Tia Levings, Part 2 - Questioning Fundamentalism, Motherhood, and the Dangers of Christian Nationalism

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In part 2 with Tia Levings, author of A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy, Tia she discusses how, in the midst of a church-sanctioned abusive relationship, motherhood began to change her beliefs - at first making her more zealous. She’ll talk about how her time trying to save her baby in the children’s hospital, plus working with women doctors and nurses, planted the seeds to help her imagine a world that wasn’t completely run by men. She discusses moving to more heavily patriarchal churches, how the churches may change but it’s all part of the same larger evangelical culture, and how she joined a more extreme and isolated one as her husband became more authoritarian. Plus, she touches on her recovery process, as well as the ongoing and growing danger of fundamentalist Christianity in the United States government. Trust me is sponsored by: BetterHelp - Online Therapy: Visit BetterHelp.com/TRUST to get 10% off your first month PrettyLitter - Less Mess, Less Odor: Go to PrettyLitter.com/trustme and use code "trustme" to save 20% off your first order and get a free cat toy Quince - High-Quality Closet Essentials: Check out Quince.com/trust for free shipping and 365-day returns Shopify - Grow Your Business: Sign up at Shopify.com/trustme for a $1 per month trial period 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 manipulation or abuse the power that you'd like to share,
0:08.0	leave us a message on our hotline number at 34786 trust.
0:12.0	That's 347- 86 Trust.
0:12.5	That's 347-96878.
0:16.5	Or shoot us an email at trust-me pod at gmail.
0:20.6	Trust me.
0:21.4	Dude, you trust me.
0:23.0	Trust me. I'm like a smart person.
0:25.0	Yeah, I've never lied to you.
0:27.0	I never have lied to you.
0:29.0	If you think that one person has all the answers,
0:32.0	Don't!
0:35.0	Welcome to Trust Me, the podcast about cults, extreme belief and manipulation from two poorly trained unmarried
0:42.2	people who've actually experienced it.
0:44.0	I am Lola Blanc.
0:45.0	And I'm Megan Elizabeth.
0:47.0	And today is part two of our interview with Tia Leavings,
0:50.0	author of a well-trained wife and former fundamentalist Christian.
0:54.1	So last week we talked about how she became involved with this type of Christianity and married
0:58.3	a man who abused her with no recourse for her when she went to the church for help. This week we're going to talk
1:03.7	about how motherhood began to change her beliefs initially making her
1:07.0	actually more zealous. She'll talk about the trauma of losing her baby in the
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