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WHEN CHILDHOOD ENDS, BUT THE CULT'S INFLUENCE DOESN'T
Leaving childhood behind does not necessarily mean leaving its conditioning behind. This conversation examines how beliefs about authority, obedience, fear, trust and relationships learned during childhood can continue influencing a survivor decades later.
FAITH OR FEAR?
What happens when a child's understanding of God and faith develops within an environment where religious belief is intertwined with fear and control? This conversation explores the distinction between genuine faith and the misuse of religious authority.
LOVING A SURVIVOR
Trauma doesn't only have a story for the person who experienced it. I offer a spouse's perspective on loving someone whose difficult childhood occurred long before our relationship and learning to understand experiences I did not personally live.
WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST LEAVE?
It's one of the most common questions asked about people in controlling environments—but what happens when the person is a child? This conversation challenges adult assumptions about choice, independence and a child's ability to recognize or escape the world in which they are being raised.
BREAKING THE SILENCE DECADES LATER
Why would someone wait decades to tell their story? This conversation explores the complicated process of revisiting childhood experiences as an adult, finding the words to describe them and deciding when—and whether—to share them publicly.
MARRIAGE AFTER CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
Childhood experiences can enter a marriage even when they happened years before two people met. This conversation explores what spouses may encounter as they learn each other's histories and how understanding the past can provide context for behaviors, fears and relationship patterns in the present.
TURNING SURVIVAL INTO A STORY
Writing and publishing a memoir requires more than remembering what happened. Daniel and I can discuss the process of revisiting difficult memories, deciding what to share, transforming his personal experiences into Misled: A Survivor's Journey from a Cult Childhood, and releasing such a deeply personal story to the public.
CAN FAITH SURVIVE RELIGIOUS TRAUMA?
When painful experiences occur within a religious environment, separating faith from the people who misused it can be complicated. This conversation examines questions of belief, trust, spiritual identity and what faith can look like after religious control.
About Us
Daniel Israel Yarbough
Daniel Israel Yarbough
Daniel Israel Yarbough
Author | Survivor | Storyteller
Daniel Israel Yarbough is the author of Misled: A Survivor's Journey from a Cult Childhood, a deeply personal memoir chronicling his experience growing up within a religious cult and the lasting impact those experiences had on his life.
Through Misled, Daniel gives readers a firsthand look at childhood sha
Author | Survivor | Storyteller
Daniel Israel Yarbough is the author of Misled: A Survivor's Journey from a Cult Childhood, a deeply personal memoir chronicling his experience growing up within a religious cult and the lasting impact those experiences had on his life.
Through Misled, Daniel gives readers a firsthand look at childhood shaped by religious control, fear, obedience and misplaced trust, while exploring what it means to carry those experiences into adulthood. His story also examines survival, faith, family and the difficult process of confronting a past that continued to influence his life long after childhood ended.
By sharing his story, Daniel hopes to create conversations that encourage greater understanding of cult experiences, particularly from the perspective of children, while giving other survivors permission to examine and ultimately tell their own stories.
Ria Harris Yarbough
Daniel Israel Yarbough
Daniel Israel Yarbough
Spouse | Publishing Partner | Media Guest
Ria Harris Yarbough is the wife of Daniel Israel Yarbough, author of Misled: A Survivor's Journey from a Cult Childhood, and has been closely involved in bringing Daniel's story to a broader audience.
While Daniel shares the firsthand experience of growing up within a religious cult, Ria brings a
Spouse | Publishing Partner | Media Guest
Ria Harris Yarbough is the wife of Daniel Israel Yarbough, author of Misled: A Survivor's Journey from a Cult Childhood, and has been closely involved in bringing Daniel's story to a broader audience.
While Daniel shares the firsthand experience of growing up within a religious cult, Ria brings a different perspective to the conversation: what it means to love, support and build a life with someone whose childhood experiences occurred decades before their relationship but can still influence adulthood.
Through conversations surrounding Misled, Ria explores marriage, family, faith, the long-term impact of childhood experiences and what she has learned while supporting Daniel as he revisited his past and brought his story forward. Her perspective expands the conversation beyond survival to include the spouses and families who love survivors and walk alongside them.