I Own Me with Faith Jones - Author/Speaker, Ep #109

I’m bringing you an incredible story and empowering message on the podcast today. You may have heard bits and pieces of the story about the sex cult known as “Children of God,” but this conversation will open a whole new level of understanding about the importance of owning your own body, your beliefs, and your values.

Faith Jones is an international corporate attorney and executive coach who capitalized on her unusual background to create her unique “I Own Me” framework that is at the heart of empowering women, and all people, to claim their innate power in business and personal relationships.

Faith graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and with honors from UC Berkeley Law School. Previously a corporate attorney with Skadden Arps in Los Angeles and Hong Kong, she now has her own law practice and legal education business.

Faith empowers business owners with clear and straight-forward legal knowledge so they can set their businesses up with confidence. She coaches them on a personal level to step into their power as successful entrepreneurs.

You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in...

  • What life was like growing up in the “Children of God” cult (1:38)

  • Why owning our own bodies is important from a young age (10:51)

  • Her parents’ role in “Children of God” and where they are today (19:30)

  • The fundamental principles for recovering from a sex cult (23:21)

  • What gave her clarity that her parents were flawed (32:18)

  • How she found herself through the challenge of leaving the cult (37:29)

  • How Faith grappled with behavioral addiction after leaving (43:21)

Growing up in a sex cult

Faith’s family created a movement originally based on a powerful vision based in religious values that over time turned into a sex cult known as Children of God. She grew up in this environment and saw all parts of the ideology and the effects of a powerful belief system. Her grandfather created the idea of the Law of Love, which entitled him to sexual access to any women in the community, and eventually turned to coercion. These ideas were imposed on Faith as a young woman and led her to face her own beliefs and make her own decisions about her body, her worth, and her rights.

Why no one can own your body but you

As Faith understood the tenets of the cult she was growing up in and the abuse going on, she realized that its power came from the lie that someone else could own your body in the name of God. Over time Faith understood that the exact opposite is true. You cannot give over your property right to your body. Each person has their body given to them as a vehicle to experience their reality and it can’t be given away. It is an innate right that is so important to understand, especially if you’ve been abused.

How to teach young children the power of owning their body

Children understand innately that they should respect their own and others’ bodies. When they are taught to refrain from harming someone else, they immediately get it. But as children are groomed to do things contrary to that, they feel the misalignment. Faith experienced this herself even as young as 6 years old, understanding that what she was being exposed to wasn’t right. Even when children don’t know how to express that abuse is wrong, they can understand if taught the power of owning their body.

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