Why A Person is Not PTS Because They Cough
Valerie Ross AuthorThis post is a continuation of the series of posts regarding the first steps after leaving Scientology. It is an important because it is something else that is hard to…
Leaving Scientology
Why Therapy Is Ok
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Never Look Back
Today is my 71st birthday. It is also the 42 anniversary of the day I escaped both an abusive marriage and Scientology. It wasn’t always easy, but it was worth…
How to Get Rid of Arrogance
This post is a continuation in the series of ways to help yourself recover after leaving Scientology. One of the easiest ways to recognize a person who is newly out…
Educational Resources
This 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
My Friend Mike
Mike Rinder and I have recorded a couple of podcasts together. We did the first one and it was such a hit, we did a second one. The second one…