{"id":73,"date":"2020-01-27T00:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T00:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/204.48.22.247\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2020-01-27T14:49:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T14:49:10","slug":"moyers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cultedchild.net\/?page_id=73","title":{"rendered":"MOYERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>Jim Moyers&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jim@jimmoyers.com\">jim@jimmoyers.com<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimmoyers.com\/spirituality\/resources.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FOR FORMER MEMBERS OF&nbsp;CULTIC &amp; FUNDAMENTALIST GROUPS<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200bHi Maria,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your words of appreciation. &nbsp;It\u2019s always good to hear that someone has found what I\u2019ve shared helpful. &nbsp;You have done a lot of research. &nbsp;I\u2019m not sure that I could add much to what you already know. &nbsp;You probably have already come across the International Cultic Studies Association (<a href=\"http:\/\/icsahome.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/icsahome.com<\/a>). &nbsp;They have a lot of material on most of the things that you list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I borrowed the term \u201cshattered faith\u201d from an apparently short-lived group, Fundamentalists Anonymous. &nbsp;I think it is an apt description of what happens to so many former members of high demand groups. &nbsp;Another useful concept that I came across in a book about the after-effects of the 9\/11 attacks is \u201closs of the assumptive world.\u201d &nbsp;We all have a set of basic assumptions as to what the world is and how things work. &nbsp;When that breaks down it leaves behind a lot of confusion as to what is and isn\u2019t real. &nbsp;It can be very difficult to recover from such a loss. &nbsp;Especially when a belief system has been absolute and all encompassing. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those are a couple of thoughts&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wish you the best as you continue your journey of self-discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jim Moyers, MFT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttp:\/\/www.jimmoyers.com\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Moyers&nbsp;jim@jimmoyers.com,&nbsp;FOR FORMER MEMBERS OF&nbsp;CULTIC &amp; FUNDAMENTALIST GROUPS \u200bHi Maria, Thank you for your words of appreciation. &nbsp;It\u2019s always good to hear that someone has found what I\u2019ve shared helpful. &nbsp;You have done a lot of research. &nbsp;I\u2019m not sure that I could add much to what you already know. &nbsp;You probably have already come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cultedchild.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cultedchild.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cultedchild.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cultedchild.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cultedchild.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cultedchild.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/cultedchild.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cultedchild.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}