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Hidden Struggles
Lady Cee
61 episodes
9 hours ago
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com For therapy or coaching resources: 🧩 Maya’s website – www.ReposeCounseling4U.com After years of pressure, guilt, and hypocrisy, Maya finally reached her breaking point — over a simple family reunion and a birthday cake. What followed exposed the Watchtower’s obsession with control and the emotional toll it leaves behind. In this final chapter of Maya’s journey, she shares: ✨ The moment she said “no more Kingdom Hall” ✨ How one innocent photo t...
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send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com For therapy or coaching resources: 🧩 Maya’s website – www.ReposeCounseling4U.com After years of pressure, guilt, and hypocrisy, Maya finally reached her breaking point — over a simple family reunion and a birthday cake. What followed exposed the Watchtower’s obsession with control and the emotional toll it leaves behind. In this final chapter of Maya’s journey, she shares: ✨ The moment she said “no more Kingdom Hall” ✨ How one innocent photo t...
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Hidden Struggles
Maya’s Story (Part 3) – The Final Straw: Why I Left the Jehovah’s Witnesses
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com For therapy or coaching resources: 🧩 Maya’s website – www.ReposeCounseling4U.com After years of pressure, guilt, and hypocrisy, Maya finally reached her breaking point — over a simple family reunion and a birthday cake. What followed exposed the Watchtower’s obsession with control and the emotional toll it leaves behind. In this final chapter of Maya’s journey, she shares: ✨ The moment she said “no more Kingdom Hall” ✨ How one innocent photo t...
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9 hours ago
30 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Maya's Story (Part 1) Growing Up Jehovah's Witness: Rated R
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com What happens when your childhood feels like a scary movie — only the fear came from faith itself? In this episode, Lady Cee and Maya share what it was like to grow up Jehovah’s Witness — constantly warned about demons, Armageddon, and invisible dangers that turned childhood into a Rated R experience. 🎓 Educational Purpose Statement: This video is presented for teaching, commentary, and awareness. It explores fear-based conditioning and its emo...
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9 hours ago
25 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Maya's Story (Part 2) The Worst Elders Wife Ever EXJW Story
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com How to contact Maya: https://reposecounseling4u.com/ What really happens behind the scenes when you’re married to an elder? In this raw and eye-opening conversation, two former Jehovah’s Witness women—Lady Cee and Maya—pull back the curtain on the hidden pain, the patriarchy, and the pressure that came with being “the perfect elder’s wife.” From being treated as property on publisher cards to being judged for missing meetings, this candid epis...
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9 hours ago
24 minutes

Hidden Struggles
The Cost of Faith Made Me Rethink My Path
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com Ray - Ex-Minister of the House of Jacob Link to channel 👇🏼 https://www.youtube.com/@RayTheEx-HOJ At some point, I had to stop and ask myself: how much was my faith really costing me? In this candid conversation, an EX-Jehovah’s Witness and an EX-House of Jacob minister compare their journeys of waking up, breaking financial manipulation, and learning how to think critically about giving, guilt, and spiritual control. If you’ve ever felt pr...
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10 hours ago
29 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Building Friendships After Leaving a High Control Religion Part 2 with Robin of What's Up Watchtower
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com #HiddenStruggles #ExJW #EXJWCriticalThinker #jehovahswitnesses #EXJWStories Robin's YouTube Channels https://www.youtube.com/@UCSyBt5uqbRdllf3W0TQHjjg https://www.youtube.com/@UCgjoY3_cUZKcFCOGIxlJZnQ https://www.youtube.com/@UCKi_uWlfJz3X11xFQ2bBAtw Struggles of Jehovah's Witnesses - Interview with Robin https://youtu.be/2_hA3tHk-xg?si=109Liib5FXmnW-PR This is Part Two of our conversation about life after leaving Jehovah’s Witness...
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10 hours ago
33 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Reclaiming Your Life After High Control Religion - with Robin of What's Up Watchtower
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com In this first part of our series, we take a deep dive into the painful reality of shunning—how it divides families, isolates loved ones and forces us to face life’s hardest moments alone. Shunning isn’t just about being cut off—it’s about the silence, the rejection, and the ripple effect it leaves behind. In this episode, we explore the weight of that loss and the strength it takes to keep moving forward when the very people who should stand by...
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10 hours ago
19 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Church Folks and Jehovah's Witnesses Don't Mix - How One Man Lost His Marriage to Religion
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com Michael thought marriage meant building a life together. Before they married, his wife celebrated birthdays and holidays just like anyone else. But after the wedding, everything changed—she went back to Jehovah’s Witnesses, bringing with her a strict set of rules and beliefs he never saw coming. At first, it looked like a normal weekly church routine. But soon the rules, restrictions, and control took over their home, their celebrations, and ev...
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10 hours ago
49 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Self Awareness - Learning How to Correct Mistakes After Leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com Growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, higher education wasn’t an option—it was discouraged, shamed, and treated as a waste of time. Like many others, I was told I might not even graduate high school because Armageddon was “just around the corner.” Jehovah’s Witnesses told me college was not an option. In this video, I share how indoctrination shaped my view of education—and what teachers, parents, and anyone working with JW kids need to kno...
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2 months ago
18 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Former Jehovah's Witness Becomes Award Winning Teacher
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com In this episode of Hidden Struggles, Lady Cee sits down with Ra'Shuna — an award-winning teacher, wife, and mother — to share her extraordinary story. From navigating a terrifying medical crisis under Watchtower pressure, to being shunned by her own family, Ra'Shuna reveals how she and her husband flipped the script: cleaning houses by night, studying by day, and ultimately creating a life on their own terms. This is Part One of a two-part conve...
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3 months ago
16 minutes

Hidden Struggles
After Leaving a High Control Religion, These Authors Helped me to Thrive
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com Leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses comes with questions nobody prepared us for: Who am I? What do I believe? How do I rebuild? For me, books became lifelines. Authors like Mel Robbins and Viola Davis gave me practical tools for growth and self-confidence. And even in fiction, I found truth — Carl Weber’s novels opened my eyes to real-world situations, relationships, and critical thinking in ways the Watchtower never allowed. 📚 These stories showed me...
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3 months ago
31 minutes

Hidden Struggles
EXJW Testimony: How the Watchtower Fueled My Addiction
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com In this raw and unfiltered interview, Deanna June opens up about life after leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses — including her battle with addiction, bipolar disorder, and the emotional cost of being shunned. 🎙️ If you’re struggling to rebuild after religious trauma, this conversation is for you. 💬 Need Help? You're Not Alone. If you or someone you know is dealing with alcohol addiction, bipolar disorder, or both — there is help available. These ...
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4 months ago
43 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Breaking Free – Life After Leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses (Part 1)
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com Follow Daria on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/daria.l.ross?igsh=MWQ4cHFrN3Z3bzVseg== In the first conversation of my three-part series with Daria, we talk about what it was like growing up as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the pressure to conform, and the moment she realized she needed to walk away. Leaving isn’t just about closing the door on a religion — it’s about finding yourself again. From childhood indoctrination to discovering her ...
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4 months ago
15 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Silenced No More – Speaking Up in the Jehovah’s Witness Congregation (Part 2)
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com Follow Daria on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/daria.l.ross?igsh=MWQ4cHFrN3Z3bzVseg== In Part 2 of my conversation with Daria, we talk about what happens when you find your voice in a high-control group — and what it costs to use it. From speaking her mind to challenging silence in the congregation, Daria opens up about the challenges of being heard in a system that discourages independent thinking. 📌 Watch Part 1 here → https://www.you...
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4 months ago
39 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Surviving Breast Cancer After Leaving the Jehovah's Witnesses (EXJW) Part 3
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com Follow Daria on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/daria.l.ross?igsh=MWQ4cHFrN3Z3bzVseg== In this powerful final part of my 3‑part conversation with Daria, we talk about what happens when you stop letting the Governing Body control your choices—and start taking ownership of your health and your life. Daria, a former Jehovah’s Witness and breast cancer survivor, opens up about: • The life‑saving medical decisions she was free to make after le...
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4 months ago
29 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Fran & Joe Are Thriving in their 70's After Leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com Contact Joe & Fran: YouTube channel Joe and Fran every Wednesday, 7 pm est. https://www.youtube.com/@UCVJ8KInz-MesI345Frv_aqw Phone: 315-221-0130 Email jandfguerino@gmail.com Fran and Joe left the Jehovah’s Witness organization in their 70s — proving that courage has no age limit. Nearly four years after waking up to “the truth about the truth” and two and a half years after officially disassociating, they’ve built a new life ce...
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4 months ago
53 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Jehovah's Witness Elder's Deathbed Confession & Facebook Obituary
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com In her first interview on our sister channel EXJW Critical Thinker, Gail shared the heartbreaking story of her father’s deathbed confession after serving as a Jehovah’s Witness elder for decades. In this Hidden Struggles follow-up, Gail returns to reveal what happened next — how her mother cut her off from seeing her father before he died, and how no one in her Jehovah’s Witness family told her when her mother passed away. Gail only learned abo...
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4 months ago
37 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Jehovah's Witnesses: Fear & Paranoia
Send us a text Paranoia isn’t just a passing fear—it’s a powerful tool used to control people. In this episode, we’re diving deep into how paranoia is woven into the teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the lasting psychological impact it has on members. Jehovah’s Witnesses are taught to fear the outside world, believe that Satan is lurking behind every corner, and view former members as dangerous. This constant state of fear isolates them from society and keeps them loyal to the organizatio...
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10 months ago
8 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Low Self-Esteem: How Growing Up as a Jehovah’s Witness Shaped My Confidence
Send us a textMany ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses struggle with low self-esteem due to the unique challenges of growing up in a high-control religion. In this heartfelt episode, Lady Cee shares her personal journey of overcoming the emotional toll of being raised as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses.We’ll explore how family dynamics, religious expectations, and feelings of exclusion can leave lasting effects on self-confidence. You’ll also discover four common signs of low self-esteem and practical ste...
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11 months ago
18 minutes

Hidden Struggles
Jehovah's Witnesses: Loyalty to God or an Organization
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12 months ago
5 minutes

Hidden Struggles
New Governing Body Members of Jehovah's Witnesses
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12 months ago
10 minutes

Hidden Struggles
send us an email to myhiddenstruggles@gmail.com For therapy or coaching resources: 🧩 Maya’s website – www.ReposeCounseling4U.com After years of pressure, guilt, and hypocrisy, Maya finally reached her breaking point — over a simple family reunion and a birthday cake. What followed exposed the Watchtower’s obsession with control and the emotional toll it leaves behind. In this final chapter of Maya’s journey, she shares: ✨ The moment she said “no more Kingdom Hall” ✨ How one innocent photo t...