at Train Sound Studio, www.trainsoundstudio.com



 

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We meet with Holly Herring---one of our columnists for The Tattooed Buddha. We chat about Holly's work with those that are homeless, her journey to being a writer and the process of writing. We also learn about how Holly and Michelleanne Bradley met and became friends, which in turn led her to write for The Tattooed Buddha!

We Meet Boyan: Mindfulness Teacher Rebekah Reineke introduced us to Boyan, a mindfulness teacher originally from Bulgaria and currently living in London, UK.





Boyan's website highlights various tools that aid in calming the mind and working toward practical applications of these tools. we discuss meditation neurolinguistic programming and how it can help us achieve the goals we wish toward and physical forms of meditation like yoga, Tai Chi and boxing.

We had the opportunity to speak with John Brehm on our podcast awhile back and it was such a pleasure to have him as our guest again.

John is an amazingly talented poet and has written and edited books on poetry in the past.

We hope you enjoy listening to our dialogue with John and please check out his latest book, Dharma Talk published by Wisdom Publications!

Other books by John Brehm: The Dharma of Poetry, The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness and Joy, No Day at the Beach, Help is On the Way, Sea of Faith.

Go check out John Brehm’s website here.

Here is John’s author page on Wisdom Publications.

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Michelleanne Bradley talks about feeling the anxiety of traveling.

Seeing people rush around the airport and the feelings that accompany that, she discusses how realizing the need to face people with kindness and compassion. This translates to everyday life, not only travel.

What if we not only take care of others with this compassion and grace, but what if we also take care of ourselves with that same grace?

 

 





 

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Today we have some guests on our podcast to discuss the role of women in Buddhism.

Dana and Michelleanne talk with Mary Stancavage, Holly Herring and Ayya Yeshe. We share how we all came to practice, our history with this practice and belief in God, the types of Buddhism we all practice. Women play an integral role in Buddhism and we discuss this and the lack of teachings and access that nuns and lay women can face.

More about Mary Stancavage here: https://marystancavage.org/about-mary-stancavage/

Find Holly Herring’s writings here: https://thetattooedbuddha.com/author/holly-herring/

Ayya Yeshe’s blog: https://ayyayeshe.wordpress.com/ And Ayya Yeshe’s foundation: https://bodhicitta-vihara.com/aboutus/

Michelleanne Bradley’s writings here: https://thetattooedbuddha.com/author/michelleanne-bradley/

Dana Gornall is the co-founder of The Tattooed Buddha and you can see her writings here: https://thetattooedbuddha.com/author/dgornall/

 

 

 





 

 

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