Coercive control is where Shane Hewitt starts when he asks what makes a group a cult. If you’ve ever walked out of a course wondering what you’d just signed up for, he offers a question you can use to sort out what felt off.
A group can ask a lot of its members. Listen for what changes when it starts shaping who you spend time with and what you’re allowed to believe. Shane gets into how that pressure can reach into the rest of your life.
How much say do you still have when you disagree? Shane makes the question practical by looking at what happens when you decide you’ve had enough.
Topics: Coercive control, cult warning signs, voluntary membership, isolation, group pressure
Originally aired on2026-11-06
