A part of it is certainly Marketing...that is her market. Mostly women, but people who have been truly hurt in life, and are feeling a lot of terrible pain right now, divorce, depression... Pain is the motivator to seek help... So the marketing is part of it. Pain = Profits. But something does not sit right. Some other LGAT's I have studied do have "empowerment" at the core
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by the way, I am not saying "hypnosis" is bad, not at all. Self-Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy can really help people...IF it is done by a licensed professional, with FULL DISCLOSURE. Milton Erickson helped a lot of people. But all of this Katie stuff is open, flagrant abuse. One wonders if licensed hypnotherapists could investigate it? and also remember, its not just the covert hyp
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jj, I am going to be really blunt here...those are extremely fucking dangerous people. I am not making this stuff up. They want to hammer people's minds down to nothing, rip it apart, Dis-Assemble your Identity, and reform it focussed on Byron Katie for her own vanity and self-interest. Meanwhile acting all sweet and holy, and saying the exact opposite. Its sicko stuff, and plain as day t
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a friend just lent me a CD set... A THOUSAND NAMES FOR JOY, 6 hours of audio from someone named Byron Katie, and her renowned unknown hubbie Stephen Mitchell. Lets put it on right now.. ...New Age music...so spiritual...I am in a Trance already.... - Stephen Mitchell starts with a preframe, and the false origin Story. - pitch the 4 Questions...this is very Trancy already...confusing
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