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Candice Schutter is a writer & the creator, host, and producer of The Deeper Pulse podcast. She has a BA in Psychology, an MA in Social Impact, and is a 2016 Graduate Fellow of the Atheneum Master Writing Program through The Attic Institute in Portland, Oregon. She's trained extensively in mind-body fitness modalities and has worked as a teacher, trainer, and educational consultant for a variety of fitness and self-improvement organizations. In 2019, she stepped away from wellness ‘cult'ure to grapple with the moral injuries she experienced while working in new age wellness circles - and then perpetuated herself through predatory sales practices and troubling rhetoric while working as a "life coach." On her podcast, she speaks openly about her own personal regrets and biases, shares openly about her lifelong struggles with complex PTSD, and then blows the whistle on more than one culty 'Org' she was involved in. As a cult awareness advocate, Candice strives to provide a platform for folks from all walks of life to step outside the bounds of psychosocial indoctrination and restore a sense of personal agency. Her primary intention is to normalize conversations around everyday cult dynamics in our families, workplaces, and communities - AND speak to how cult biases shape everyday behaviors and humanity's ongoing struggle to create a world of equity and justice. She lives in Arizona with her partner of ten years and their two furbaby kittos.

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