{"podcast":{"title":"Welcome to the World","slug":"welcome-to-the-world-6946670","podcast_index_feed_id":6946670,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/535592/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/535592","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/3/2/7/1327c99352b03320d959afa2a1bf1c87/Logo_CULT_survival.png","author":"Dr Ryan Lee","episode_count":53,"summary":"This podcast is dedicated to all you ex-JWs out there looking for guidance on navigating life after leaving the Jehovah's Witness Its host, Dr Ryan Lee, is a former JW with a doctorate in clinical psychology and a practicing therapist, specializing in helping former JWs and other cult survivors move through the process of waking up, walking out and moving on from life in a high control religion. Dr Lee covers a range of topics relating to coming to terms and healing from religious trauma and rebuilding a life after leaving a cult","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-world-6946670"},"episode":{"title":"#35 How Do You Like Your Pain? Dirty or Neat?","slug":"35-how-do-you-like-your-pain-dirty-or-neat","published_at":"2025-03-13T09:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-world-6946670/35-how-do-you-like-your-pain-dirty-or-neat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-world-6946670","url":"https://3ad08279-baf4-4355-9c81-89db1b883bbf.libsyn.com/35-how-do-you-like-your-pain-dirty-or-neat","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/3ad08279-baf4-4355-9c81-89db1b883bbf/How_do_you_like_your_pain__Dirty_or_Neat_.mp3?dest-id=4609667","summary":"Today, we're talking about pain; more specifically Clean Pain vs. Dirty Pain : Clean pain is the sharp but necessary pain of ripping off the Band-Aid. It heals you. Dirty pain is the slow, grinding misery of avoidance. It traps you. Ex-JWs know all about dirty pain—it's what keeps people stuck in the cult, chasing after shunning family, or waiting for an apology that's never coming. So today, we're breaking it all down: 🔹 How avoiding pain makes everything worse 🔹 Why the short-term hurt is the only way to long-term freedom 🔹 And why clinging to something dead is NOT in your best interest","meta_description":"Today, we're talking about pain; more specifically Clean Pain vs. Dirty Pain : Clean pain is the sharp but necessary pain of ripping off the Band-Aid. It…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1916,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/welcome-to-the-world-6946670/episodes/35-how-do-you-like-your-pain-dirty-or-neat/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-world-6946670/35-how-do-you-like-your-pain-dirty-or-neat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}