The Truth About Your Finances After Leaving The Jehovah's Witnesses (youtube.com)

Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses doesn't just cost you a community — for so many of us, it cost us financial stability too. The organization discouraged higher education, careers, even basic money literacy, leaving us to rebuild from scratch as adults with none of the tools we needed. In this conversation, Sarah and Joanna get real about what that rebuild actually looks like: the shame of starting over financially, the slow work of learning to trust yourself with money, and what it means to finally build a life — and a bank account — that's actually yours. If you're in the process of leaving Jehovah's Witnesses, or you're years out and still working through the financial and emotional aftermath, this conversation is for you. 🎤 Sarah and Joanna are speaking at our upcoming ExJW Professionals Conference — where we're bringing together former Jehovah's Witnesses who are done surviving and ready to build. Details and registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1993776355751?aff=oddtdtcreator Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:36 What the Organization Stole From Us 01:19 Why Money Isn't the Enemy 02:05 "I Can Picture Myself Financially Stable" 02:43 Joanna's Decision to Go Back to School 03:41 Why Invest in Your Wealth? 04:05 "Your Net Worth Doesn't Equal Your Self-Worth" 05:28 Beyond Mindset: The Technical Side 06:12 What You'll Walk Away With #ExJW #JehovahsWitness #LeavingJehovahsWitnesses #FinancialStability #CultRecovery #MoneyTrauma #FinancialAbuse