Cults to Consciousness

CW:  CSA, SA, Abuse. Cult dynamics can be found in large, high control groups, as well as in single families. From no locked doors or privacy within the house, to accompanying her on dates, ab*sing her with barb wire, and hold her family hostage, Kahlia’s father essentially acted like a cult leader in her household and kept her imprisoned with manipulation tactics and various forms of ab*se. Learn what it took for her to leave her dying grandmother (per her wishes) so she could escape and find true freedom and happiness.  Click here to watch on YouTube [https://youtu.be/4ZZ6nGc31Wk] Follow Kahlia on Instagram:  @vintagelia96 [http://www.instagram.com/vintagelia96] We want to meet you in real life!  Come adventure with us on our 2nd C2C VACATION!  Click here to go to the official booking page [https://trovatrip.com/trip/north-america/mexico/mexico-with-shelise-sola-oct-2025] Subscribe to our C2C "CLIPS" Channel! [https://www.youtube.com/@CultstoConsciousnessClip] Support C2C - Any donations are welcome and appreciated to support the making of this podcast. Find our FULL (uncensored) merch store here! [https://cults-to-consciousness-shop.fourthwall.com/en-usd] Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness [https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness] Venmo @sheliseann Find us on Social media! Instagram @cultstoconsciousness [https://www.instagram.com/cultstoconsciousness]  Host Instagram @sheliseann  [https://www.instagram.com/sheliseann/] Co Producer / Host @jonathan.rosales_  [https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.rosales_] TikTok @cults.to.consciousness  [http://cults.to.consciousness] Twitter @cultstocon [https://twitter.com/cultstocon]  **Disclaimer: Thanks for joining us at Cults to Consciousness. This storytelling podcast is meant to be for entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for medical advice. We may discuss triggering topics and we ask that you make your personal mental health a priority. Lastly, the opinions of our guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the host.** 00:04:05 Kahlia's family dynamic growing up 00:05:29 Kahlia's father's rules with purity culture 00:08:55 Kahlia's father didn't allow her to have any friends 00:10:28 Kahlia's home school experience 00:12:56 The different religious beliefs Kahlia's father thought was the true way 00:14:42 Kahlia's hairstyle was controlled by her father 00:16:37 TW: Kahlia's father threat*ned their lives by kn*fepoint whenever her mom tried to take them and leave 00:19:21 Kahlia's father told her she'd be responsible for breaking up the family if she spoke out 00:23:35 Kahlia's father would bully her 00:25:08 TW:  walking in while undressing, groping, SA 00:26:30 TW: CSA (father forces a tampon when Kahlia is 11) 00:29:33 TW: CSA (17 years old) 00:32:06 TW:  SA (the last incident that made Kahlia leave for good) 00:37:36 What motivated Kahlia to get out of the abus*ve situation 00:39:48 Kahlia's family's negative reaction to her dating her now husband 00:43:38 Na na's parting words to Kahlia 00:45:00 What it was like acclimating to a new life outside of control 00:54:56 What brings Kahlia joy now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology, known also simply as SIST, is a secretive fundamentalist Christian-like group based in Shawano, Wisconsin. The group was founded by Rama Behera, a Hindu who converted to Christianity, who later changed his name to Dr. Rama Chandra Samanta Roy. Born and raised in the insidious cult, Elisabeth Gronval and her 8 other siblings went through hell at the hands of the leader. He would isolate and torture chiIdren with hard manual labor, disturbing physical punishments and verbal ab*se. Elisabeth was publicly humiliated when her home was ransacked at the leader’s command and extremely private belongings were passed around to hundreds of members. Excommunicated from her church and her family, she was left alone to navigate an unknown world.  Click here to watch on YouTube [https://youtu.be/DwsdIiZrNkg] Find Elisabeth on social: IG:  @enliven_hope_productions [http://www.instagram.com/enliven_hope_productions]  Email: hopestarts1999@gmail.com [hopestarts1999@gmail.com] We want to meet you in real life!  Come adventure with us on our 2nd C2C VACATION!  Click here to go to the official booking page [https://trovatrip.com/trip/north-america/mexico/mexico-with-shelise-sola-oct-2025] Subscribe to our C2C "CLIPS" Channel! [https://www.youtube.com/@CultstoConsciousnessClip] Support C2C - Any donations are welcome and appreciated to support the making of this podcast. Find our FULL (uncensored) merch store here! [https://cults-to-consciousness-shop.fourthwall.com/en-usd] Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness [https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness] Venmo @sheliseann Find us on Social media! Instagram @cultstoconsciousness [https://www.instagram.com/cultstoconsciousness]  Host Instagram @sheliseann  [https://www.instagram.com/sheliseann/] Co Producer / Host @jonathan.rosales_  [https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.rosales_] TikTok @cults.to.consciousness  [http://cults.to.consciousness] Twitter @cultstocon [https://twitter.com/cultstocon]  **Disclaimer: Thanks for joining us at Cults to Consciousness. This storytelling podcast is meant to be for entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for medical advice. We may discuss triggering topics and we ask that you make your personal mental health a priority. Lastly, the opinions of our guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the host.** 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:07 Who is Rama Behera and why do people follow him? 00:08:16 Elisabeth and her family traveled to the compound every weekend for his sermons 00:09:48 The torture that Elisabeth witnessed 00:13:16 In Rama's mind, what was meriting this type of torture to chiIdren? 00:17:04 Some of Elisabeth's chiIdhood memories in the cult 00:20:37 Were parents isolated and kept away from seeing the chiIdren tortured? 00:21:47 What was Rama saying to convince people he had authority? 00:27:25 Sticking out like a sore thumb in public school 00:29:19 Why Elisabeth started to "rebel" in her teen years 00:38:15 What made Elisabeth want to escape? 00:43:03 The beginning of when it seemed it was time for Elisabeth to leave 00:48:11 Elisabeth going back and meeting Rama's wrath (he shared n*de photos of her to everyone) 00:56:35 Elisabeth's final escape 01:01:44 When Elisabeth's family decided to leave the cult 01:04:45 Elisabeth opens up about her father and his vulnerabilities 01:10:19 Elisabeth feels Rama has mental illness 01:14:31 Has Rama seen consequences? 01:19:35 What brings Elisabeth joy now? 01:27:25 Linda, listen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Hannah Neeleman, LDS trad wife and mom-fluencer for over 9 million collective followers is under high scrutiny from the world after an article in The Times, pulled back the veil from her seemingly perfect life. Journalist Megan Agnew wrote about her sneaking suspicion of secret oppression going on behind the scenes due to her impression of Hannah’s heavily lurking husband. Is Hannah, the pageant-winning, butter-churning, picture perfect mother of eight actually happy to have blown up her ballerina career at Juilliard for this exhausting lifestyle? Joined live today, former LDS trad wife and content creator. Jennie Gage, weighs in on her opinion of the matter.  Click here to watch on YouTube [https://youtube.com/live/IXtWrVs5Xdc] Find Jennie on social media: TikTok: @lifetaketwo [https://www.tiktok.com/@lifetaketwo?_t=8oY34DpXvkE&_r=1]  IG: @lifetaketwojennie  [https://www.instagram.com/lifetaketwojennie?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==] We want to meet you in real life!  Come adventure with us on our 2nd C2C VACATION!  Click here to go to the official booking page [https://trovatrip.com/trip/north-america/mexico/mexico-with-shelise-sola-oct-2025] Subscribe to our C2C "CLIPS" Channel! [https://www.youtube.com/@CultstoConsciousnessClip] Support C2C - Any donations are welcome and appreciated to support the making of this podcast. Find our FULL (uncensored) merch store here! [https://cults-to-consciousness-shop.fourthwall.com/en-usd] Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness [https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness] Venmo @sheliseann Find us on Social media! Instagram @cultstoconsciousness [https://www.instagram.com/cultstoconsciousness]  Host Instagram @sheliseann  [https://www.instagram.com/sheliseann/] Co Producer / Host @jonathan.rosales_  [https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.rosales_] TikTok @cults.to.consciousness  [http://cults.to.consciousness] Twitter @cultstocon [https://twitter.com/cultstocon]  **Disclaimer: Thanks for joining us at Cults to Consciousness. This storytelling podcast is meant to be for entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for medical advice. We may discuss triggering topics and we ask that you make your personal mental health a priority. Lastly, the opinions of our guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the host.** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Click here to listen to Part 1 on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/live/2INt9jBmx_c?si=KTyVWQF0lOR8XVq2] An old official LDS church document has just surfaced on Reddit about the “dangers” of masturb*tion and we are here to cover it with @alyssaadgrenfell.  Also on the docket are other harmful talks about the normative practice. Make sure you go to Alyssa’s channel to watch part 1 before we redirect to our channel to continue the conversation!  Click here to watch this episode on YouTube [https://youtube.com/live/ytXceiEa99M] Find Alyssa on social media: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@alyssadgrenfell [https://www.youtube.com/@alyssadgrenfell] TikTok:   https://www.tiktok.com/@alyssadgrenfell [https://www.tiktok.com/@alyssadgrenfell] Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/alyssadgrenfell/ [https://www.instagram.com/alyssadgrenfell/] Blog: https://www.mormontruths.com [https://www.mormontruths.com] Email: alyssadgrenfell@gmail.com We want to meet you in real life!  Come adventure with us on our 2nd C2C VACATION!  Click here to go to the official booking page [https://trovatrip.com/trip/north-america/mexico/mexico-with-shelise-sola-oct-2025] Subscribe to our C2C "CLIPS" Channel! [https://www.youtube.com/@CultstoConsciousnessClip] Support C2C - Any donations are welcome and appreciated to support the making of this podcast. Find our FULL (uncensored) merch store here! [https://cults-to-consciousness-shop.fourthwall.com/en-usd] Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness [https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness] Venmo @sheliseann Find us on Social media! Instagram @cultstoconsciousness [https://www.instagram.com/cultstoconsciousness]  Host Instagram @sheliseann  [https://www.instagram.com/sheliseann/] Co Producer / Host @jonathan.rosales_  [https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.rosales_] TikTok @cults.to.consciousness  [http://cults.to.consciousness] Twitter @cultstocon [https://twitter.com/cultstocon]  **Disclaimer: Thanks for joining us at Cults to Consciousness. This storytelling podcast is meant to be for entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for medical advice. We may discuss triggering topics and we ask that you make your personal mental health a priority. Lastly, the opinions of our guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the host.** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Ex Mormon YouTuber Alyssa Grenfell, opens up about her experience going to the Mormon University Brigham Young University and on her service mission for the LDS church. Here is why she ultimately regrets spending a year and a half trying to convert people to the faith.  Click here to watch on YouTube [https://youtu.be/jYHqGBclmVk] Catch Shelise on Alyssa’s channel where they discuss soaking and other loopholes [https://youtu.be/rde9A9ebbxs?si=dNHWZ-nK46lLYafM] Find Alyssa on social media: YouTube: @alyssadgrenfell [https://www.youtube.com/@alyssadgrenfell] TikTok:   / alyssadgrenfell   Instagram:   / alyssadgrenfell   Blog: https://www.mormontruths.com [https://www.mormontruths.com] Email: alyssadgrenfell@gmail.com [alyssadgrenfell@gmail.com] We want to meet you in real life!  Come adventure with us on our 2nd C2C VACATION!  Click here to go to the official booking page [https://trovatrip.com/trip/north-america/mexico/mexico-with-shelise-sola-oct-2025] Subscribe to our C2C "CLIPS" Channel! [https://www.youtube.com/@CultstoConsciousnessClip] Support C2C - Any donations are welcome and appreciated to support the making of this podcast. Find our FULL (uncensored) merch store here! [https://cults-to-consciousness-shop.fourthwall.com/en-usd] Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness [https://www.patreon.com/cultstoconsciousness] Venmo @sheliseann Find us on Social media! Instagram @cultstoconsciousness [https://www.instagram.com/cultstoconsciousness]  Host Instagram @sheliseann  [https://www.instagram.com/sheliseann/] Co Producer / Host @jonathan.rosales_  [https://www.instagram.com/jonathan.rosales_] TikTok @cults.to.consciousness  [http://cults.to.consciousness] Twitter @cultstocon [https://twitter.com/cultstocon]  **Disclaimer: Thanks for joining us at Cults to Consciousness. This storytelling podcast is meant to be for entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for medical advice. We may discuss triggering topics and we ask that you make your personal mental health a priority. Lastly, the opinions of our guests do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the host.** 00:00:00 Intro 00:05:41 How Mormonism impacted Alyssa's childhood and her personal relationships and led her to BYU  00:10:44 BYU as a symbol of Mormon culture and a goal for those outside of Utah 00:15:58 Rules at BYU that prevent students from taking tests and forming connections with other students 00:22:24 Threats of degree revocation as a control tactic to keep students within the honor code boundaries 00:25:57 The impact of BYU surveillance and the honor code on victims 00:28:10 Alyssa begins to experience dissonance with her faith and personal beliefs at BYU 00:33:58 How missionaries are viewed in Mormon culture and how it coerces LDS members to serve 00:42:03 Alyssa's personal revelation from God... that contradicts the church 00:48:10 Alyssa's first experience in the temple and how it impacted her mission 00:58:14 The implications of going through the temple and then cancelling your mission 00:59:54 The isolation of a Mormon mission 01:07:51 How the church promotes religious OCD to its missionaries 01:10:22 How Alyssa's mission affected her mental health in the field and when she came home 01:15:16 Living with a hoarder as a missionary and how the church deemed those to be adequate conditions 01:19:51 What the consequences were to raising concerns about improper housing 01:26:04 How the goal of worthiness keeps missionaries in line and in potentially harmful environments 01:28:44 Baptism quotas, avoiding certain questions and omitting the truth while trying to convert 01:32:33 When numbers get in the way of actually helping those in need 01:35:36 Why Alyssa regrets her mission 01:39:19 What to do when you meet a Mormon missionary 01:43:49 Linda, listen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]