Christmas Is Complicated: A Check-In

Christmas can be confusing, lonely and activating when you've been through a cult or high-control group. Everyone else seems to know how this time of year is meant to work. Meanwhile, you're dodging questions, missing people, or wondering why a carol in the supermarket just wrecked your afternoon.

Come and talk about it with people who get it. This check-in is an open 60-minute conversation on Zoom, facilitated by Sam Sellers and Elise Heerde from Religious Trauma & Cults (RTC). We'll start with a short welcome and group agreements, then the rest of the time is open discussion.

📅 Monday 14 December 2026

🕐 6.30pm to 7.30pm AEDT / 8.30pm to 9.30pm NZDT

💻 Online via Zoom

⏱ 60 minutes

🎟 Free, with 20 spots available

Who it's for

Adults living in Australia or New Zealand who:

• were born into, or recruited into, a religious or non-religious high-control group

• are still inside a group

• are still working out what happened to them

• have a family member inside a group

Practitioners are welcome if you're attending as a survivors.

Good to know

• Cameras are optional, and you can use any name in Zoom.

• You're welcome to listen without speaking.

• The group won't be recorded.

• This is a peer support group, and it isn't therapy or crisis support.

We'll email your Zoom link 24 hours before we start.