Joelle Tamraz, Part 2 - Meeting The Elders, Emotional Manipulation, and Moving On

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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This week is part two of a fascinating discussion with Joelle Tamraz, author of The Secret Practice: 18 Years on the Dark Side of Yoga. The story gets more wild! Joelle shares how her spiritual partner, Arun, became her husband, and how he brought her deeper into his world, including the strange visions he revealed to her. PLUS, the financial abuse, the cheating, the isolation from her family, and how Joelle eventually emerged from Arun's influence and moved on with her life. Check out our great sponsors!! Quince: Find your high-quality fall essentials! Go to Quince.com/trust for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! CBDistillery: Get CBD with CLEAN ingredient! Visit CBDistillery.com and use code TRUST for 20% off! BUY OUR MERCH!! bit.ly/trustmemerch Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at [email protected] INSTAGRAM @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being an occult or a high control group, or if you've had experience with
0:04.9	manipulation or abuse to power that you'd like to share, leave us a message on our hotline number
0:09.4	at 34786 trust.
0:12.2	That's 347-86 trust. That's 347-868-78-78. Or shoot us an email at trust-me pod at gmail
0:18.7	dot com. Trust me.
0:20.7	trust me.
0:21.7	Dude you trust me. Trust me I'm like a smart person. I've never lied to you. I never have lied to you.
0:28.0	If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!
0:32.0	Welcome to Trust Me, the podcast about cults, extreme belief, and manipulation from a girl who actually experienced it.
0:40.0	I'm Megan Elizabeth and this week Lila's out of town so I'm joined with producer Steve for the intro.
0:46.3	Hi Megan.
0:47.1	Hi Steve, Lola joins us for the interview but you and I are going to do the intro
0:52.1	talk about some cultiest things yeah yeah you have one I do okay
0:56.5	great well let's talk about the interview this week this week is part two of a fascinating
1:01.9	discussion with joel Tam's author of the book The Secret Practice,
1:06.5	18 years on the dark side of yoga.
1:09.4	This week the story gets even more wild as Joelle talks to us about how her spiritual mentor a
1:14.5	room became her husband the strange visions he introduced her to and how he
1:19.6	drug her deeper into a world she would have never normally entered.
1:24.3	Also, Lola and Megan discussed the financial abuse, the cheating, and the isolation from her
1:28.7	family that further broke her.
1:30.7	I think I really emphasize it in this episode like a broken record but I love that she went to
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