First time author, Gerette Buglion B.A. Elementary Education and Special Education, was born on Long Island, NY where she was tossed around by waves at Jones Beach as a young child. Her northward migration started at five years of age, when her large family moved to Dutchess County NY to farm. Cows, sheep and untold numbers of cats accompanied the rest of her childhood until she fledged farther north. Work and passions merged in caring for others as an elementary school teacher, certified special educator, house parent for people with special needs as well as a hiking guide. Gerette's greatest joy comes from parenting two exceptional young adults, being married to an extraordinarily understanding man for over 30 years and escaping from what she calls an 'everyday cult'. An Everyday Cult, her memoir, was published in 2021 and details the inspiration for her current work in cult recovery and education: helping others navigate and avoid the complex power dynamics involved in cultic or controlling groups of all kinds. Gerette has presented at the annual conference for ICSA, the International Cultic Studies Association since 2015. She and her husband, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, co-founded a cult recovery support group. Buglion also launched and co-facilitated Cults & Culture, a year long community discussion forum at her local library, offers consulting and education in cultic abuse for individuals, families and organizations of all kinds. Her signature writing course, Writing to Reckon offers survivors support for the process of finding a coherent narrative out of the traumatic experiences of coercive control. In October 2020, Gerette co-founded [...] and co-manages the hashtag #igotout movement, whose sole mission is to inspire survivors of cultic abuse to tell and share their stories to promote healing, education and prevention.