Leaving a Cult-Like Church and Becoming Free from People Pleasing: Jinger Duggar

Theology in the Raw

Preston Sprinkle

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Jinger Duggar Vuolo grew up on TV. From the age of nine until twenty-seven, she appeared on her family's hit TLC reality shows, "19 Kids and Counting" and "Counting On." She is an author whose books include New York Times bestseller Becoming Free Indeed, her personal memoir The Hope We Hold and a children's book, You Can Shine So Bright. Jinger’s latest book is People Pleaser: Breaking Free from the Burden of Imaginary Expectations. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Jeremy, and their two daughters, Felicity Nicole and Evangeline Jo. In her free time, Jinger enjoys traveling, hiking, and anything to do with good food. Register for the Exiles in Babylon conference (Minneapolis, April 3-5, 2025) at theologyintheraw.com -- If you've enjoyed this content, please subscribe to my channel! Support Theology in the Raw through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theologyintheraw Or you can support me directly through Venmo: @Preston-Sprinkle-1 Visit my personal website: https://www.prestonsprinkle.com For questions about faith, sexuality & gender: https://www.centerforfaith.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology and the Ra, the Exiles in Babylon Conference.
0:04.1	It's just a couple months away, April 3rd to 5th in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
0:08.0	You're going to want to check us out.
0:09.0	Got lots of amazing speakers showing up and some breakout sessions, after parties, and meetups, and on and on it goes.
0:17.4	So if you want to check out the conference, TheologyIntherrod.com for all the information.
0:21.7	Okay.
0:22.3	My guest today is Ginger Dugger Volo, who from the age of nine until 27, appeared on her family's reality show, 19 kids and counting and counting on.
0:34.5	Sorry, get that right.
0:35.7	19 kids and counting and counting on.
0:38.6	She's a New York Times bestselling author who's written several books,
0:41.3	including Becoming Free Indeed.
0:43.3	And her latest book is People Pleaser, breaking free from the burden of imaginary expectations.
0:49.3	Half of this conversation was getting to know Ginger and her upbringing both in a reality TV program
0:58.1	and in a, as she calls it, a cult-like Christian-ish community led by Bill Gothard. And also we talk
1:05.8	a lot about what it means to break free from people pleasing. So please welcome to the show for
1:10.1	the first time, the one and only, Ginger Dugger, Bologna.
1:21.5	All right, welcome to Theology and Raja. Ginger, I'm really excited for this conversation.
1:25.2	I have a bunch of questions that I'm sure you get all the
1:29.5	time. Can you take us back to what it was like growing up on a television screen? I mean,
1:37.4	you know, your family upbringing is obviously unique, but then throw a bunch of TV cameras into that? Like, what was that like?
1:45.8	Right. So I grew up from the age of 10 until 27 on a reality TV show with my family. And so
1:54.3	all of those years, we had camera crews at our house, anywhere from three to five days a week. They were around, and it was just
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