Nobody Walks Into a Toxic Workplace and Says “I’m Home”

There is a question that gets asked of people who have been in toxic workplaces, controlling relationships, or high-control communities. It is asked with genuine bewilderment, and sometimes with a thinly veiled judgment: “Why didn’t you just leave?” The question assumes that the toxicity was obvious from the beginning. It assumes that a reasonable person […]

“Spirit Told Me To” — How Spiritual Language Becomes a Tool of Control

There is a particular kind of manipulation that is almost impossible to argue with. It doesn’t use force. It doesn’t use logic. It uses something far more powerful: the authority of the divine. We encounter it in consciousness communities, in spiritual mentorships, in transformational programs. It sounds like this: “Spirit told me to change the […]