Baptist to Badass: Escaping A Religious Cult & Building Self-acceptance - Julianna “Juji” Blain

In this episode I talk with my friend Julianna Blain, who you probably know by her nickname Juji. Much like myself, Juji grew up in an extremely fundamental Christian-Baptist household, that was characterized by stifling rules and severely controlled environments. In this episode she talks about what life looked like growing up within her religious cult, how she left it and the impact it has in her adult life. After hearing her story, it’s easy to see what inspired her career path of being a future licensed professional mental health counselor. I’ve known Juji for a long time and she has always been outgoing, and a fun person to be around. I am truly inspired to see someone go from being deeply oppressed in their life to come out on the other side not as a victim; but as stronger, healthier, and fierce individual. #risingabovepodcast Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave_hess28/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/risingabovewithdavidhess Twitter: https://twitter.com/RisingAbovePod Email: risingabovewithdavidhess@gmail.com Juji Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jublain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jujooo/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itsjuj Juji also is a radio show host, for fun weekly local radio show called, “Who’s that Star” with Lansing Community College. Click here to check it out! https://www.lcc.edu/connect/shows/whos-that-star.html If you would like to become a supporter of the podcast it would be greatly appreciated you can support me by clicking on the link. https://anchor.fm/risingabove/support The video portion of this podcast can be watched now on YouTube or on Spotify. As well as listed to on your favorite podcast audio platform. If you listen on Apple Podcast please leave a review. It would help me greatly. A special Thank You to Red Bike Delivery for Sponsoring this episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/risingabovepodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/risingabovepodcast/support