Educational Resources
Valerie Ross AuthorThis post is a continuation in the series of ways to help yourself recover after leaving Scientology. In Scientology, one of the first courses a person is given is the…
Valerie Ross Author
FBI Files – Re Brainwashing Manual
Attached are letters which were written to the FBI from various people regarding the "Brainwashing Manual". A copy of this was sent out to all paid subscribers in the last…
Forgiving Yourself
Scientology is a snitch culture. They focus strongly on making sure you feel responsible for everything that went wrong in a situation. Even if you had nothing to do with…
Parsing the Aaron Smith-Levin Hearing Transcripts
For those of you who have read the transcripts, or those who decided they were too much, I did Reddit posts breaking down the high points in each post. Here…
Aaron Smith Levin Hearing Transcripts
This is not generally something I post on my site. However, due to public interest in this case and the amount of misinformation about what was said in the hearings,…
LRH FBI Files
The authorship of the 1955 "Brain-Washing Manual" is a subject of debate. While L. Ron Hubbard's son, Ron DeWolf, claimed, "Dad wrote every word of it," other theories exist. Some…
How Working for McDonalds, If That’s Where You End Up, Is A Step Up
As a Scientology executive, I heard chit chat about people saying they were tired of all the work. There were people who said they couldn’t take it any longer. And…
LRH FBI Files
In 1955, L. Ron Hubbard was going by L. Ron Hubbard, DD (Doctor of Dianetics) PhD. He wrote two letters to the FBI in 1955.
How to Quit Saying Scientology Words and Sound Like a Wog
When I first escaped Scientology, I had spent ten years immersed in talking what can only be described as a foreign language. Many people who leave spend 30 or more…
Hubbard FBI Files Sara Northrup Letter
L Ron Hubbard wrote this letter regarding Sara Northrup to the
Your First Steps After Leaving Scientology
Leaving Scientology is just the first step to actually getting rid of what happened to someone in Scientology. That is a strange thing to say, but so true. Walking out…
What a Glossary!
Somewhere between the 28th of August and now, my glossary had a breakdown of sorts. I can't tell you when, other things were happening in my life, but over 250…