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the baby in the bathwaterAnke Richter - Author of "Cult Trip: Inside the world of coercion & control"Anke Richter is a German-born, New Zealand-based journalist and author of the book "Cult Trip: Inside the world of coercion & control" published by Harper Collins in 2022 covers three high control groups, Centrepoint and Gloriavale in New Zealand, and Agama Yoga in Thailand. With stops along the way at Osho's "cashram" in India, the Taste of Love Festival in Byron Bay, an "OM House" in San Francisco, and the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) Conference in Manchester.
Anke's website: www.ankerichter.net with a list of relevant articles https://ankerichter.net/articles/
Culty Conversations group on Face...2023-11-011h 26
the baby in the bathwaterEpisode 9b: Culty Behaviour in Spiritual Circles with Freya VajraIn Part 2 of my chat with Freya we cover: Why I don’t want to learn from any more white men. Why compassionate/empathetic people are attracted to cults. The “rescuer” archetype and the “drama triangle” Fawning/friending/pleasing/fornicating/“tend and befriend” and your nervous system. The danger of unchecked charisma. How to use charisma responsibly and not become a cult leader. Using “presence” as a weapon. The difference between energetic states and stages of psychological development. “Human-denying philosophies.” The difference between victim consciousness and victimization. Hyper personal responsibility. Critical race theory and epigenetics. Schizotypal personality disorder and “ideas or reference” and...2023-10-311h 08the baby in the bathwaterThe Indigenous Voice to Parliament with Daniel JamesWelcome to Season 2 of The Baby in The Bathwater Podcast. Exciting things are coming! Stay tuned for chats with Taylor Lorenz, Anke Richter, Mangala Holland, Darrin Drda and more. In this season opener Annie talks with award-winning writer and broadcaster Daniel James. Daniel is a Yorta Yorta man based on Wurundjeri land in Naarm/Melbourne. They discuss the upcoming Australian Constitutional Referendum which seeks to create an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Sadly, this issue has become a hotbed of disinformation and conspiracy theories from the far right, including influences from far beyond Australia's shores.
Daniel’s work ex...2023-09-201h 00the baby in the bathwaterEpisode 9a: Culty Behaviour in Spiritual Circles with Freya VajraPart 1 of a chat with Freya Vajra, a Melbourne-based trauma-informed sex and empowerment coach for women. We had a great chat covering a bunch of fascinating topics ranging from cults to neurodivergence, addiction to peak states, conspiracy theories, and US politics. We disscuss the differences between benign cults and malignant cults, dopamine seeking through cults, gatekeeping information in cults, the illusion of empowerment in cults, personality disorders and sensation-seeking in cult members and cult leaders, high trait-openness and attraction to cults, and cult leaders who are paranoid that their students will “steal” their work, amongst much, much more, and that...2022-04-041h 13the baby in the bathwaterEpisode 8: Recovering from new age spirituality and cults with Andey Fellowes (part 1)Part 1 of a chat with Andey Fellowes, ex-New-Ager and online cult survivor. Annie and Andey delve deep into the toxicity and conspiracism of New Age ideology including Andey's experience with Teal Swan and how to reconcile life and spirituality after leaving the cult. Part 2 is available (with other bonus episodes) when you subscribe to The Baby in the Bathwater here: https://anchor.fm/annie-mccasland-pexton/subscribe.
Books referenced:
* Eric Hoffer's 'The True Believer'
* Anna Merlan's 'Republic of Lies'
Websites referenced:
https://www.patreon.com/AndeyFellowes
https://www.instagram.co...2022-02-161h 05the baby in the bathwaterEpisode 10: Recovering from new age spirituality and cults with Andey Fellowes (part 2)Part 2 of a chat with Andey Fellowes, ex-New-Ager and online cult survivor. Annie and Andey delve deep into the toxicity and conspiracism of New Age ideology including Andey's experience with Teal Swan and how to reconcile life and spirituality after leaving the cult. Topics discussed include purity culture, vaccines, veganism, Teal Swan, JP Sears, Del Bigtree, right-wing politics, racism, “lizard people”, conspiracies vs conspiracy theories, and gaslighting.
Books referenced:
A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy by Nancy L. Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead.
Websites referenced:
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Tuna Fat PodcastAnnie McCasland-PextonJoining me in this edition is Ex-Lawyer turned Craniosacral Therapist, Author and Host of the Baby in the Bathwater podcast Annie McCasland-Pexton.
Annie’s podcast dissects ideologies in the health & wellness industry, far-right and conspiracy theories built deep into that industry, and whether anything is salvageable whilst eradicating the bad actors and toxic ideas.
We had a very enjoyable discussion and covered some topics which are important and very close to home for me.
You can find Annie and her work via the following links:
www.melbournecraniosacral.com
www.the...2021-09-281h 39the baby in the bathwaterEpisode 7: Sex Workers: Caught in Conspiracy Theory Crossfire with Leilah VisionThis is a co-produced episode with Leilah Vision of "The Stripper's Guide" Podcast. Leila is a life/leadership/relationship coach for queers/creatives/sx workers. In this episode Annie and Leilah cover everything from neurodivergence and late diagnosis autism to human design, astrology, sx work, sx trafficking, conspiracies, antisemitism, the history of witch hunts, to cults, relationship dynamics, self-care and much more.
The graphics Leilah created for this episode are available on instagram @thebabyinthebathwater. You can find Leilah on instragram at @leilahvision
The book Leilah mentions is called Cultish by Amanda Montell.
The pod...2021-08-301h 39
A Stripper's Guide PodcastSex Workers: Caught in Conspiracy Theory CrossfireConspiracy theories are inundating our society, scooping up people from all angles of the ideological spectrum, from right-wing QAnon Karens to crunchy-earthy, anti-mask "yoga mommas". And one of the largest group of people caught in the crosshairs are sex workers (not to be confused with sex trafficking victims!). Dive in with me and my guest, Annie McCasland-Pexton, host of The Baby in the Bathwater Podcast, as we walk you to the core of this issue.Wanna get involved with A Stripper's Guide? Join my free newsletter, follow me on Instagram2021-08-301h 55the baby in the bathwaterEpisode 6: Analysing Anti-lockdown protests with Tom TanukiTom Tanuki is an Australian activist, comedian, writer and YouTuber who has been doing in depth analysis of the anti-lockdown protests in Australia.
Annie mentioned the "Sounds Like a Cult" Podcast episode about the connection between Betsy DeVos and Amway: https://www.soundslikeacult.com/episodes (Episode 7: The Cult of Multi-Level Marketing).
Tom mentioned the book: "Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories" by Rob Brotherton.
You can find Tom's latest writing at: https://linktr.ee/tomtanuki and his latest videos at: https://youtube.com/TomTanuki
Please consider supporting Tom on Patreon a...2021-08-141h 38the baby in the bathwaterEpisode 5: Indigenous Australian Perspectives with Rachel ShieldsIn this episode, recorded on 5 February 2021 in person in Melbourne, Annie speaks with Rachel Shields. Rachel is the founder of KIN – Knowing In Nature, which is a provider of Indigenous informed connection-based education, specialising in Leadership & Wellness Programs. Through her Ngambaa (Mother) Rachel is a descendant of the First Peoples of the land known as Australia, specifically the Weilwan and Gamilaroi peoples (North Western New South Wales) and other lineages from around the Earth including Irish and Scottish heritage. Rachel is also an accomplished musician. Her songs featured on this episode are "River Song" and "The Calling." You can find...2021-06-091h 08the baby in the bathwaterEpisode 4: TCM, acupuncture, witchcraft and conspirituality with Melissa AbrahamsAnnie chats with Melissa Abrahams about life, the universe and everything, including their shared experience of transitioning from lawyers to bodyworkers. Melissa Abrahams is a medicine weaver and an intuitive healer, a Women's Mysteries teacher, and a ceremonial space-holder. With a great capacity for deep listening and bearing witness, Melissa walks between the worlds, weaving her unique witchy wisdom in the service of liberation and freedom. Melissa is a fully qualified acupuncturist, with degrees in Psychology, Law and Chinese Medicine. Melissa has been training and working in the fields of healing and transformation for more than 20 years, and runs...2021-05-131h 15the baby in the bathwaterEpisode 3: Hayla Wong on Disrupting Toxic SpiritualityHayla Wong is a Toxic Spirituality Disruptor. She unpacks and reveals the harmful impacts of practices within the wellness industry and how they contain patterns and language of abuse, racism, ableism, and anti-Trans ideology. She believes that spirituality and justice can be integrated; we just have a lot of BS to dismantle first. You can find Hayla on instagram @haylawong or her website: www.hayla-wong.com.
Find Annie McCasland-Pexton on Instagram @consciouslycreatingchange and @thebabyinthebathwater.
Annie's book: Invisible Work: an Ex-Lawyer's Guide to Self-Care is available at Amazon and Lulu Press or via her website: www.c...2021-04-281h 26the baby in the bathwaterEpisode 2: Racism, Conspiracies and Wellness with AnnieIn this episode Annie provides some background of her story and experiences coming to grips with the rise of racist conspiracy theories in the spirituality and wellness sphere, AKA "conspirituality".
Resources:
Article on Natural News and Mike Adams AKA "The Health Ranger" by the Genetic Literacy Project.
Downloadable Report on Disinformation and Natural News by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.
Find Annie McCasland-Pexton on Instagram @consciouslycreatingchange and @thebabyinthebathwater.
Annie's book: Invisible Work: an Ex-Lawyer's Guide to Self-Care is available at Amazon and Lulu Press or via her website: www.c...2021-04-2821 minthe baby in the bathwaterEpisode 1: an introduction with Annie and EyenieThis first episode is actually a (slightly) edited recording of a conversation I had with my energetic business coach Eyenie Shultz AKA The Technicolor Priestess where I was explaining to her my idea for this podcast. You can find Eyenie on instagram, facebook and her website, www.technicolorpriestess.com.2021-01-2711 min
The Craniosacral PodcastCST 123 - Annie McCasland-Pexton - Invisible WorkAnnie came to the holistic health field via an unlikely route… she started out as a Biologist and then a Lawyer, before starting a family and deciding that she wanted a gentler and more fundamentally fulfilling career. A stubborn rugby injury that didn’t improve with extensive physiotherapy led her to discover the wonders of craniosacral therapy and begin training in the modality in 2009. She now runs a clinical practice and mentors new therapists. www.melbournecraniosacral.com 2020-02-191h 15