Alicja Resich is undoubtedly one of the most popular journalists in Poland. She started her career in Radio Trójka, co-hosting the program “Interviews from Estrady”. Her greatest popularity came with the talk show “Wieczór z Alicji” on TVP, of which she was the host since 1994. Currently, she produces the podcast “Zcloseenia” for Interia, is the owner of the company producing series “Studio A” and co-hosts “A/Typowi” for Neurodiversity.
Alicja Resich was a Jehovah’s Witness. She revealed how she joined the fraternity
Over the years of working on radio and television, Alicja Resich has conducted many interviews with both Polish and foreign stars, bringing to light their greatest secrets. However, she is considered a secretive person and is reluctant to share her private life. A few years ago, during a conversation with her, she made an exception. Discussing feminism, she emphasized that she owes her approach to life primarily to her father, who was a true role model for her. “He loved and respected my mother very much, even though she was certainly atypical,” she said, thus revealing that her childhood was strictly guided by her faith.
It turns out that the mother left Catholicism to join the community of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Her father, although an agnostic, fully obeyed and accepted the changes she introduced at home. – Mom was loving and tender. She had a brilliant memory and many talents. But the search for true faith in God slowly led her to obsession, she said. She added that her zealous faith still impresses her to this day, although she thinks about past events in a completely different way. – It was touching how much she fought for us to enter the Kingdom of God. My father’s love, an agnostic, was based on the fact that although he thought and felt differently, he respected her feelings and needs, and also helped in the legal establishment of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Poland, which was an act of courage, she said.
Her mother took her to meetings of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Alicja Resich explains how it changed her life
Resich admitted that the change of faith greatly determined her life. While her peers celebrated Christmas and gave each other gifts, this was not the case at her home, and constant conversations about the end of the world and the fast approaching Armageddon made her feel constantly anxious and worried about the future. She admitted that studying the Holy Bible also had a negative impact on her mother, who sank into sadness and despair, interspersed with joy and unjustified euphoria. – We didn’t know what was happening or how to help her. In the 1950s and 1960s, you didn’t go to a psychiatrist. According to my psychotherapist, these were typical mood swings for people with bipolar disorder, she confessed.
But that’s not the end. As a little girl, she attended church meetings, although she did not follow all the arrangements and had difficulty adapting. – Mom was still dissatisfied with me. She blamed me for not sitting well, giggling stupidly, and spinning around instead of listening, she recalled, adding that she was most upset when she was compared to other members of the community. – It hurt me a lot. These spiritual songs made me laugh, she confessed. However, she put on a good face for a bad game because she wanted her mother’s approval. Even when she grew up and moved out of her family home, it was still an important part of her life and she never gave it up, although now she celebrates it in a completely different way.
Source: Gazeta
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