Take Back Your Life (3rd Edition)
by Janja Lalich
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Janja Lalich
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| Publisher | Publishing Partner |
| Publication | Nov 07, 2023 |
| Format | Paperback/Softback |
| ISBN | 979-8-9892279-0-7 |
| Pages | 426 |
| Age | 18 - 99 |
| Price | $24.95 |
Take Back Your Life (3rd Edition)
A proven resource on cult recovery
Updated and revised, including a new section on the Troubled Teen Industry
Cult victims and those who have experienced abusive relationships often suffer from fear, confusion, low self-esteem, and post-traumatic stress. Take Back Your Life explains the seductive draw that leads people into such situations, provides insightful information for assessing what happened, and hands-on tools for getting back on track.
Take Back Your Life is a lifeline for survivors of cults, coercive groups, and abusive relationships. It explains how ordinary people get drawn into high-control environments and offers trauma-informed tools to understand, recover, and reclaim life on one’s own terms. Written for the victims, their families, and professions, this book leads readers through the healing process.
Reviews, Awards & Endorsements
A sampling of endorsements
Take Back Your Life is a must-read for everyone who wants to understand the powerful appeal that cults have for so many ordinary people, using so many disguises, with so many subtle tactics. —Philip G. Zimbardo, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Stanford University
This book is a wealth of information and highlights specific scenarios that are both incredibly powerful and profoundly relatable to this population. —Rachel Bernstein, LMFT, MSEd, Host of IndoctriNation Podcast
I am thrilled that Dr. Lalich has given us a newly updated version of this brilliant, indispensable volume. —Daniel Shaw, Psychoanalyst and Author of Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation
This book has been the most important resource in my healing journey. It’s the first thing I recommend to fellow cult or abuse survivors. —Sarah Edmondson, Author of Scarred: The Cult That Bound My Life, Podcaster, A Little Bit Culty
Take Back Your Life is a must read for those whose lives have been harmed by cultic, religious, or institutional abuse.—Gerette Buglion, Author, Cult Recovery Educator and Consultant, Co-Founder of #igotout.org
Janja is a national treasure whose depth of understanding, compassion, and ability to help cult survivors recover are unmatched. —Cecilia Peck, Rocket Girl Productions, Director of Seduced
This book can save lives, and I encourage you to share it with as many people as possible. —Dorian Wallace, MT-BC, Music Therapist, Composer, and Co-Founder of Mederi Muzik
Take Back Your Life is the best book on cult recovery I have ever come across.—Maroesja Perizonius, raised in various Rajneesh communes in the 1970s & ’80s. Dutch writer & filmmaker of Child of the Commune
This book will no doubt play an essential role in enabling survivors to find their own path to healing so they can finally live life on their own terms. —Meg Appelgate, CEO, Unsilenced
Author

Janja Lalich
Janja Lalich, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita of Sociology, specialist in cults and coercion, and f founder and CEO of the Lalich Center on Cults and Coercion. She has written multiple books that have been translated into many different languages. With more than 30 years of experience, Dr. Lalich has worked with survivors and professionals around the world and has served as expert witness in legal cases related to cultic abuse.