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Author India Oxenberg escaped NXIVM with the help of her mother Catherine Oxenberg. They assisted the FBI to take down so-called guru Keith Raniere.

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India Oxenberg is pulling back the curtain on her time in the NXIVM cult -- and the very lasting effect it’s left on her. Three years after her initial

India Oxenberg opens up about her healing journey five years after leaving the NXIVM sex cult. She faced sexual and psychological abuse in the cult before her mother, actress Catherine Oxenberg, helped her escape. With a new home in Key West, and a new podcast “I’m learning to enjoy my life again,” she tells People.

She faced sexual and psychological abuse in the secretive cult, but with a new home in Key West and a new podcast, “I’m learning to enjoy my life again”

Soon after they became engaged in August 2019, Bo Hyoung Han and Emily Rose Lanfear-Radlo decided on a wedding with about 160 guests in Los Cabos, Mexico. They had already sent out save-the-dates when it became clear that the pandemic was not going to allow the event to happen in October 2020 as planned. They notified guests that they would be postponing until 2021.

After countless canceled ceremonies, brides- and grooms-to-be are exploring new ways of saying "I do" — even if that means throwing away age-old traditions like a bouquet.

Couples recount the experience of having two or three wedding events because of the pandemic, a trend some experts say will continue to influence how many celebrate.

Sex cult victim India Oxenberg (left) was photographed in public for the first time since cult leader Keith Raniere (right) was sentenced last year. She spoke during the sentencing (inset)