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Biography
Gerette Buglion is an educator, author, and spokesperson for survivors. A teacher and small business owner, Gerette joined a high control group and stayed for 18 years. After leaving, she found herself grappling with the dynamics that all survivors face: how did this happen? Why me? How do I prevent others from making the same mistakes? She has dedicated her life to answering these questions and supporting survivors' journeys.
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In 2021, Gerette published An Everyday Cult, which weaves her personal experiences with insight from recognized cultic phenomena, with a foreword by Sarah Edmonson, the survivor at the heart of the HBO series The Vow about the NXIVM cult. A tireless advocate for storytelling and the importance of art in healing and recovery, in 2023 Gerette published Writing to Reckon Journal: For Survivors of Spiritual, Religious, and Cultic Abuse, which offers survivors an educational and supportive space to process their experiences as well as a guidebook for writing their stories.
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Gerette offers personal retreats, consultations, workshops, and speaking engagements through her independent business, Writing to Reckon.
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Gerette is a wife, mother, grandmother, business owner, and founder of Living Cult Free.