Klemmer and Associates
Date: April 25, 2007 03:57AM
I have a friend who has spent over $6000 on these seminars. After listening to her stories, I am convinced that she has been used and this is going to do nothing but cause her harm. She talks about her husband needing to go to one of the seminars or her marriage is not going to work. She tells me of how they are told that if they say they don’t have the money for the next seminar that they are “copping out” and using it as an excuse because they don’t feel they deserve to be successful.
I am really scared for my friend because she doesn’t have the money to spend on these seminars and she is putting herself in serious debt paying for these. As well, she talks about paying for other people to attend the first seminar so they can experience it for themselves.
I have tried to talk to her about it, but I really think they have brainwashed her. She is insistent that without these seminars she can not succeed in life. I am afraid that the only choice I have is to sit back and watch her lose her marriage, money and maybe even her job because of the amount of time she has missed to attend these seminars.
I can see where she believes that they are helping, but I don’t see how they can help. They are telling her that she is holding herself back, but they are not helping her to find out why. It’s like trying to stop a leaking toilet, but not letting the person lift the lid. You can’t stop the leak if you don’t know what is causing it. You can’t find the cause of your issues in a group seminar, you need one on one counseling and sometimes that doesn’t even work.
I am thinking of going to one of the one-day seminars just to get a feel for the how the whole thing works. I am positive that I won’t get caught in the trap as I have gone to their website and they are definitely catering to those who are desperately seeking to find themselves. I am confident in who I am and where I am going in my life, but perhaps if I can key into some of their phrases and methods, I can get her to snap out of this and realize what she is doing to herself.
Any advice on how to talk to her would be greatly appreciated.