#35 – Guarding the Family Secrets: Flying Monkeys & Lifelines | Tracy Stamper (Part 2)
In the fourth episode of the ‘cult’ure series, Candice is back with Part 2 of her conversation with Tracy Stamper. In a follow-up to last week, Tracy shares candidly about the devastation she felt in 2017 when she was fired from the high-demand ‘cult’ure where she’d devoted sixteen years of her life.
She was let go within hours of her father’s passing, and the loss – of a parent, a job, an identity, and a community – resulted in feelings of grief and overwhelm. Tracy shares about the months-long struggle she experienced as she fought to reorient herself to the outside world without revealing the Org family secrets… that is until chronic physical pain prompted her to speak out via Facebook.
Candice describes what it was like to witness the shitstorm that resulted [cue the flying monkeys!] and why it is she chose to reach out to Tracy in the midst of the social media frenzy. Tracy shares what it was like to receive the unexpected support, and the two discuss how it felt to compare notes after over a decade of silence. Toward the end of the episode, Candice gets personal, sharing why their reconnection was so damn timely and how it clued her into her own family-of-origin cult dynamic.
The episode wraps with Tracy describing why, despite how things went down last time, she decided to push through her fear & share the full story of her experience on this podcast.
The stories and opinions shared in this episode are based on personal experience and are not intended to malign any individual, group, or organization.
