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Join Tasha Simms and Marc Caron for Part 2 of this very interesting conversation with actress and author, Sarah Edmondson, about her new book – Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult that Bound My Life, with Kristine Gasbarre. In this tell-all memoir, she shares her story from the moment she takes her first seminar to her harrowing fight to get out of NXIVM, collaborate with the FBI, help others, and heal.Did you miss Part 1? You can listen to part 1 by clicking here.
“Master, would you brand me? It would be an honor.”
In 2005, Sarah Edmondson was a young actress getting her start in Vancouver and hungry for purpose. When NXIVM, a personal and professional development company, promised to provide the tools and insight to reach her potential and make an impact, Sarah was intrigued. She would go on to become one of the cult’s most faithful (and effective) devotees. Over her twelve-year tenure, Sarah enrolled over 2,000 people and operated her own NXIVM center in Vancouver.
Of course, things were not what they seemed. As Sarah progressed up NXIVM’s “Stripe Path,” questions kept coming up about the organization’s rules and practices. Why did the organization prevent members from asking questions? Why did those who did ask questions promptly leave or disappear? These questions came to a head in 2017 when Sarah accepted an invitation from her best friend, Lauren Salzman, to join DOS, a “secret sisterhood” within NXIVM and headed to the headquarters in Albany for the initiation ceremony. Thanks to Sarah’s fearlessness as she put her life on the line, that ceremony would mark the beginning of the end of NXIVM.
In this tell-all memoir, complete with personal photographs, Sarah shares her true story from the moment she takes her first NXIVM seminar, revealing in-depth details of her time as a member, including what happened on that fateful night in Albany, and her harrowing fight to get out, help others, and heal. This is also a true story about abuses of power, the role female friendships play in cults, and how sometimes the search to be “better” can override everything else.
Sarah is featured in the CBC podcast Uncover: Escaping NXIVM and The Vow, the upcoming HBO documentary series on NXIVM.
About Sarah
Sarah Edmondson is a talented actress with a radiant smile and natural charm. She has an exceptionally diverse 
portfolio of interests, and dedicates herself with limitless energy and positivity to the worlds of acting and yoga.
Born and raised in Vancouver B.C., Sarah first launched her professional acting career on the popular CBC teen soap series, “Edgemont”, where she played the love interest to Grace Park’s (Hawaii Five-O) character, Shannon. From there, Sarah went on to numerous lead and supporting roles on SyFy’s “Andromeda”, “Continuum”, and “Stargate SG-1”, USA Network’s “Dead Zone” and Lifetime Television’s “Killer Hair” and “Hostile Makeover”. Sarah also guest-starred on J.J. Abram’s hit FOX series, “Fringe”, and has been seen in a recurring role as a troublemaker ex-girlfriend on USA Network’s hugely successful dramedy, “Psych”.
Sarah also didn’t hesitate to step into the role of a psychopathic criminal groupie in Blaine Thurier’s critically acclaimed feature, A GUN TO THE HEAD, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The launch of this film was on the heels of Sarah’s Leo Award-nominated comedic roles in the short films AWKWARD, which screened at The Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival, and SPARKLELITE MOTEL.
As a voice over artist, Sarah has created original voices for characters for Cartoon Network’s “Max Steel”, and “Transformers Cybertron”, Discovery Kids “Class of the Titans”, Hasbro’s “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic”, and Netflix’s “Dinotrux”. Sarah has also voiced characters for popular international children’s series including The Rose in France Télévisions “Le Petit Prince”, and Thea Stilton for Italy’s Rai 2’s “Geronimo Stilton”. She can be heard as River in Seasons One and Two of “Minecraft Mini Series” by Mattel Action!.
Sarah was seen in Hallmark’s “Love at First Bark”, “The Wedding March 2: Resorting to Love,” and “At Home in Mitford”, alongside award-winning actress Andie MacDowell. She played supporting roles in Hallmark’s “Wedding of Dreams,” starring Debbie Gibson, and Season Two of CBS’s “Salvation.”
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