Why Do People Join Cults? | Steven Hassan

Steven Hassan is a licensed mental health counselor who has been educating the public about mind control, brainwashing, and destructive cults since 1976. He’s the author of Combating Cult Mind Control: The Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults and the founder of the Freedom of Mind Resource Center. ✍️ Full show notes and worksheet for this episode: https://jordanharbinger.com/237 What We Discuss with Steven Hassan: 🧠 What to do if you suspect you’ve been targeted for recruitment by a cult. 🧠 How to tell if your friends and family are being affected by a cult. 🧠 What you should and shouldn’t say to someone you’re trying to rescue from a cult. 🧠 How phobia indoctrination keeps a cult’s potential defectors tethered to its undue influence by fear (and how Steven helps people break this indoctrination). 🧠 Why Steven is optimistic that we’ve reached a turning point at which the bulk of humanity is waking up to understanding the psychology of undue influence. 🧠 And much more… 📖 Combating Cult Mind Control: The Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults by Steven Hassan Buy on Amazon: https://geni.us/E1ZOl This is part one of a two-part episode and you can listen to part two exclusively here - https://www.jordanharbinger.com/steve... Want to watch more in-depth interviews with some of the world’s most amazing and successful people click here for more full episodes -    • Kobe On How To Motivate Yourself To Outwor...   Never miss a single incredible insight by subscribing to the Jordan Harbinger Show here http://www.youtube.com/THEJORDANHARBI... Welcome to the Jordan Harbinger Show, a podcast where each week you get to join a conversation with some of the world’s highest achievers. I’ll ask them the tough questions to tease out their top tips so that you can reach levels of personal growth and mastery that you never imagined possible. Subscribe to the podcast: http://jordanharbinger.com/subscribe/ Learn more about Jordan: http://jordanharbinger.com/