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How “Serving God” Unraveled into Sex Abuse, Child Neglect, and a Very Abnormal Normal

I was a naive teenager, desperate for belonging. But my “home” for 31 years turned out to be a house of horrors

14 min readMar 9, 2022

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About Me — Mary Mahoney

31 Years in the Children of God do not Define Me

3 min readJan 7, 2022

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About Me — Mary Mahoney

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Rejuvenate the Brain by Diving into New Realms of Learning

Neurons grow in response to fresh stimulation

4 min readMay 12, 2021

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How Life in an Abusive Cult Taught me Gratitude

And an appreciation for the little joys of life

3 min readApr 2, 2021

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How Life in an Abusive Cult Taught me Gratitude

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Dealing with Guilt, or How I Learned to Change my Thinking

I hurt those I love and wasted years. What next?

5 min readMar 22, 2021

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Dealing with Guilt, or How I Learned to Change my Thinking

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Change Your Mind Change Your Life

It’s OK to Change Your Mind — Commitment is not necessarily a virtue

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Emerson

3 min readJan 6, 2024

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The word “No.”

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My 3 Stages of Recovery After Leaving the Children of God Cult

Finally, I have left those years behind

4 min readAug 4, 2023

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My 3 Stages of Recovery After Leaving the Children of God Cult

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Change Your Mind Change Your Life

We See What We Want to See

How our motivations influence our perception

4 min readMar 11, 2023

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Line drawing that could be constued as a horse or a seal.

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Luck or Merit? From a Conversation with a Fellow Mother

Human nature is a funny thing

2 min readFeb 11, 2023

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Life is Not Fair, so Let’s Not Pretend It Is

“Always be a little kinder than necessary.”

3 min readJan 28, 2023

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Life is Not Fair, so Let’s Not Pretend It Is

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Mary Mahoney

Mary Mahoney

Endlessly curious, a voracious reader and student of psychology, neurology, and behavior. The author of Abnormal Normal. https://amzn.to/3ciFmHO.

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