{"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":"#43 From Certainty to Discernment","slug":"43-from-certainty-to-discernment","published_at":"2026-05-22T20:51:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-world-6946670/43-from-certainty-to-discernment","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/welcome-to-the-world-6946670","url":"https://3ad08279-baf4-4355-9c81-89db1b883bbf.libsyn.com/43-from-certainty-to-discernment","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/3ad08279-baf4-4355-9c81-89db1b883bbf/Discernment.mp3?dest-id=4609667","summary":"Another underdeveloped muscle in former cult members: Discernment The cult taught us that every thought and action falls into a neat little black and white category of right and wrong, regardless of the situation. And what a shock... turns out that's not actually the way the world works, and it can be quite difficult to leave that warm snuggly feeling of certainty behind. Fear not my friends, because letting go of certainty is the start of developing discernment, which is an infinitely more useful way of approaching the inherent instabilities of life.","meta_description":"Another underdeveloped muscle in former cult members: Discernment The cult taught us that every thought and action falls into a neat little black and whit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2663,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/welcome-to-the-world-6946670/episodes/43-from-certainty-to-discernment/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-6946670/43-from-certainty-to-discernment.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}