{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/624a4a024a85240012f497d4/65a366fc36362c0017b6d6bb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"96 {Lindy Jacomb} Born into a high control religious group","description":"<p>To book an exclusive spot in our High Performance Leadership summit head here: <a href=\"https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/registration1660014924140</a></p><p><br></p><p>We’ve spoken on this show before about highly controlled religious groups before, but it has been more from the outside looking in.</p><p>This episode’s guest experience being born into just such a group and living in it for 20 years before being expelled simply for asking questions.</p><p>Lindy Jacomb is the founder of the Olive Leaf Network, a recently launched charity in New Zealand that supports former members of high-demand religious groups.&nbsp;</p><p>In this episode Lindy shares:</p><ul><li>About high controlled religious groups</li><li>Her experience growing up in a high control religious group</li><li>How the group appears to use technology to control its members</li><li>The process she went through to realising she didn’t believe in the religion</li><li>How she experienced shunning and was cut out of the community for asking questions</li><li>How someone threw out a rope when she felt like she was drowning, even though her religion said they were evil&nbsp;</li><li>How she is now helping others go through the process of leaving high cost situations.</li><li>The importance of having the courage to make the choice to change</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Key Quotes</u></strong></p><p>“This whole thing is a construct of lies”</p><p>“It wasn’t an external force that took (my family) from me. They have actively chosen to be dead to me.”</p><p>“If anybody finds out I’m questioning the faith, I’m essentially socially dead.”</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>More about Lindy</u></strong></p><p>Lindy is the Founder and Team Facilitator at the Olive Leaf Network which you can find out more about here:</p><p>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://oliveleaf.network/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://oliveleaf.network</a> LinkedIn:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/90739464/admin/feed/posts/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Olive Leaf Network LinkedIn</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/theoliveleafnetwork\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/theoliveleafnetwork</a> Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/olive_leaf_network/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/olive_leaf_network/</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>You can get involved with the podcast online</strong></p><p>To try out our resilience course: <a href=\"https://www.challengesthatchangeus.com/surviving-2-thriving-course1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.challengesthatchangeus.com/surviving-2-thriving-course1</a></p><p>On facebook in our community:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeus</a></p><p>Or on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus</p><p>If you want to contact the podcast, email us here:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:support@challengesthatchangeus.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">support@challengesthatchangeus.com</a></p><p>Or check out our website:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.challengesthatchangeus.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.Challengesthatchangeus.com</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.au</a></p><p>For her other business you can find it through the websites: <a href=\"http://www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.au</a></p>","author_name":"Ali Flynn"}