Hidden Struggles
Becoming part of this growing community provides the perfect opportunity to learn valuable life lessons without experiencing the drama. This is a motivational podcast exploring real life issues. After escaping from a high control group, I am sharing my experiences about what it is like living in a world without the mental boundaries that kept me from exploring my dreams, goals and realities. This platform will deliver experiences that help others to overcome personal struggles and showing you how you can take those struggles and use them to your advantage. Perhaps through this podcast, I can help others to learn my life lessons without having to experience the pain.
Episodes
69 episodes
Ray's Story - He Was an Ordained Minister… But Never Believed
#HiddenStruggles #LifeAfterChurch #ReligiousTrauma #FaithDeconstruction #LeavingReligion #SpiritualRecovery #QuestioningBelief #ExReligious #HighControlGroups #ReligiousIndoctrinationWhat happens when someone rises to leadership inside ...
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When “Headship” Turns Dangerous (EXJW Survivor Story)
Jada's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@UCsFKdyJwjygw0qZ9abQSEGA Website - https://awakentofreedom.ca/After years of emotional and spiritual abuse, Jada finally found the courage to walk away—from her controlling Jeho...
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Choosing Her Own Life (After Jehovah’s Witnesses)
#ExJW #HiddenStruggles #LadyCee #JWMarriage #JehovahsWitness #ReligiousTrauma #FaithDeconstruction #JWWomen #CultSurvivor #EscapingControl #WatchtowerRules #freedomstory Visit Jada's YouTube channel to view some of her activism wor...
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Waking Up From Jehovah’s Witness Control
#exjw #exjwstories #exjwcommunity #exjwomen #jehovahswitnesses #hiddenstruggles #ladycee #cultrecovery #highcontrolreligion #religioustrauma #healingjourney If you missed it:Part One - The Silent Struggles of Jehovah's Witn...
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Career vs. Kingdom Hall Expectations
If you missed it:Part One - The Silent Struggles of Jehovah's Witness Women👉 https://youtu.be/WGAttmTGpVAPart Three - Jehovah's Witnesses: The Car They Didn't Want Her to Buy👉 https://youtu.be/ebJpFgssC18Part Four👉 ht...
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The Silent Struggles of Jehovah’s Witness Women
If you missed it:Part Two - Jehovahs Witness Elders Questioned Her Career👉 https://youtu.be/iZADwQTVn8UPart Three - Jehovah's Witnesses: The Car They Didn't Want Her to Buy👉 https://youtu.be/ebJpFgssC18Part Four👉 htt...
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The Psychological Control of JW Elders
If you missed it:Part One - The Silent Struggles of Jehovah's Witness Women👉 https://youtu.be/WGAttmTGpVAPart Two - Jehovahs Witness Elders Questioned Her Career👉 https://youtu.be/iZADwQTVn8UPart Four👉 https://youtu....
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When Judgement Loses Its Power | EXJW Story
Now that the noise of the new year has settled, many of us start reflecting.Time outside of a controlling environment has a way of bringing clarity.Things that once hurt start to make sense.Judgment starts to look like performanc...
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Maya’s EXJW Story The Breaking Point
For therapy or coaching resources:🧩 Maya’s website – www.ReposeCounseling4U.comAfter years of pressure, guilt, and hypocrisy, Maya finally reached her breaking point — over a simple f...
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Maya's EXJW Story - The Hidden Life of an Elder’s Wife
How to contact Maya:https://reposecounseling4u.com/What really happens behind the scenes when you’re married to an elder?In this raw and eye-opening conversation, two former Jehovah’...
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Maya's EXJW Story - How Children Are Raised on Fear-Based Faith
What happens when your childhood feels like a scary movie — only the fear came from faith itself?In this episode, Lady Cee and Maya share what it was like to grow up Jehovah’s Witness — constantly warned about demons, Armageddon, and in...
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Robin's EXJW Story - Building Friendships After Leaving a High Control Religion
#HiddenStruggles #ExJW #EXJWCriticalThinker #jehovahswitnesses #EXJWStoriesRobin's YouTube Channelshttps://www.youtube.com/@UCSyBt5uqbRdllf3W0TQHjjg https://www.youtube.com/@UCgjoY3_cUZKcFCOGIxlJZnQ https://www.youtube.com/@...
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Robin's EXJW Story Life After High Control Religion
In this first part of our series, we take a deep dive into the painful reality of shunning—how it divides families, isolates loved ones and forces us to face life’s hardest moments alone.Shunning isn’t just about being cut off—it’s abou...
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Michael's Brush with Jehovah's Witnesses: Lost His Marriage to Religion
Michael thought marriage meant building a life together. Before they married, his wife celebrated birthdays and holidays just like anyone else. But after the wedding, everything changed—she went back to Jehovah’s Witnesses, bringing with her a ...
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Ray's EX-HOJ Story: Former Minister The Cost of Faith Made Me Rethink My Path
Ray - Ex-Minister of the House of Jacob Link to channel 👇🏼https://www.youtube.com/@RayTheEx-HOJAt some point, I had to stop and ask myself: how much was my faith really...
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How Religion Shapes Education | EXJW Story
Growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, higher education wasn’t an option—it was discouraged, shamed, and treated as a waste of time. Like many others, I was told I might not even graduate high school because Armageddon was “just around the c...
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The Books That Helped Me Reclaim My Identity | EXJW Story
Leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses comes with questions nobody prepared us for: Who am I? What do I believe? How do I rebuild?For me, books became lifelines. Authors like Mel Robbins and Viola Davis gave me practical tools for growth and self-...
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Former Jehovah's Witness Turned Award Winning Teacher
In this episode of Hidden Struggles, Lady Cee sits down with Ra'Shuna — an award-winning teacher, wife, and mother — to share her extraordinary story. From navigating a terrifying medical crisis under Watchtower pressure, to being shunned by he...
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Jehovah's Witness Elder's Deathbed Confession & Facebook Obituary
In her first interview on our sister channel EXJW Critical Thinker, Gail shared the heartbreaking story of her father’s deathbed confession after serving as a Jehovah’s Witness elder for decades.In this Hidden Struggles follow-up, Gail ...
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Life After Jehovah’s Witnesses in Your 70s and Beyond
Contact Joe & Fran:YouTube channel Joe and Fran every Wednesday, 7 pm est.https://www.youtube.com/@UCVJ8KInz-MesI345Frv_aqw Phone: 315-221-0130Email jandfguerino@gmail.comFran and Joe left the Jehovah’s Wi...
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Surviving Breast Cancer After Leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses (EXJW) Part 3
Follow Daria on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/daria.l.ross?igsh=MWQ4cHFrN3Z3bzVseg==In this powerful final part of my 3‑part conversation with Daria, we talk about what happens when you stop letting the Governing Body contr...
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Silenced No More – Speaking Up in the Jehovah’s Witness Congregation (Part 2)
Follow Daria on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/daria.l.ross?igsh=MWQ4cHFrN3Z3bzVseg==In Part 2 of my conversation with Daria, we talk about what happens when you find your voice in a high-control group — and what it costs to...
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Breaking Free – Life After Leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses (Part 1)
Follow Daria on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/daria.l.ross?igsh=MWQ4cHFrN3Z3bzVseg==In the first conversation of my three-part series with Daria, we talk about what it was like growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the ...
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EXJW Testimony: How the Watchtower Fueled My Addiction
In this raw and unfiltered interview, Deanna June opens up about life after leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses — including her battle with addiction, bipolar disorder, and the emotional cost of being shunned.🎙️ If you’re struggling to rebu...
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