Site Contents
For easier navigation to posts and pages grouped according to theme:
Understanding coercive control:
Coercive control: How being a JW is like being in an abusive relationship
Which beliefs cause what: How our JW beliefs affect us
Coercive control: Legally divorced but not free to remarry
Are the Jehovah’s Witnesses a cult?
Learning to love after leaving the Witnesses
Recovery priorities: Top things to focus on after leaving
Recovery priority #1: Get to know yourself
Recovery priority #2: Acceptance
Recovery priority #3: Your happiness
Recovering from coercive control: Finding the right help for you (self-help, life coaching, GPs, counselling/therapy, psychologists, psychiatrists).
Finding passions, interests, hobbies, and satisfying work
Part 1: Why former JWs may struggle to find their passion
Part 3: How being a JW affects our views of work
Part 4: Identifying the purpose for your work – what do you want from it?
Part 5: Finding work that works for you
Life skills we never learn as JWs
Top ten essential life skills you will never learn as a JW (1-5)
Top ten essential life skills you will never learn as a JW (6-10)
Critical thinking: What is it?
Critical thinking: A practical example
Making good decisions: Top ten tips for getting it ‘right’
Self-care for ex-JWs, Part 1: Why self-care is difficult for JWs and former JWs
Self-care for ex-JWs, Part 2: How to make self-care a priority in your life
Life events (death, celebrations, Christmas)
Learning to live by rethinking death
Learning to celebrate after leaving the Witnesses
Christmas: Making room for new memories