Lydia on The House of JerMar Podcast

“I grew up in a cult.”

That’s how Lydia Knight opens her conversation on the House of Jermar podcast hosted by Jeanne Collins.

In this gripping and deeply personal interview, Lydia pulls back the curtain on her extraordinary story—one that begins inside a doomsday cult led by her grandmother and ends with her becoming a world-class executive coach, thought leader, and founder of The She Center.

Raised in an environment where she was told that Satan worshippers ruled the world, Lydia lived in constant fear and disconnection from reality. But education became her lifeline. In college, she discovered the power of neuroscience and psychology—not only to understand the mechanisms of false memory and trauma, but to reprogram her own brain.

That turning point would become the foundation for her life’s work.

Through Lydia’s method, over 9,000 women have become what she calls unmanipulatable—freed from the subconscious patterns that keep them small, silenced, or stuck. The same tools that helped Lydia escape indoctrination and heal a life-threatening eating disorder now empower women to lead in boardrooms, families, and social movements.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in a story that wasn’t yours—or sensed that your thoughts were not fully your own—this conversation is your sign that it’s time to reclaim your mind.