DANIELLA’S MEDIA APPEARANCES
Tedx: Lost in Transition
Daniella’s talk, Lost in Transition, will illuminate a compass that you can rely on to navigate any life transition.
The Jordan Harbinger Show
On this episode, Daniella shares the disturbing details of child sexual abuse that were encouraged by the cult’s leaders throughout its history, what this cult and others do to cultivate credibility among its followers and the outside world, how an organization with such well-documented transgressions manages to rake in millions of dollars every year even now, and the toll that life in a cult takes on those who are lucky enough to exit.
A Little Bit Culty
If hell is real, there is perhaps no circle of it as harrowing nor vile as the experience of growing up in the Children of God cult.
One would hope that growing up in COG would be the last coercive, abusive, and negligent experience for today’s guest, Daniella Mestyanek Young, who is an American author, keynote speaker, and previous Captain in the US Army. One would also hope for ponies and rainbows and a bigger tax return this year but HEY, life’s no cake walk. On today’s episode, Young discusses her book Uncultured: a Memoir, wherein she details her cult-riddled childhood and how, shockingly, the US Army reflected comparable practices.
On The Edge Podcast
Daniella talks about going from cult to army, toxic groups and how we are all liable to succumb to group think.
IndoctriNation Podcast
Daniella shares with Rachel some insights behind the stories in her book Uncultured, more than a memoir about an exceptional upbringing, but about a woman who, no matter the lack of tools given to her, is determined to overcome. Throughout her story, Daniella draws parallels between her life as a child in the Children of God commune and her time as an adult in the U.S. military. Pointing out the stunning similarities in rape culture in both organizations. She goes on to explain the dangerous deification of the U.S. Army, and the cult-like devotion and martyrdom expected of its soldiers
Cult Vault Podcast
Talk Beliefs
Daniella speaks with Mark from Talk Beliefs about growing up in the cult, performing in lewd videos as a youngster, and ultimately engineering her escape and joining the US Army. Free from the sect, she was shocked to find echoes of the cult within the military.
I Bounced Back Podcast
Getting Out of a Cult: Daniella speaks to being excommunicated from the cult and moving to the United States alone to rebuild her life in freedom.