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Alissa's Awake

Alissa
Jehovah's Witnesses
Religious Trauma
Disfellowshipping
Shunning
Abuse
Mental Health
Jehovah's Witness
Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses
Therapy
Education
Family
Australia
Memorial (jehovah's Witnesses)
Mormonism
Religion
BITE Model
LGBTQ
Plant Medicine
Custody
Spirituality

Alissa's Awake: Ex-Jehovah's Witness Women Speak Out is a powerful podcast amplifying the voices specifically of women who have left the Jehovah’s Witness religion. Hosted by Alissa, this series dives deep into real stories of religious trauma, shunning, purity culture, control, and the painful, yet empowering journey of waking up and walking away.

Through in-depth interviews and anonymous storie... more

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Christina Marie Fuentes
Former Jehovah's Witness and survivor of domestic and institutional abuse within the JW community
Self/Former JW
Episode: Raised in Brooklyn During the Bethel Era: My Life as a Jehovah’s Witness | Christina's Story
Grace Sims
Writer and director whose upbringing shaped views on faith, womanhood, identity, and creativity
Graceims.com / The Country They Call Life
Episode: Christian Purity Culture: The Pressure to Be a “Good Woman” | Grace Sims Story
Eva Brown
Former Jehovah's Witness, author
The Northern Goddess (YouTube handle)
Episode: "I Was Love Bombed at 14... After Baptism, Everything Changed" | Eva's Story
Eva Arnold
Former Jehovah's Witness, shares her personal story of leaving the religion and rebuilding life afterward.
Jehovah's Witnesses (former)
Episode: "The Elders Told Me I Asked Too Many Questions" | Eva’s Story
Paulina Bonse
Former Jehovah's Witness who shares her story
Former Jehovah's Witness
Episode: "I Spent Years Pretending While Planning My Escape" | Paulina’s Story
Shelise Ansolla
Host of Cults to Consciousness YouTube channel
Cults to Consciousness
Episode: Were We Basically in the Same Religion? Ex-JW & Ex-Mormon Compare Notes w/ Cults to Consciousness
Lori Nanette
Former Jehovah's Witness, storyteller sharing her waking up and exit journey
None explicitly stated beyond JW background
Episode: "I Was the Ideal Jehovah's Witness" Former Pioneer & Elder's Wife Speaks Out | Lori's Story

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Alissa
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"I Was Raised to Be a Jehovah’s Witness Wife, Married at 19 to Escape" | Amber’s Story
Q: When you were disfellowshipped, did you think you might have made a bad choice, or did you feel free and move on?
Amber felt profoundly alone and unprepared for life outside the organization. She describes unstable housing, unsafe relationships and other hardships before receiving support and rebuilding her life.
"I Was Raised to Be a Jehovah’s Witness Wife, Married at 19 to Escape" | Amber’s Story
Q: What doubts did you have when you were 16 or 17? Were they about the organization overall or specific things?
Seeing her father and sister live outside the religion without the predicted consequences, along with losing her mother and feeling alone in the congregation, led her to question why she should remain in a religion that separated her from her family.
"I Was a Devoted Jehovah's Witness Pioneer, While Secretly Enduring Abuse" | Rose's Story
Q: What happened after you finally decided to leave?
Rose describes how people in the congregation cut off contact, then recounts researching the religion and gradually deconstructing her beliefs with support from therapy and people outside the organization.
"I Was a Devoted Jehovah's Witness Pioneer, While Secretly Enduring Abuse" | Rose's Story
Q: Did you have any of the kind of typical teen struggles in the organization?
Rose describes feeling pressured to remain a model Witness, giving up dating opportunities and further education because she feared those choices would pull her away from the religion.
"I Grew Up in a Strict and Controlled Jehovah’s Witness Household" | Leslie's Story
Q: What was the turning point that pushed you to leave?
The combination of ongoing control, the emotional pain from family dynamics, and the clear, real-life consequences of staying—like the isolation and pressure—made me decide to walk away and pursue my own path.

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This show centers on personal narratives from women who have left a high-control faith, with a focus on religious trauma, shunning, and the path to empowerment after departure. Episodes often explore family dynamics inside the faith, pressure around baptism and purity culture, and the difficult process of rebuilding identity, autonomy, and safety in the years after exit. Guests share candid stories about disfellowshipping, custody battles, housing and career challenges, and healing through therapy, education, and community support. A notable strength is the willingness to host anonymous voices alongside in-depth conversations from public guests, offering practical guidance for listeners navigating life after leaving a controlling religion a... more

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2. Grace Sims
3. Eva Brown
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6. Shelise Ansolla
7. Lori Nanette

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