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
62 episodes
Life After Watchtower When Judgement Loses Its Power
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 Story (Part 3) – The Final Straw: Why I Left the Jehovah’s Witnesses
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 Story (Part 2) The Worst Elders Wife Ever EXJW Story
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 Story (Part 1) Growing Up Jehovah's Witness: Rated R
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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Building Friendships After Leaving a High Control Religion Part 2 with Robin of What's Up Watchtower
#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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Reclaiming Your Life After High Control Religion - with Robin of What's Up Watchtower
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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Church Folks and Jehovah's Witnesses Don't Mix - How One Man 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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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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Self Awareness - Learning How to Correct Mistakes After Leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses
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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After Leaving a High Control Religion, These Authors Helped me to Thrive
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 Becomes 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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Fran & Joe Are Thriving in their 70's After Leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses
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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Jehovah's Witnesses: Fear & Paranoia
Paranoia isn’t just a passing fear—it’s a powerful tool used to control people. In this episode, we’re diving deep into how paranoia is woven into the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the lasting psychological impact it has on members.<...
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Low Self-Esteem: How Growing Up as a Jehovah’s Witness Shaped My Confidence
Many ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses struggle with low self-esteem due to the unique challenges of growing up in a high-control religion. In this heartfelt episode, Lady Cee shares her personal journey of overcoming the emotional toll of being ...
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