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Brian Sheen Anniversary

May 28, 2022 By Mike Rinder 10 Comments

This is a post sent to me a couple of days ago by my old friend Brian Sheen. I was out of town and could not get it up on the blog, but the message remains the same. Today is the 45 birthday of my daughter, Springsong Tawna Sheen, now Atkinson-Baker. However, instead of celebrating the miracle of her birth, I am mourning the horror of her death. Spring has been missing from my life for 7 years now and I have not heard from her once. Legally, after 7 years, a person who disappears and is not heard from, is legally declared dead. I painstakingly have been forced to accept this reality; may she … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Disconnection Tagged With: Atkinson-Baker, Brian Sheen, Paulette Cooper, Relentless, Springsong Tawna Sheen

Episode 45: Activist and Author Dr. Brian Sheen

June 14, 2021 By Mike Rinder 34 Comments

I  Leah and I welcomed Dr. Brian Sheen onto the Fair Game Podcast this week. I have known Brian since the days of the Apollo, when he was training to be the senior Case Supervisor for the Advanced Org in the UK. He led an interesting life in the scientology world outside the Sea Org, including in a mission and as a WISE business consultant. He had an experience with Flag that ended his involvement in scientology and went on to get a PhD, but because his former wife and daughter were still in scientology, never spoke out about Scientology. The story of how he came to be declared … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Apollo, Atkinson-Baker, Brian Sheen, Dr. Candace Pert, Flag, L. Ron Hubbard, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Relentless, Science of Survival

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