Join Blessed Child Podcast this week for an important discussion with two fellow activists, Lisa Kohn and Teddy Hose. They were recently interviewed and published in a netflix docuseries called "How to become a cult leader." In this episode, we briefly discuss what that experience was like for them, what they liked and disliked about the experience, why they are inspired to do what they do, and so much more. You can find Lisa Kohn and her memoir "To the Moon and Back, a Childhood Under the influ...
Dec 03, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 7Ep. 65
This is part 3 of my interview with Karin. Karin was born and raised in the Unification church AKA the moonie cult and is here to talk about it. We start off talking about the the labor trafficking program disguised as a "providential course" or right of passage, known as "special task force" and what that really means. The story then travels headlong into Moon's mansion - East Garden in Tarrytown New York, where an 18 year old Karin is thrust into a 3 day matching and marriage. This is the end ...
Nov 23, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 7Ep. 64
This is part 2/3 of my interview with Karin, a former 2nd gen unification church member who walked the "providential course." She shares an immense wealth of lessons she learned along the way. Karin is a survivor of the unification church who also went to the unification church indoctrination factory in South Korea (the general orientation program -GOP). Karin and I discuss GOP, our indoctrination into the moonies, STF, arranged marriage, and so much more. Join Blessed Child Discord discussion g...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 63
In this episode, I reconnect with another survivor of the unification church who also went to the unification church indoctrination factory in South Korea. Karin and I discuss GOP, our parents' indoctrination into the moonies, our own personal journeys of coming back into our bodies after growing up with intense dissociation and so much more. Compassion card posted in episode art with permission from Autumn Sky Art https://autumnskyeart.com Join Blessed Child Discord discussion group here! https...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 62
This is an update to wrap up season 5, Blessed child has ranked #6 in top 10 podcasts about coercive control! The Unification church has a dissolution order in place in Japan, we are awaiting the ruling! Damien Dunkley is touring the UC!? Sit back and enjoy the fall yall~ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/japan-dissolve-unification-church-shinzo-abe-rcna120251 https://spotify.link/I2UuTZSMRDb https://podcasts.feedspot.com/coercive_control_podcasts/#fsbhead
Oct 13, 2023•16 min•Season 5Ep. 61
The fall of an empire from the perspective of an Ex-member and 2nd generation "Blessed child" of the Unification church/family federation for world peace and unification--- Make it make sense! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/arts/dance/kirov-ballet-academy-embezzlement-moonies.html https://www.casino.org/news/serial-embezzler-steals-1-5-million-from-moonies-backed-ballet-school-to-fund-gambling-habit/ https://whatisonthemoon.tumblr.com/post/704099510777970688/hak-ja-hans-gambling-has-gone-too...
Sep 21, 2023•29 min•Season 5Ep. 60
How to make a plan, with Yousei. In this episode we expand on the last episode "you have to answer your own questions" with more resources for how to leave a cult or an abusive relationship from a first-person experience. Yousei is also a second-generation cult survivor of the Unification church/family federation for world peace and has a lot of insight to share from his own experience of leaving. Trigger warning for religious trauma, conversion therapy, child neglect, self-abandonment, cultic a...
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 59
Post cult advice with how to leave the Unification Church, how to leave the blessing and more , from a former 2nd gen member. If you have feedback or questions, find your host Renee on instagram at @blessedchildpodcast You can support this podcast at https://www.patreon.com/Renrobot
Aug 28, 2023•27 min•Season 5Ep. 58
This is a very casual conversation of the different therapy journey's of two friends, Meghan and Renee. If you don't like my podcast, go make your own! Find Meghan at @mfb_inside_out
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 57
Renee interprets Robert J Liftons 8 criteria of thought reform from her own personal lens growing up Moonie. This is the final episode to conclude the 8 criteria, ending on the explanation of "dispensing of existence".
Mar 28, 2023•37 min•Season 4Ep. 53
This week we will dissect the 7th criteria of thought reform, "Doctrine over person". This is the 7th criteria needed for creating a totalistic environment necessary for "brainwashing ". Renee applies her 2nd generation exmoonie lens to bring you this episode. Trigger warning on this episode for spiritual bypassing, child neglect, racism, homophobia and all things innately moonie. Become a subscriber or join my patreon on linktree.com/renrobot
Feb 21, 2023•30 min•Season 4Ep. 52
In this episode, Renee dive's deep into the loaded language of the brainwashing cult she grew up in "The Moonies". This episode is filled with the coercive language used by the human trafficking crime family known as the "True Family". Trigger warning for fellow survivors of this cult, the gloves are off. Follow along with Robert J. Lifton's blueprint on Brainwashing, "The 8 criteria of thought reform". If loaded language is the chain on your mind, then unload that language and start freeing you...
Jan 22, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 51
Lets deep dive into "Brainwashing" in the Moonies through Robert J Lifton's 8 criteria of Thought reform from an ex-moonies perspective. In this episode Renee interprets sacred science in the unification church. Listen to the previous episodes for the first 4 criteria! Find Blessed child on instagram @blessedchildpodcast or Renrobot on facebook/tiktok. Thank you for joining me in this space!
Jan 13, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 50
Join in this week to learn more about the 8 criteria of Thought Reform, AKA "Brain washing". In this episode I deconstruct the 4th criteria "Cult of Confession". I speak on the dynamics of the use of confession in a destructive and harmful organization and how that relates to how I grew up in the Unification church AKA "the moonies". This episode is from my own experience, everyone has many degrees of separation in their experience with the Unification Church. Enjoy.
Dec 07, 2022•28 min•Season 4Ep. 49
In this episode I read some of the feedback and messages that I have received about the topics discussed in the Blessed Child Podcast during the past year. Those episodes include -Beautifully Packages Lies and misplaced good intentions with Jinae; There are no Leaks when the boat is full of water with Chad; Bridgeport Hope School settlement Era in the Unification Church 1998 with Yoshika Wason and many more. Thank you for joining in on another episode with Renee Thomas, host of Blessed Child Pod...
Nov 10, 2022•24 min•Season 4Ep. 48
Jinae Sun is a former unification church 2nd generation Blessed child, who holds a BA in Psychology, and is attending a counseling master’s degree program intending to get dual licensure as a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) and a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT). ⚠️⚠️Trigger warning In this episode we dissect Hakja Han Moon's theological reading material from Japan that works to indoctrinate the young children growing up in the Unification Church today. We unpack the...
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 47
Jinae Sun is a former unification church 2nd generation Blessed child, who holds a BA in Psychology, and is attending a counseling master’s degree program intending to get dual licensure as a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) and a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT). ⚠️⚠️Trigger warning for this episode on "church nurseries", child abandonment, systemic child neglect, failure to thrive, indoctrination of children, financial exploitation. 🔗 https://tragedyofthesixmarys.c...
Oct 05, 2022•50 min•Season 4Ep. 46
Join Blessed Child Podcast as we deconstruct the "Demand for purity" with Tori Ferne and Hakja De Sousa. The Demand for purity is the 3rd of the 8 criteria of thought reform by Robert J Lifton. Robert J Lifton is an American psychologist who published a cult blueprint in 1961, the book he published was “Thought reform and the psychology of totalism.” Thought reform is the analytical term for “Brainwashing" or "Mind control”. You can follow along with the free PDF of the book “Thought reform and ...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 45
Join Blessed Child Podcast as we deconstruct the "Demand for purity" with Tori Ferne and Hakja De Sousa. The Demand for purity is the 3rd of the 8 criteria of thought reform by Robert J Lifton. Robert J Lifton is an American psychologist who published a cult blueprint in 1961, the book he published was “Thought reform and the psychology of totalism.” Thought reform is the analytical term for “Brainwashing" or "Mind control”. You can follow along with the free PDF of the book “Thought reform and ...
Sep 14, 2022•56 min•Season 4Ep. 44
This week Blessed Child welcomes Hakja De Sousa back to the show to cover Milieu control and mystical manipulation, 2 of the 8 criteria of thought reform. Hakja was a born and raised 2nd generation Unification church member who was a regional leader for the youth in the Unification Church up until recently. She has a raw perspective of the Unification Church/Moonie cult. Hakja is also a behavior analyst, with a bachelor's in clinical psychology. You can Find her on Instagram at @_Hakja . Trigger...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 43
⚠️⚠️🚨🚨Massive trigger warning on this episode. I repeat massive trigger warning. This episode is a whole different flavor for the blessed child podcast. It's a conversation between a #moonie and #exmoonie. Together, we are able to respect our differences, and communicate. It becomes obvious that we both call for change and accountability within the unification church. Please listen with caution. In this episode Chad Johnson, a blessed 2nd gen "Orthodox Unification Church" member who has a youn...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 42
The Unification Church held a press conference earlier this month in response to the Lawyers against spiritual sales conference about the Shinzo Abe assassination and how that ties to the Unification Church. The UC, in typical UC fashion, manipulated the conversation with the plight of religious prosecution. Elgen Strait was inspired to tackle this mountain of bullshit with me. The Unification Church has been spewing lies for decades, and I laugh a little knowing we caught them red handed. I hop...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Season 4Ep. 41
Part 2 of "The Church of Bad Dads" With Teddy Hose. We will continue to talk about our experiences with a Unification Church Front group/ labor trafficking organization called “Special Task Force” (STF also known as OLT, GPA, DONE). I am happy to release part 2 of this interview as a special bonus episode. This episode lays some great content for the next episode in the roster. Teddy and I have some insightful comments to make about the structure of the Unification Church, the systems of control...
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 40
This week I spoke with Teddy Hose who is an artist and writer based in Brooklyn, NY. We spoke on a range of topics from growing up in Bridgeport Connecticut, the history of the church, current issues in energy and politics, the power dynamics in the cult and how we are healing after being labor trafficked in the Unification Church by an para military organization called “Special Task Force” (STF,OLT,GPA). Teddy Hose grew up in the Tarrytown community just north of the city, near the Moon family ...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 39
Press conference held in Japan with the Lawyers against spiritual sales here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owNiYsT_Bnc The farm podcast with the late Ed Coffman here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wacl-iii-the-moonies-w-recluse-john-brisson-keith/id1625511894?i=1000563067020 FBI intel on the Moonies and WACL http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Books/SunMyungMoon-FBI/SunMyungMoon-780218.pdf?fbclid=IwAR10zeB5ECOameznB959UaY-EXzKqo5bFSAWTYK-30X-iYZuShLVotq6uB0 Neil Salonen becoming president of U...
Aug 02, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 38
This week I was able to revisit with Yoshika Wason, who is an educator and writer, as well as a 2nd generation born and raised ex-member of the Unification Church. We explore a plethora of stories and intersections between our two perspectives of growing up moonie in the city of Bridgeport Connecticut. We discuss the settlement era of the Unification church and what that looked like from a child's perspective. We also talk about Poetry, Wonhwado, navigating school systems in a corrupt system, es...
Jul 23, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Season 4Ep. 37
This week I spoke with a new guest, Nicole Celeste, whom is a 2nd generation ex-moonie who has since left the folds of the Unification Church. We speak on a range of topics from growing up in the Unification Church, deconstruction and healing through creativity and artwork, the history of Madison Square Garden 1982 mass wedding, Sean Moon in Japan, sexual health and development, dismantling purity culture, child abuse, unraveling from cultic control and so much more. You can find Nicole's at www...
Jul 16, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Season 4Ep. 36
Part 2 of Purity culture in the Unification Church with Kale, Coming out. I am honored to speak with Kale Woods about the triple faceted stigma of growing up as a queer, non-binary unification church "2nd gen Blessed Child". Trigger warning, we talk about labor trafficking, sexual awakening in a homophobic high demand religious organization, betrayal trauma, religious trauma syndrome, inappropriate relationships with minors, and so much more. Kale shares the story of how they were coerced into b...
Jun 17, 2022•1 hr 54 min•Season 4Ep. 35
HEAVY Trigger warning on this episode for purity culture talk around sexual development within the unification church! This week I am honored to speak with Kale Woods. Kale has a masters in clinical psychology, they are also a patient advocate, and a proud queer non-binary ex-Moonie. You can find Kale on Facebook at Kale Woods, Instagram at Kale.woods, Twitter woodskale and email Kaylieewoods@gmail.com. The Anti-imperialists ex-member educational collective aka reading group discussing the Unifi...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 4Ep. 34
Welcome to season 4, episode 33! With you're host Renrobot and Gurion. Tune in to this 20+ year BHS reunion call, where we talk about many sensitive topics, from labor trafficking, death on stf, child abandonment and institutional kidnapping. We speak frankly about the concept of offering children in the unification church, destructive belief systems tied to purity culture, and recovering from a authoritarian high control group. Please listen with caution! For historical context Sunmyung Moon wa...
May 01, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 4Ep. 33
