Rayann Gordon is in the second year of her MSc Psychology of Coercive Control program at the University of Salford, UK, where her dissertation research focuses on spiritual reconstruction. She also works at the University of Victoria, Canada, as a research assistant on the mental health needs of cult survivors. She is a ritualist, writer, and educator who has supported clients for the past nine years through grief, loss, rites of passage, spiritual abuse recovery, and rebuilding relationships with intuition, place, and ancestors. She draws upon research, client work, and lived experience to support people in reclaiming their freedom and spiritual lives of their choosing. She lives in Victoria, Canada, on the ancestral lands of the Songhees First Nation. You can follow her writing at rayanngordon.substack.com and learn more about her at rayanngordon.com.