"Looking at it as a parent now, I can see how easy it was for my parents to get wrapped up in that teaching," Jinger said of the controversial, ultra-Christian organization, the Institute in Basic Life Principles
"I realized I was so worried about what other people thought about me, that it kind of led me down not the best path in my thoughts," the 'People Pleaser' author tells PEOPLE
"The show was a blessing to provide for our family, but he still was working in real estate and all of those things," she tells PEOPLE while discussing her new book 'People Pleaser'
"There was so much that was drilled into you through what he said about trying to please your husband and if you don't, he's going to leave you," she tells PEOPLE
"It was the best thing that I could have done, to love these people by sharing truth," says Duggar Vuolo, whose new book 'People Pleaser' debuts on Jan. 14