Eleanor Skelton

My reactions to the ‘Do You Believe?’ movie

Long story, but my dad invited me to see ‘Do You Believe?’ last weekend for Easter. Because I do love my parents and still hope that we can salvage our relationship, I went. My thoughts went something like this: – Oh hey, random dude dragging wooden cross through the city, asking passersby, “Do you believe inContinueContinue reading “My reactions to the ‘Do You Believe?’ movie”

The UnBoxing Project: Surviving and thriving on the outside

Although I had very little when I was kicked out of the cult and moved out of my family’s house, I came from an upper middle class, well-educated family. I grew up privileged. I moved out as a college student with a couple of on-campus jobs after my parents emptied my savings account. Many ofContinueContinue reading “The UnBoxing Project: Surviving and thriving on the outside”

The UnBoxing Project: How you can help (Eleanor’s thoughts)

When we started helping people move out, we learned that getting out and finding freedom is messy, and everyone’s situation is different. When someone contacted us for help, we said that they went “active.” It’s like being on call for an emergency move 24/7. They’ll tell us the situation is deteriorating, but we don’t know it’s goingContinueContinue reading “The UnBoxing Project: How you can help (Eleanor’s thoughts)”

Anxiety can pull students under, but some professors understand

This article was originally published in The Scribe, UCCS’s student newspaper, on March 30, 2015. By Eleanor SkeltonNews Editor My gut twinges. The panic cyclone is coming. Swirls of worry claw at my insides. Some days I think I’m drowning in thought cycles. If you don’t get an A on this exam, you won’t stand a chance inContinueContinue reading “Anxiety can pull students under, but some professors understand”

The UnBoxing Project: How you can help (Cynthia’s thoughts)

Here are Cynthia’s concluding thoughts. (Cynthia is now known as Artemis Stardust.) Rescuing people from cults is not an item to check off of a to-do list. It’s a process. While we worked together on the UnBoxing Project, we learned this through our own exhausted time and money. We didn’t just need to free peopleContinueContinue reading “The UnBoxing Project: How you can help (Cynthia’s thoughts)”