Cults to Consciousness

Cults to Consciousness Thanks for being here! This will be a discussion page for cults, consciousness and everything in between. Episodes posted weekly on YouTube! Hi!
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A safe place for people to connect and heal from traumas in high demand groups. Stories of claiming independence after leaving high-control groups & people. I’m Shelise Ann Sola— former devout Mormon. On C2C, my husband Jonathan and I dive deep into the nuance of cultic organizations and coercive manipulators. We are not anti-religious, but anti-abuse, and shed light in dark places to bring compas

sion, understanding and accountability. From FLDS Polygamy, Mormonism, Amish, Scientology, Extreme Christian Fundamentalism, Radical Islam, and Self Help, to the cults featured in popular TV docu-series, we interview survivors, advocates, authors, and more. Together we discover how our guests find independence and healing through awareness and true individual sovereignty. If you'd like to support the channel, consider becoming a patron! https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness

Guest suggestions are welcomed and appreciated. Feel free to reach out on IG

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C2C Fam! BRING YOUR QUESTIONS and Join us LIVE today at 6p PST on YouTube with , a former fundamental Evangelical Pente...
07/18/2024

C2C Fam! BRING YOUR QUESTIONS and Join us LIVE today at 6p PST on YouTube with , a former fundamental Evangelical Pentecostal Pastor who graduated bible college and spent a total of 30 years of his life teaching and preaching the stories in the Bible. 17 years of which were spent preaching in a church he started himself, which grew to 300 followers. Timmy and his congregation believed he was a conduit of God, as well as a “Healing Evangelist” who could save you from illness, as well as teach you how to speak in tongues, and interpret the meaning.

Ironically, his “pursuit of truth” lead him to walk away from the Evangelical Christian faith he once held so near and dear to his heart. Timmy now feels he used to be a cult leader. After an initial open and honest conversation, today we further dive into his reflections and regrets during his time as a Pastor. See you later today!

We will be in Northern Utah this weekend and wanted to put out a call to anyone who wants to come hang out with us on Su...
07/16/2024

We will be in Northern Utah this weekend and wanted to put out a call to anyone who wants to come hang out with us on Sunday July 21st AND maybe make some new local friends. Super casual, bring whoever you’d like.

was a great suggestion from ​⁠​⁠‬ ! Food and drinks look awesome! They have an outdoor area too but temp will be in the 90s.
We will be there from 10am-1pm. Address is 2011 S 1100 E SLC, UT 84106

I will post updates here on our IG if anything changes! ​⁠‬

UPDATE!!! Mormon Bishop Exposed for Years of Sexually Abusing His Daughter” CHARGED!“Police and federal authorities had ...
03/30/2024

UPDATE!!! Mormon Bishop Exposed for Years of Sexually Abusing His Daughter” CHARGED!

“Police and federal authorities had been searching for John Goodrich after a grand jury in Williamsburg on Jan. 17 found probable cause that he committed four felonies, including r**e by force, threat or intimidation, forcible so**my, and two counts of felony aggravated s*xual battery by a parent of a child.” (via AP article linked in stories)

He had been running from the police for almost 3 weeks and the US Marshalls and FBI were tasked to help find him, before he took the advice of his attorneys and turned himself in.

A statement from Chelsea Goodrich (our guest, daughter of John and survivor of abuse) about his arrest:

“I hope this case will finally bring justice for my childhood s*xual abuse by John Goodrich. The case in Idaho was handled there by the former Mtn. Home Deputy Prosecutor, in a manner which has been described as “unconscionable” by multiple attorneys and law enforcement involved. I’m grateful it appears that the Commonwealth of Virginia is taking one event of child s*xual assault more seriously than years of repeated assaults were treated in Idaho.

The Idaho case was also closed with prejudice, which is almost unheard of with such a case. So Virginia is my last chance for criminal justice, and for John Goodrich to be a registered s*x offender, so other children can be better protected against him.

I ask that the former Stake President who John Goodrich confessed to in 1999 about his s*xual abuse of me, come forward as a witness about his knowledge of my abuse. This confession was not long after John assaulted me in Virginia.

I ask that Bishop Michael Miller come forward as a witness to what John Goodrich confessed to him in 2015 about his s*xual abuse of me, including what happened on the 1999 field trip. John told Miller the assault on that trip took place in D.C., but it actually was in Virginia, where there also happens to be no statute of limitations on the crime.

I ask that anyone—from the LDS Church’s Helpline or otherwise—with knowledge of John’s s*xual abuse of me as a child, please come forward and tell the truth. (Cont. In comments)

BREAKING: Ruby Franke & Jodi Hildebrandt were sentenced today. We are going live on YT at 5:30 pst to discuss it with ...
02/21/2024

BREAKING: Ruby Franke & Jodi Hildebrandt were sentenced today. We are going live on YT at 5:30 pst to discuss it with See you over there!

LOOKING FOR recommendations of people who have spoken out about a New Age cult. Or, if this is you and you’d like to tel...
01/30/2024

LOOKING FOR recommendations of people who have spoken out about a New Age cult. Or, if this is you and you’d like to tell your story of surviving coercion, manipulation, ab*se and problematic practices at the hands of a guru or cult leader, fill out the “apply to be a guest on C2C” in our bio.
Thank you!

*GOING LIVE TONIGHT-6pm pacific*People often ask how anyone can believe in a Prophet who’s currently in prison. What ki...
01/18/2024

*GOING LIVE TONIGHT-6pm pacific*
People often ask how anyone can believe in a Prophet who’s currently in prison. What kind of miracles are performed to keep someone a believing member… Join us LIVE tonight, Thursday January 18th at 6p PST as we talk to ex-FLDS and ex-LDS members, Sam & Melissa of . They’ll break down what the spiritual experiences were like while inside.

This is a TWO PART LIVE— you can catch the live with us on their channel immediately after at 6:45 PST. Bring your questions! See you soon!

GOING LIVE at 6pm pst tonight on the YouTube with .hendrickson Led by the currently incarcerated prophet Warren Jeffs, ...
01/09/2024

GOING LIVE at 6pm pst tonight on the YouTube with .hendrickson

Led by the currently incarcerated prophet Warren Jeffs, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints have strict rules and one major part of their doctrine is the practice of polygamy.

The women who are often assigned and married off at a young age, are forced to bear as many children as possible. Warren took it upon himself to separate mothers and fathers from their children at astonishing rates.

We will discuss with Ceci Hendrickson (a former polygamist wife and mother) all of the ways they suffered in the FLDS.

Live on YouTube

Also find Ceci’s full interview and episode there.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! C2C community— 2023 was one hell of a year! For context: we started our YouTube journey in July o...
01/05/2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! C2C community— 2023 was one hell of a year! For context: we started our YouTube journey in July of 2022… so just completed our first year and a half, and with 155k subscribers! What’s even crazier is exactly 1 year ago, on January 1st 2023, we were at 6k subscribers, having grown by over 149k this year alone!

In 2023 we kept our heads down and stayed true to our mission as a channel to interview and platform as many survivors as possible, and this type of growth has shown us that we’ve done something right.

Although we have a baby on the way (coming in March!) in 2024 we’re ready to grow C2C even more. Both Shelise and I are now officially “full time YouTubers” as they say, so we’re going all in on expanding the channel’s reach. From building out a team, starting a non profit, and growing outside of YouTube, to honing in on better communication with you, the viewers, we have ideas as to how we can get as many eyes as possible on these stories, to continue to spread as much awareness as possible, and grow our beloved community of advocacy.

Whether you love learning more about cults, use these success stories as inspiration, were a cult survivor yourself, or watch because you relate in any way— your continued support of the channel in watching, commenting, sharing, donating on Patreon, purchasing merch, sending direct messages of support, has ALL helped us on our mission, which in turn helps many many others. So THANK YOU! From the bottom of our hearts.

PS. Thank you for filling out the last poll! We received over 10k votes. We realize the importance of these polls in helping us understand you, and the type of stories that you want to hear and plan to do more!

Jonathan + Shelise

We are back! “Abandoned with 20+ Kids: The Reality of a PLURAL WIFE in the FLDS”At only 17 years old, .hendrickson was a...
01/04/2024

We are back! “Abandoned with 20+ Kids: The Reality of a PLURAL WIFE in the FLDS”

At only 17 years old, .hendrickson was assigned to become a plural wife and instant mother to 5 children before having her own child 5 months later. She then became 1 of 5 plural wives in this Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint (polygamous Mormon break off) community led by Warren Jeffs who is now in prison for CSA. Warren had a tendency to separate families for seemingly no reason and one night, she was told her husband and the other 4 wives were being sent away to “repent”, leaving the 20+ kids solely in her care.

Now available on YouTube

“Children of God S*X CULT: My Grandfather Was the Founding Prophet (ft. )Raised primarily in rural China, Faith Jones ...
12/23/2023

“Children of God S*X CULT: My Grandfather Was the Founding Prophet (ft. )

Raised primarily in rural China, Faith Jones went a myriad of ab*ses before finally escaping The Children of God cult to pursue higher education. The cult is known for its far too liberal views on s*xuality which ended up being forced polyamory and free love, even extending to the young members of the communes.

She grew up singing on the streets or performing in restaurants to make money for “the family” as none of the adults had jobs. Once she left, she was able to become a lawyer and now speaks on the moral principles that primarily focus on the property rights of self. She’s written two books which you can find on her website faithjones.com

Now available on YouTube

I’m behind on posting these, BUT still good in case someone hasn’t been on YouTube lately.***Content Warning CSA***“Morm...
12/23/2023

I’m behind on posting these, BUT still good in case someone hasn’t been on YouTube lately.
***Content Warning CSA***

“Mormon Bishop Exposed for Years of S*xually Abusing His Daughter, Chelsea Goodrich”

After years of committing CSA with his own daughter, Mormon bishop John Goodrich confessed his sins to a higher authority called the Stake President. However, the information was never passed to his wife, Chelsea’s mother, or the authorities, and the CSA continued. Years later, Chelsea confided in her mother about what had happened in her childhood which led to a series of more unfortunate events. We go into depth about her hardships and confusion after deconstructing these traumatizing events which led to a court case against her father. Would the LDS church step up and help defend Chelsea Goodrich?

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"8 Women in 8 Cults Compare Notes" is live on YouTube! Our 200th episode! Introducing this EPIC ex cult women panel... Daniella Mestyanek Young- Children of God Jasper Hoffman- Mennonite Tia Levings- Extreme Christian Fundamentalism Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson- Fundamentalist Islam Sarah Edmondson- NXIVM Beatrice Weber- Hasidic Judaism Amanda Rae Grant- The Order (Polygamous Mormonism)

CW: CSA What it was like as a 3 year old chiId bride in ChiIdren of God. Catch the full interview "My Mother Wrote the Horrific CSA Handbook for ChiIdren of God Cult" with Serena Kelley on our @cultstoconsciousness YouTube Channel. #cultstoconsciousness #c2c #childrenofgod #childbride

How “A WELL TRAINED WIFE” Narrowly Escaped Extreme Christian Patriarchy with 4 Kids ft. @tialevingswriter Watch the full interview with Tia Levings on @cultstoconsciousness YouTube channel. Tia discusses her dark reality in Christian fundamentalism, with evangelical patriarchy and religious trauma. Having appeared in the Amazon docu-series, Shiny Happy People, and written a harrowing memoir, A Well-Trained Wife she reveals how she had to save herself and her family and details the ways that extreme views can manifest in a marriage. Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings learned that being a good Christian meant following a list of additional life principles––a series of secret, special rules to obey. Being a godly and submissive wife in Christian Patriarchy included strict discipline, isolation, and an alternative lifestyle that appeared wholesome to outsiders. Women were to be silent, “keepers of the home.” Tia knew that to their neighbors her family was strange, but she also couldn't risk exposing their secret lifestyle to police, doctors, teachers, or anyone outside of their church. Christians were called in scripture to be “in the world, not of it.” So, she hid in plain sight as years of abuse and pain followed. When Tia realized she was the only one who could protect her children from becoming the next generation of patriarchal men and submissive women, she began to resist and question how they lived. But in the patriarchy, a woman with opinions is in danger, and eventually, Tia faced an urgent and extreme choice: stay and face dire consequences, or flee with her children. #tradwife #shinyhappypeople #cultstoconsciousness #c2c

CW: Fat*l Terror*st Attack Extreme Acts of Terror*sm from Both Sides Over Holidays: New Orleans & Magdeburg ft @yasmohammedxx Joined live today with Yasmine Mohammed, we discuss the most recent terror*st attacks in both New Orleans on Bourbon street on New Year’s Eve, and Magdeburg Germany on December 20th. Yasmine was acquainted with the alleged attack*r in Germany who could be considered Anti-Islam. We discuss how both sides of extrem*sm are not the answer and bring awareness to the events that claimed many lives and injured over 200. Watch full video on @cultstoconsciousness YouTube channel #cultstoconsciousness #c2c #neworleans

ULTRA ORTHODOX: Hasidic Jewish Sect FORCED Her to Marry; Denied Gay Woman a Divorce ft. Dr. Sara Glass Sara Glass knew she kept falling in love with women, but that didn’t matter. She knew her place as an Ultra Orthodox woman. She was placed into an arranged marriage to a man shortly after graduating high school and she painfully left her girlfriend behind. Sara vulnerably shares in great detail about what it was like navigating s*x, pregnancy, chiIdbirth and postpartum as a Hasidic woman who was also gay. Watch full interview on Cults to Consciousness YouTube channel #cultstoconsciousness #c2c #ultraorthodox #hasidic #formerhasidic

Religious humiliation as a way to control women Catch the full interview “Escaping SAUDI ARABIA: How She Became FIRST Documented Ex-Muslim Woman to Flee Without Repercussion“ with Jasmin Faulk Dickerson on our YouTube Channel #cultstoconsciousness #c2c #exmuslim #islamiclaw #escapestory

Forced to Marry Al Qaeda: Confessions of an “Ex-Muslim” ft. Yasmine Mohammed (@yasmohammedxx) Determined to fight for the human rights of the oppressed, Yasmine Mohammed speaks out and shares her experiences with Islam extremism. Her mother forced her to marry a terrorist and it wasn’t until she fell pregnant with a daughter that made her realize she had to escape in order to secure her a better life. In search of freedom, she also found her voice and now she platforms countless other people who share their experiences. Watch full interview on @cultstoconsciousness YouTube channel #cultstoconsciousness #c2c #exmuslim

His Mormon Father with Schizophrenia Claimed to Be New Messiah (Wrote 2242 Page Scripture) ft. Adrian + @mild_west_sami An ex-Muslim man converts his entire family to Mormonism when missionaries knock on his door. His stroke of genius combined with schizophrenia and tendency towards extreme pun*shments and every type of ab*se, created a cult-like environment for his chiIdren. He created his own religion and wrote a 2422 page manuscript of his own holy text. We take a look at his mindset and life through the lens of his son Adrian. Adding further clarification and commentary on generational trauma, Sami, Adrian’s daughter, joins us. Watch full interview on @cultstoconsciousness YouTube channel #cultstoconsciousness #c2c #exmormon

The BRUTAL Truth About The Founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith ft. @nuancehoe ‬Outsiders often criticize Mormonism for its wild beliefs and the scandalous actions of the founding prophet Joseph Smith, but the member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are left in the dark about the truth of it history. Carah Burrell ‪and Shelise, examine the life and actions of Joseph Smith from a non-faith promoting, historical view, different from their Mormon upbringing. From the ugly truth about polygamy, a Mormon Militia, and original secret temple rituals to Joseph Smith’s personal hit man, we cover it all! Watch full interview on @cultstoconsciousness YouTube channel #cultstoconsciousness #c2c #exmormon #josephsmith

Groomed to Practice Polygamy in Incestuous Cult as a Gay Man ft. Nephi Robinson One of the most sacred tenants of The Order, a fundamentalist polygamous break of sect of the mainstream mormon/LDS church, is living polygamy. Nephi knew he was gay, but hid it most of his life because living authentically was never an option for him. He was essentially assigned a wife at a young age and had 7 children before he realized he couldn’t pretend anymore. His father, who had 14 wives and over 160 children was pushing him to take another wife, so he came out to him. Nephi was told he was gay for various reasons such as eating too much chicken and he needed to stay faithful lest he go to the depths of Hell. Thankfully, he didn’t listen, got out and isn’t hiding his true self any longer. Watch full interview on @cultstoconsciousness YouTube channel #cultstoconsciousness #theorder #polygamy

Why Former AMISH Woman Demands Change From Congress for Children Isolated in Cults ft. Misty Griffin Misty Griffin returns to the studio to further discuss her experience growing up at the hands of her tort*ous mother and step father, who isolated her and her sister on a mountainside, then forced her into an Amish settlement at 18 years old. Unfortunately, claiming religious exemption means a parent can fly under the radar ab*sing their chiIdren. Misty now fights back, on a mission to help chiIdren in similar situations, stuck in ab*sive environments, that have no voice. Misty has created a petition called "Child Rights Act" that she hopes will one day become a bill, asking congress to step up and protect these voiceless chiIdren locked in cults. Currently at 33,000+ signatures, she hopes that with your help, in signing, and sharing this video / petition, she can gather enough signatures to get the attention of congress and get this bill passed. Watch full interview on @cultstoconsciousness YouTube channel #cultstoconsciousness #c2c #cultsurvivor #amish

Ex-Muslim Opens Up About Sex and Islam in Saudi Arabia | The Story of ‪Apostate Aladdin‬ Anonymous YouTuber Apostate Aladdin shares his story of becoming a man in an environment that used fear to keep boys and girls and men and women separated. This intense fear that men need to be kept away so they don’t act on their uncontrollable desires, left him feeling scared, targeted, alone and shameful. Here we learn about purity culture through a different lens and how he was able to overcome his fear of interacting with women so he could create positive friendships and relationships. Watch full interview on @cultstoconsciousness YouTube channel #cultstoconsciousness #c2c #cultsurvivor #islam #exmuslim

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