I did not attend Impact, but was caught up in a local-to-me LGAT through my wife, and that experience nearly sent me to therapy. My wife had a good experience but it was horrible for me, and, like you, we eventually saw through the manipulative b.s. and got out before it destroyed our marriage. I posted my experience in the thread, "LGAT in Concord California". He has made up his m
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Let him go. If he is weak-minded enough to fall for this cult, then there is little you can do from a distance. "Mean and condescending" is a result of the garbage now in his head because he his new group tells him he is better and wiser than those outside of it. Don't believe he knows a secret you don't, because what he has been taught can be found in any classical libe
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Your experience with Landmark is valid - they just want you to sell their training without paying commission or salary. It’s a scam. My wife went through a similar experience and came to the same conclusion after going through three sessions, and she felt used and foolish for falling for it. Considering how dangerous the training can be on mental health and relationships, hopefully Landmark
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Yep, it’s definitely an LGAT and your suspicion is spot on. especially the non-licensed part. Avoid it. You may have lost your boyfriend, too, by now. In short, they make promises to accelerate your life and bring greater happiness and satisfaction. They say they do not want the weak-minded or people who are in therapy already, but they want strong people who can take the rigorous training.
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The video accurately portrays vicious parts of what happens, and is similar to my experience. It is mind-bending for the weak-willed and contrary to the promises of the sales pitch. The goal is to break you down then build you up, and the leader is quick to anger, so the weak-willed do what the leader says to avoid the anger. The strong-willed are selected for public abuse and shame which cr
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Dane, you are seriously asking the wrong people for help. Please call a suicide hotline ASAP.
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titLwayhalnoyou Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I found this today - does anyone know anything? > > > > Also, what about Successful Living Summit out of > California? > > I glanced through the web sites above and everything about the language they use says LGAT. The FAQ section really got red lights flashing for me, espe
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Emily, you have my deepest sympathy as I went through the same difficulty you are going through (see my contribution to "LGAT in Concord" thread, p. 4-5), and your boyfriend is being sucked into a quasi-cult and your intuition is correct. Learn more about what you and your boyfriend have gotten into from the resources on this forum and how to protect yourself because you are not alone.
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Stay away from Landmark, rahrahrah. If you are a well-adjusted person in a good place it will be a waste of time and money. If you are in a weak place in your life (money, job, family, love life) they will exploit it by filling you with "empowerment" and other feel-good mumbo-jumbo. I went through the training with a different LGAT called "New Era" in Corcord, CA, which I d
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My wife is still in contact with two others from New Era and the news around the knitting circle is that New Era is closing down. As of today, New Era's web site is a blank page.
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Apparently Jim Hellam died April 14, 2014. The new president is Lynn Bomben and she is the "Lynn" I mentioned above.
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Thanks for the tip, corboy. I am still on alert. My wife's admin. asst. went through Explore with me and saw and heard about everything I went through, but the admin is convinced the training is helping her and she wants to get more people from the office to attend. My wife is adamant that no one from the office go to New Era and is doing her part to undermine the admin's efforts.
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Part 4 The fifth and last day of training and I told my wife nothing the trainers said would get me to leave. The day was filled with more psycho-babble and I was again selected for abuse before the class, but I was in the home stretch and wasn't going to quit. Two hours before "graduation" Manuel and Kristin pulled me aside during a break for another private talk. This time
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Part 3 The fourth day of training and I was still in the trainers' crosshairs. I shared to the class about the previous night's great evening with my wife and that I was happy with the progress, but that was the wrong thing to say again. It was clear that everything I said would set them barking about what a miserable person I was, that I was not getting with their program, and Lyn
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Part 2 The next day I returned with Lynn making a crack before the class that I had returned. I laid low that evening trying to avoid the wrath of the trainers and the evening was otherwise uneventful. That night I told my wife about my first day's experience and asked her if the abuse was part of the training. Had they pegged me as the strong type and were testing my will? She was my
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My wife went through the New Era Explore and Realize training in September 2014, and convinced me to go in November 2014. Our experiences were entirely different - hers was very positive and mine very negative. Part 1: Our marriage had been rocky for the previous few years, and her difficulties at work and her health crisis added fuel to the flames. She had seen therapists over the years
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I found this post because I was searching for info about this guy. I talked to him on the phone for an hour last night. I now know better.. but as of now he thinks he's got a fish on the hook. I imagine he'll continue to try and call me. Can anyone tell me how do I do what I can to help bust this guy? I don't even know where to start looking... do I just call up the FBI?
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