Get A Life - Ex-Cult Conversations

Join us and our special guest Jacky Hart as we discuss the Charity Commission and the time period when the PBCC lost their charitable tax status! Could it be that the doubleminded PBCC filed a report agreeing that families had the 100% right to decide whether or not to socialize with their ex-pb families? But then why would that not happen? Oh right? That’s because it’s not actually the truth!! &n...

Join Cheryl, Carman and Richard on New Year's Eve as they take us through the antics of the PBCC of 2022. We review from the beginning of the year how this Mainstream Christian Church is anything but MAINSTREAM. All links to the articles are listed on our Youtube channel so you can keep up with why we are fighting so hard for this to be exposed. In less than 2 hours, you will be astonished this gr...

Anne Hamilton takes us through her heart wrenching story of her life that lead her into being excommunicated. Her love for her children exudes through the pain of being separated from them and is a true testimony of the importance of being vocal in this movement we are creating to give those left inside a landing pad. She is an inspiration of perseverance for every obstacle that was thrown her way...

Dare to question translations of the Bible you are being taught! How deep has the doctrine of Bruce Hales gotten inside the PBCC? Do they choose the word of Bruce over the teachings of the Bible? Do they believe they are the only ones with special light while labelling themselves a Mainstream Christian Church? If King Lemual was not supposed to drink because he's a King and leader, how is it that...

Special guest Peter Hart finds himself in the bullseye of Bruce Hales target after he asked a simple question in the meeting!  It goes from bad to worse when he asked for and received permission from Bruce to build a new house and later Bruce denied having spoken to him!  Though Peter still escaped the cult with his beliefs somewhat intact he looks back in disbelief at how corrupted the...

We jump into the library of knowledge inside Jill Aebi-Mytton. She gives us an inside view to the history of growing up in the 40's and 50's in the Exclusive Brethren. She unpacks the myths of there being not much trauma in that generation and gives us a descriptive understanding of the power they used back then. She reveals her horror of why she asked to break bread. The importance of the PBCC hi...

Braden fills us in on the antics and activities of the PBCC in New Zealand over the past years. His humour helps us digest the ridiculous behaviors of the brethren's political affairs. He gives us his opinion on the alleged PBCC takedown of Justin Trudeau. He walks us through his struggles with mental health inside the PBCC and his visits to the brethren approved therapist Dr McPhillips who we fin...

Imagine the strength of character instilled in this gentleman when at the age of 22 after being told he was of a reprobate mind our guest left the only life, family, and church he had ever known. Jim Clarkson described being ostracized, and isolated after priest’s lips failed to keep knowledge and he was condemned for the feelings he had and life choices he was about to make. Jim took us through h...

Embark on an "encouragement trip" with our special guest, Craig Hoyle to the land down under as they try to fix him being gay! They eventually prescribe him a medication that is used for pedophiles. Craig gives us a firsthand account of a meal table experience sitting wedged between the PBCC leader Bruce D Hales and Tony McCorkell, a former PR manager for the church. Before the meal begins Craig c...

We sit down with another PBCC sexual abuse survivor who takes us along her horrific abuse. At age 8, Beth was placed with another family when her parents were confined. What she witnessed and endured left us speechless. She dives into the mistreatment of woman and how it keeps being accepted generation after generation. Will the PBCC ever realize the amount of abuse that occurs inside their cult?...

This week we respond to a viewers request to explain how we got out and what it was like in the real world for each of us. We reminisce on what it was like when we first left and how we created our new social circles. We take a peek inside Lane's documentary from 2015 as he tries to join one of their meetings and is denied access. Listeners get to hear how the elders talk to those of us that leave...

***This episode contains discussions about suicide. Viewer and listener discretion is advised.*** Walk with us as our special guest Christine describes her experience working for a multitude of different PBCC companies. Her astute observation of the disgusting treatment of women- often treated as second class citizens, or as lesser humans is so spot-on with what so many of us who have left the PBC...

***This podcast contains discussions about sexual abuse. Viewer and listener discretion is advised.*** Lara invites us into her harrowing story while inside the PBCC. She recounts how she tried to get help regarding her abuse and how she was even sent to Maple Creek! At the time Lara’s abuse was happening there were 23 members and of those there are potentially 10 children as victims of sexual abu...

We dive in with Carman Drever to discuss the abuse she witnessed inside the PBCC at Maple Creek. After being driven out of town Carman began to see how horifying the abuse in Maple Creek really was. She takes us inside the journey of exposing the abuse inflicted by the cult and the aknowledgement she received. John Hales' response will shock you. What did he do for Maple Creek?

Pam Danylchuk dives in on what it was like to leave the cult and their misogynistic policies of the PBCC. She describes the painful memories of how the cult publicly made fun of her father for a serious medical condition. We talk about religious trauma and the abuse that happens, their lack of sexual education and how much its needed to correct their issues. Cheryl gives us more insight into...

Richard Marsh takes us through his role in the Klondike Papers and leads us into a heated discussion on politics and the PBCC. The PBCC will not allow its members to vote, and claim to have no interest in politics. Indeed, as a registered charity, they cannot legally engage in political campaigns. We peel back the veneer of lies to show how the PBCC  has become by far the most influentia...

An introduction to the PBCC community and the trail of trauma it has left behind. We begin to dive into the fears of leaving and how the world outside is not what we were told it was.