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That is an incredible development. Someone in LMT 3 sent the attached screen shot to me from their Facebook Group, it is Impact's response to Ward getting arrested. I'm not sure if the attachment feature works yet or if it takes awhile to fully load (I have tried to add the file a few times already) but if it doesn't show up soon then I will try something else.
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Agreed, Impact is one of many. They just happened to be the ones that scammed me.
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It looks like there is an actual LGAT subreddit. I have moved my post here:
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Hello friends, it has been a long time since I posted on this forum but I wanted to provide a few updates that I thought were meaningful. In 2007 I posted a ripoff report about the Impact Trainings that eventually made it to #2 on Google (directly under the company's own website). Apparently, the Ripoff Report now allows companies to pay $2,000 to have portions of a post redacted and for a
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You're probably right about applying resistance. You would definitely know him best. The good news here is that he is not currently involved in a training series. Very few trainees attend Summit if they skip the session immediately following their Quest training. I'm not really qualified to give advice here but I do wish you luck and encourage you to stay strong in your conviction.
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Hey suppabre, sorry to hear about the situation with your husband. Is he planning on attending summit? Quest is just the tip of the iceberg and odds are that things will get worse before they get better if he continues to take impact courses. The selfishness that you've observed is common with impact grads, separation from the program can often reverse these tendencies but convincing hi
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QuoteexImpactSo here is a shining example of an Impact "grad": Robert McBride sex offender Imagine my shock when I saw this; I staffed this man's Impact Training track. Robert enrolled his entire immediate family into the Impact Trainings, and beleive me, they were all a mess. Only Robert's father went on to the Mastery trainings, but he was the author of this trainwreck
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QuoteHopeful SoulPosted // October 13,2011 - Eight arguments against the LDS Church being labeled as a “cult”: 8. Cults tend to operate out of sight; LDS temples will soon outnumber Starbucks. 7. Cults use mind-control techniques that are subtle and sophisticated, two approaches foreign to KSL and the Deseret News. 6. Cults sing songs like “Don’t Fear the Reaper” between buffets in
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aaronangelle, This thread is 167 pages long, please read it and post additional questions afterward.
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I agree Glaucon, Hopeful Soul has continued (for years now) to be a shining example of "Poe's Law". “Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humour, it is impossible to create a parody of fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing.”
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QuoteImpactedhttp://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/60087/From-the-First-Presidency.html In a letter dated Oct. 13, the First Presidency wrote: Dear Brothers and Sisters: We have repeatedly warned of the risks inherent in participating in so-called "self-awareness" groups sponsored by commercial enterprises that promise heightened self-esteem, improved family relationships, and
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Quotembartz462My Quest comrades are beginning Lift-Off soon and I am constantly getting emails or texts saying that they "deserve" to go to Lift-Off and asking people for money to pay their tuition. I find it rather humorous that they say they "deserve" something because it means that they are not "needy", but they still ask for money to pay their way through Lift-O
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Hi mbartz, welcome to the thread. Apparently the individuals that run Impact haven't become any more ethical or enlightened since I knew them. Its a shame but unfortunately predictable.
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I found this blog via google and thought that others might find it interesting: Level Headed Diatribe Against LGAT “Impact Training” This material represents over a year's worth of reading, researching, and careful professional and personal studies in order to provide a informed, well-reasoned, educational viewpoint rather than my initial knee-jerk reaction to the topic. Presented he
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QuoteexImpactformer: Ugh, Kimille...I knew I picked the wrong time to check up on things here. Thanks for the memories. Anyhoo, I too remember that debacle. Wasn't Debbie one of the two or three women that had simultaneous affairs with that lawyer staffmember named...Doug (I think)? I heard they got married, but Doug was married too I think. Also, MOI: I LOLD at your description of
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QuoteMother of Impactees 1. Challenge religious and moral values or advocate unwarranted confrontation with spouse or family members as a means of reaching one's potential. Both of my adult children who have attended these seminars have engaged me in what I would easily consider "unwarranted confrontation" as a direct result in their participation in the Impact Training Semin
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I'm thinking about starting a "shit campaign" against the Impact trainings. Instead of arguing with them, I am simply going to drive to Bluffdale a few times a month and deficate in front of the building's main door. I do not believe this will bring down the company and I do not expect it to change anyone's opinion about the organization, I just think it would be REALLY
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QuotebrainwashednomoreI have recently gotten out, and I am now seeing how brainwashed I was, I wasted so much time and money going through these trainings, and I almost lost my family, and my husband because I learned there that if its not working for me then get out, holy hell I wish we could get the staticstics of how many families are broken up from this training, and Hans even got up and shar
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QuotewhattheI have family members who are currently going through The Great Life training and I have found out that The Great Life was started and or staffed by Impact Training graduates. In reading many of the posts in this forum and am very nervous as to what those family members are getting into. Does anyone know the more about the relationship between Great Life and Impact? and does anyone
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Perhaps I'm in the minority on this one but I haven't found Espiritu's comments to be the least bit offensive or insensitive. Impact is far more wacky today than it was 15 years ago and it is reasonable to assume that some people are going to experience more adverse effects to the program than others. Espiritu has been consistently critical of the Bergers and Impact in general.
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I had a good laugh last Friday when I passed by the Southtowne Mall on my way to I-15. I noticed 3 individuals walking back and forth along the curb just north of 106th South holding signs and a clear 1 gallon jug. Occasionally they would walk off the curb and cars would be forced to slow down or swerve slightly. The individuals in question seemed oblivious to their effect on the traffic but t
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Thank you for the response. QuoteEspiritu This is where it lies with us, the consumer...or seeker...of personal "training". Thank God there is a place like this forum where individuals can become familiar with what really goes on in this "training" As you said, thankfully there is more information available today than there was a few years ago. My issue with this statemen
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Hi Espiritu, welcome to the thread. For some reason I stopped getting email notifications of new posts on the thread otherwise I would have responded more quickly. I think its fair to say that some forms of new age meditation/practices are less harmful than others. I have even known people who seem to have experienced long term benefits from engaging in structured new age activities. That b
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QuotedazedandconfusedYou know its interesting. Though I haven't been back to the trainings in well over a year, every now and then I will run into someone who is still caught in it. Its funny to hear them speak and see their confusion when I don't fall for their BS. Actually some of the people I have run in to have left the trainings. The extremes they started to see in the higher t
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QuotenottheenemyI have been reading this thread over the past couple of weeks just kind of phantoming the message board. I have a question that I havent found in the text (I may be mistaken or missed it) What are the "lifeboat drills" or whatever they're called. There hasnt been a description of what actually occurs as far as I have seen (I did skim so sorry if I missed it) M
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Hi Concernedforall, Welcome to the Forum! How long were you involved with Impact? Do you have family members or friends currently involved? I completely agree with your assessment of the company.
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For those of you who are interested; Robert Paisola (Impact Grad website moderator, frequent apologist and generally despicable and creepy guy) is back in jail again. Here's the link to his arrest detail: He is currently being held in the Utah County Jail for providing a false address to the Utah State Sex Offender Registry. He has posted in this forum a couple of times under the n
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QuoteImpactTrainingsCriticFriends, I see that Robert Paisola did some type of marketing for Impact Trainings, including the videos and the Yahoo! group, but can anyone tell me if he was the trainer over any Impact Trainings classes at any time? Also, can anyone tell me if minors are allowed to attend the Quest/Liftoff/Summit classes and if it is very common? Thank you. ITcritic ITcr
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