Anna Dee Olsen's guest appearances

Anna Dee Olsen

The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network

The 'X' Zone Radio/TV Show

John Potash

Joshua Cutchin

Ellen Evert Hopman

Tom Campbell

Bernie Taylor

Alex Tsakiris

Jim Elvidge

Nancy Yearout

Michael Tottey

Cindy Herb

J.J. Hurtak

Wayne Morin

Cyril H. Wecht

James E Carlson

Nancy Fortier

OwlTail

Rob McConnell Interviews

Rob McConnell Interviews - ANNA DEE OLSEN - Growing Up Amish

Anna Dee

The Amish are a fascinating and quaint society that has maintained an air of idyllic innocence-living off the land, away from cell phones and the 24-hour news cycle. But beyond the barn raisings and the bonnets, one girl found a hypocritical and unforgiving society that stifles individualism, worships a vengeful, punishing God, practices corporal punishment -and worse. At the age of 24, suffering from depression from living under the threat of eternal damnation and years of trying to be someone she simply wasn't, Anna Dee Olson left her family and the Amish community for modern life. She went to college, got a job, married and had children. Today, she lives a full and happy life. And she's ready to reveal what it was like to grow up Amish. She'll share what courtship and marriage is like in the Amish world, a typical day without electricity, running water, phones, computers, television, buttons, or zippers, and how she survived the rebellious teenage years, when cameras and radios were considered contraband. Anna now lives in Minnesota with her husband and children. She is the author of "Growing Up Amish."

XZRS: Anna Dee Olsen - Growing Up Amish