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Sep 12

Establishing A Practice

The Initial Hook

Establishing A Practice

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Jul 6

Engineering Surrender

How A Cult Is Like A Spider

Engineering Surrender

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May 12

A Sea of Legitimization

How A High Demand Group Gained My Trust

A Sea of Legitimization

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Dec 11, 2025

The Courage to Trust

A Cult Survivor on Healing from Betrayal

The Courage to Trust

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Oct 31, 2025

Deep Currents

Settling and Sifting After My Ashram Visit

Deep Currents

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Oct 26, 2025

Journey to the Center

Revisiting the Site of Spiritual Trauma

Journey to the Center

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Aug 25, 2025

What’s Love Got to Do with It?

Attachment and High Control Dynamics

What’s Love Got to Do with It?

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Aug 18, 2025

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Aug 17, 2025

They Can’t Take That Away from Me

Parsing My Passages, Holding to the Constant

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Mar 24, 2025

Why Do Westerners Turn to the East?

Pinpointing the Appeal

Why Do Westerners Turn to the East?

Shari L. Woodbury

Shari L. Woodbury

(she/her) - Unitarian Universalist minister, high control group survivor, and mama bear, writing on spirituality and more.

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