This Holy Day Gary Alt 2020-12-17 | Happy Holidays to all!Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Winter Solstice, this is for you!Available on Amazon and most streaming sites.
Scapegoat - A radio play in two acts Gary Alt 2025-07-11 | A recording of the radio play based on the book Scapegoat. A suspense story of how strict dogma leads to a case of mistaken identity. One man, who is investigating a serious crime, is accused of that very crime by the actual perpetrator. The plan can only work because of how indoctrination controls their congregation's thinking.
Number one obstacle with making friends Gary Alt 2025-03-07 | There are a number of reasons why making friends is difficult for ex-high control group people. And many ways of making friends. This video just concentrates on one category of difficulty, and how just knowing that should encourage us to be open to making friends.
What Do You Expect from a Cult? Episode 1 Gary Alt 2025-01-05 | Do we expect something reasonable from a cult we're all too familiar with? Something good? Any change for the better? Really, What Do You Expect From a Cult?
Independent Thinking vs Learned Helplessness Gary Alt 2024-07-28 | The Loaded Language of the JWs includes their unique definition of "Independent thinking," which is always a bad thing for them. Allowing ourselves to be affected by that notion leads to Learned Helplessness. How does lack of independent thinking lead to learned helplessness? What can we do about it?
Stop Beating Ourselves Up - Indoctrination vis a vis intelligence Gary Alt 2024-07-13 | Ever wonder, "How could I have been so stupid to fall that cult? You can stop beating yourself up. Here's why.
Loaded Language part 4 - Timely Gary Alt 2024-06-25 | Discussion of the misuse and overuse of the word "timely" by JWs. Have some fun, and a few larfs.
Weasel Words Gary Alt 2024-05-22 | Recognize changes the organization makes for what they are - reactions to an uncomfortable or perilous situation.
Loaded Language, Part 3: Undeserved Kindness Gary Alt 2024-05-15 | How has the term and concept of "undeserved kindness" been misused and overused by the JWs to control the membership? Does it still affect our thinking? What can we do about it?
Loaded Language, Part 2 - Theocracy & Theocratic Gary Alt 2024-05-08 | Jehovah's Witnesses use normal words in their own way in order to advance a specific agenda. Sometimes they even make up expressions. How are words based on the root word "theocrat" used?
Loaded Language, Part 1 - Worldly Gary Alt 2024-04-25 | All high-control groups, even governments and politicians, use loaded language to control and manipulate their members and constituents. They redefine words and expressions in subtle ways in order to change people's thinking and behavior. Part 1 of this ongoing series examines how Jehovah's Witnesses misuse the word "worldly" for their own purposes.
Boundaries - A Brief Primer Gary Alt 2024-04-08 | Just two points about boundaries that are good to understand.
Lose the Labels! Gary Alt 2023-12-08 | Let's not allow the anyone, but especially the JWs, label us with something they themselves invented. It's not who we are, or the kind of person we choose to be. Lose the labels.
Witness Underground interview Gary Alt 2023-10-20 | Interview with Scott Homan and Ryan Sutter about their movie Witness Underground. The movie was originally an effort to document Nuclear Gopher and the ex-Jehovah's Witness musical artists that recorded for that label, while they were "in" and now that they are "out." But it became much more than that. Find out how, and the simple ways we can support the project.
What Can We Do About Triggers? Gary Alt 2023-09-14 | Triggers - everyone hates them. At least the ones that evoke bad memories. Anger. Sadness. Emotions we' re not comfortable with.But are triggers really bad? Might they actually be helpful?
Cognitive Dissonance, Part III - Music and Neuroplasticity Gary Alt 2023-09-05 | Neuroplasticity is the brain's capacity to be shaped, molded, or altered; it is the ability for the brain to adapt or change over time, by creating new neurons and building new networks. This means that it is possible to change dysfunctional patterns of thinking and behaving and to develop new mindsets, new memories, new skills, and new abilities.How can we do that? How can creative pursuits, especially music, help?
Interview with Kathy Jefford, author of Wheres Jimmy? Gary Alt 2023-07-20 | Kathy is an ex-JW (Jehovah's Witness) who has written a an autobiographical book about her experiences growing up as a JW, and now living an enriched, purposeful life on the "outside."
Eneeh Quarter & Baruq, authors of Remember... Sydney Gary Alt 2023-07-15 | Interview with the authors of Remember... Sydney (Souviens-Toi... Sydney). Hear them talk about their story about a young girl's life as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. When Claire, the heroine, gets married at a young age, some unexpected things start to occur as long repressed memories resurface.
Bethel Daze announcement Gary Alt 2023-04-08 | Bethel Daze is now available as an eBook at store.bookbaby.com/book/bethel-dazeor at Amazon (search for "Bethel Daze").
Sphere of Influence Gary Alt 2023-04-07 | Why is it healthy to maintain a sphere of influence with family members who are shunning us?
Talking to Strangers Gary Alt 2022-12-21 | How starting conversations with people we don't know can help our self-esteem. Inspired by a study documented on Psypost (psypost.org/2022/12/psychology-researchers-find-that-a-simple-talking-to-strangers-intervention-is-surprisingly-effective-64561)
HAL - 867-5309 Gary Alt 2022-10-12 | larry Hayden, gary Alt & jeff Lickider = HALDon't know why the videographer cut it so short, but this is a rehearsal of one of my least favorite songs that we used to do. Nice memory though.
A Lullaby - told a different way Gary Alt 2022-08-28 | True love will never force a choice between it and something else. If love is true, it will always win anyway.
Mind Over Matter Gary Alt 2022-01-06 | Mind shifts can help us to accomplish things we might have never thought possible.
Getting Past the Shame in Shunning (Part III of Shunning Series) Gary Alt 2021-09-02 | Where does shame come in when one is shunned? How is it manifest? What can we do about it?
Getting Through Shunning, Part II Gary Alt 2021-07-23 | if we can't stop JWfamily members and former friends from shunning us, how can we cope? is it possible to move past the pain of being shunned, even thrive?
Guilt Rational Or Irrational Why, What and How Gary Alt 2021-04-07 | Interview by Shayne Mechen on Life After Jehovah's Witnesses FB group.Is there such a thing as a negative emotion? Since guilt is an emotion, can it be negative or positive? When used as a tool to control behavior, it can be harmful. This interview delves into rational vs irrational guilt and how to deal with irrational guilt.
Cognitive Dissonance part 2: Managing Expectations Gary Alt 2021-03-06 | Expectations unmet can cause disappointment, and even impact our self-esteem. On the other hand, negative expectations can affect our outlook as well, and may ever become reality anyway.
Embrace Cognitive Dissonance - Resolving Conflict (Part 1) Gary Alt 2021-02-27 | "Dissonance" is a purely musical term. Dissonance belongs in music and is used as a device to create tension that subsequently must be resolved, leading to greater beauty. Our unconscious mind naturally battles new thoughts, creating a cognitive crisis within that must be resolved. The question is, how are we going to resolve it? Will it control us, or will we control it?
Good vs bad memories associated with narcissist and/or controlling behaviors Gary Alt 2021-02-05 | Ever distressed, or conflicted, when trying to process good memories of a person in light of destructive, mean, evil behavior by that same person? Wondering which is the real person, the good one, or the bad? The answer is simple.
The Law of the Soggy Potato Chip Gary Alt 2021-01-07 | For post-Jehovah's Witnesses who are correcting their old thinking and habits. How to avoid the pitfalls of our new-found freedom, without hurting ourselves and others.
Silver Bells a la Ebenezer Scrooge Gary Alt 2020-12-12 | The classic Christmas song if sung by the Dickens character.
One Foot On the Road Gary Alt 2020-12-12 | One Foot On the Road with Daniel KoselPine Creek Lodge, Montana12/11/2020
Folsom Prison Blues Gary Alt 2020-12-12 | Gary Alt with Daniel Kosel at Pine Creek Lodge, Montana12/11/2020
Gary Alt Interview by Jonam Tullio Ross of The New Life Academy. Gary Alt 2020-12-12 | Gary Alt of Open Path Life Coaching interview by Jonam Tullio Ross of The New Life Academy.
