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Janja Lalich

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in Milwaukee, The United States

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	Cults in Our Midst: The Hidden Menace in our Everyday Lives by Robert Jay Lifton (Foreword), Margaret Thaler Singer, Janja Lalich (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 1995 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Take Back Your Life: Recovering From Cults & Abusive Relationships by Janja Lalich (Goodreads Author), Madeleine Tobias 4.38 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escaping Utopia: Growing Up in a Cult, Getting Out, and Starting Over by Janja Lalich (Goodreads Author), Karla McLaren 4.05 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults 3.88 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captive Hearts, Captive Minds : Freedom and Recovery from Cults and Other Abusive Relationships by Madeleine Landau Tobias, Janja Lalich (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	"Crazy" Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work? by Margaret Thaler Singer, Janja Lalich (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Intersections Collection by Janja Lalich (Goodreads Author), Ralph B. McNeal Jr. (Editor), Betsy Lucal (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cultic Studies Journal: Women Under the Influence: A Study of Women's Lives in Totalist Groups 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recupera Tu Vida: Sanar las Heridas de Experiencias Setarias y Relaciones Abusivas by Janja Lalich (Goodreads Author), Irene Vera (Translator), Felipe Mathews (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recupera Tu Vida : Sanar las Heridas de Experiencias Setarias y Relaciones Abusivas by Janja Lalich (Goodreads Author), Irene Vera (Translator), Felipe Mathews (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Janja Lalich wants to read Missing the Solstice by Karla McLaren	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Janja Lalich rated a book it was amazing It's Not You: Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People by Ramani Durvasula (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Janja Lalich rated a book it was amazing The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life by Robin Stern	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Janja Lalich rated a book it was amazing Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist by Ramani Durvasula (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Janja Lalich rated a book it was amazing "Don't You Know Who I Am?": How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility by Ramani Durvasula (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Janja Lalich rated a book it was amazing Surviving Our Catastrophes: Resilience and Renewal from Hiroshima to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Robert Jay Lifton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The group has a polarized, us-versus-them mentality, which may cause conflict with the wider society.”
― Janja Lalich, Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships

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