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Category Archives: group think and cults
Back to school
I read another cohousing article recently where one woman mentioned she had a friend who lived in a retirement community. She pointed out how much this friend hated it there and felt like they returned to high school with the … Continue reading
Another Day Another Cult
This week two movies about cults (or cult like) were released. I was so happy to see the mysterious “Don’t Worry Darling”. I could tell it was creepy and the town was holding a secret from the promotions. It started … Continue reading
Book Review – Escaping Utopia and similarities to cohousing
ESCAPING UTOPIA: Growing up in a cult, getting out, and starting over. The book is based on cult/toxic group research and contains many Interviews of cult survivors who were brought into the cult as children (or born in). The first … Continue reading
Not just the facts, m’am
My son has autism so sometimes he feels like someone has broken a rule. That also leads him to look to report the rule breaker. The other night, he called the police. The police came and were very kind to … Continue reading
Olivia Newton-John is my muse
It’s been a few weeks since she passed, but I am still trying to figure it out. Olivia Newton-John is a big part of my life. At age seven, I saw Grease in the theater. From the ad on the … Continue reading
Why you shouldn’t tell someone to just move on
I had never had narcissistic abuse until I moved into cohousing. There was a big one who controlled the whole narrative and changed the focus from her family’s appalling behavior to my attempt of helping them and the community. So, … Continue reading
The Anarchists on HBO and The Deep End on Hulu
Sometimes shows can capture what life is like living in a forming community. HBO has a documentary called The Anarchists about a group of, you guessed it, anarchists organizing a conference and living in Acapulco, Mexico. This show demonstrates exactly … Continue reading
Real humans
I saw the above quote yesterday on Facebook. I cant’ stop thinking about it. If 98% of a cohousing community ignores you what does that say about them? I tried talking to each person about what happened and my choices … Continue reading
The C word
I’ve been traveling a lot the past few months. I’ve seen old friends and made new ones. I met up with a friend, Claire, who visited me a few years ago. She had remembered, but I had forgotten, that we … Continue reading
Scapegoat in the Family
One of my pet peeves is when people in cohousing call it a family. It isn’t but if you want to go there you have to be honest. There are all types of families. Some are the Brady Bunch and … Continue reading