Oct 4, 2026 · 1 hr 48 min · 12 segments
How do you describe being born and raised in a religion so secretive that it has no official name, no church buildings, and no public figurehead? The Truth (as members call it) is stranger than…
Lenora FayeHost
So she said it's spooky season because at the time I'm recording this, it's the beginning of October.

So she asked a question, and this is, normally I do favorite feedback, but this is favorite feedback because this is feedback I got from somebody, a friend, when I said I'm going to do this.

She asked me, when I hear cult news, like, you know, something about any kind of cult, do I get triggered? The answer is no.

And it's interesting because I don't, It's interesting that I don't get triggered because I realize I look at my childhood like this was normal for me.

There were things I never truly believed in, and I'm going to go through that in a bit.

But because I've been able to live a fairly free life, I've been able to make the decisions as an adult that I wanted to make.

I've been able to experiment and explore and just fight the narrative that we've been taught.

So she said it's spooky season because at the time I'm recording this, it's the beginning of October.

So she asked a question, and this is, normally I do favorite feedback, but this is favorite feedback because this is feedback I got from somebody, a friend, when I said I'm going to do this.

She asked me, when I hear cult news, like, you know, something about any kind of cult, do I get triggered? The answer is no.

And it's interesting because I don't, It's interesting that I don't get triggered because I realize I look at my childhood like this was normal for me.

There were things I never truly believed in, and I'm going to go through that in a bit.

But because I've been able to live a fairly free life, I've been able to make the decisions as an adult that I wanted to make.

I've been able to experiment and explore and just fight the narrative that we've been taught.
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