Wake-Up Call: Gerette Buglion on Everyday Cults

<p><strong>A Little Bit Culty – </strong></p><p>If you think you’re too smart to fall for a cult, this episode is your wake-up call. Undue influence can poison what starts out as a ‘good thing’ and turn it into a culty shitshow. Just ask today’s guest: Gerette Buglion. She was a member of an under-the-radar cult for over 18 years. In this organization, there was no tithing, no rules about where you should live, what brand of deodorant you must use, or what clothes to wear. Instead, far more subtle techniques were used...but they were powerful, and destructive all the same. When Gerette finally emerged from the cult at age 52, she asked herself, “How did I, an educated, caring mother, wife, and business owner become that lost and for that long?” She joins us to discuss her page-turning memoir, and her journey from hopeful therapy client to enthusiastic cult member to an anti-cult crusader. Spoiler alert: You’re not too smart to fall for culty shit.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>More about today’s guest: Gerette Buglion, B.A. Elementary Education and Special Education, earned her ‘Master's Degree’ in cult awareness education from the school of life. This training occurred during her eighteen-year odyssey with Doug (Fictitious name. Real person) who was the leader of the ‘Center for Transformational Learning’ (fictitious name for a real group, also simply CTL). Her memoir of her experience, <a href="https://www.gerettebuglion.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA5OuNBhCRARIsACgaiqX6QQ9ar-vzSwneT520RDmuNvzDvaJRNF5tGkZhrv9PfLHD-jjBvqEaAjOSEALw_wcB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">An Everyday Cult</a>, lifts the nuanced veil of controlling groups through its subtle weaving of personal experience with insight from recognized cultic phenomena. In addition to hosting retreats and her <a href="https://www.gerettebuglion.com/writingtoreckon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Writing to Reckon</a> workshops, Gerette is a co-founding collaborator of the #igotout movement and <a href="http://igotout.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" ta