Hello and welcome to my podcast, The Wellness Project with Des. On today’s podcast episode, I speak with Taylor Marie, a therapist specializing in narcissistic abuse and cult recovery.
I’m Desiree, a Mental Health Therapist and Holistic Wellness Coach, passionate about helping you to improve your mental health and live a healthy and fulfilled life. One way I do this is by interviewing experts in the field of mental health and wellness as well as those that share their first-hand accounts with their mental health journeys. In this episode, we will hear from cult expert, Taylor Marie about her personal and professional experience with cults and cult recovery.
Taylor Marie is a mental health therapist who specializes in cult recovery and narcissistic abuse. Taylor Marie is an expert in this field- professionally and personally. After graduating from graduate school for counseling in August 2022, she was recruited into an online cult through TikTok. Taylor Marie spent 2 years in the cult before she realized the kind of group she was in. After escaping the cult in May of 2024, she faced retaliation from the cult.
Passionate about helping others and driven by her experience, Taylor Marie went back to being a mental health professional and now dedicates her profession to helping others to recover from being in a cult. She now help people recover from high-control groups and abusive relationships involving narcissistic abuse.
In our conversation, Taylor Marie goes over themes that commonly define cults and the traits often found in cult leaders. She helps to educate us on what to look out for, why cults appear so alluring, and how you can support a loved one that may be in a cult.
Taylor Marie is passionate about spreading education about cults. This is one of the ways she helps to extinguish cults. This conversation has never been more important as online cults are on the rise.
Listen to this conversation to learn about cults, how to heal after escaping, and how you can support a loved one that is still in a cult.