An friend in Utah just got sucked into the Impact Training cult a few months ago. Had I known in time I would have warned him before he started. :( I was especially worried because he had just gone through a divorce, which you all know makes him more vulnerable to Impact Training's techniques. Just hoping and waiting, but since I'm not in Utah at the moment, I just have to hope and wait
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Just happened across an article on CNN entitled : "Good, bad and ugly self-help: How can you tell?" and thought it was relevant to the thread. Here's my favorite parts: Gerald Rosen, a clinical psychologist in Seattle, Washington, says he believes more self-help books should undergo pre-publication testing -- especially those written by psychologists, who he says should be held
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QuotedramamamaIt's Saturday night. Is the "graduation" tonight or tomorrow? I have been trying to get ahold of her and she is unreachable. I was hoping she wouldn't last there that long. "Graduation" is on Saturday nights. She'll have a follow up night this coming week, I think, but other than that Quest is over for her now.
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Hi Dramamama, As far as I remember, Quest starts at 3pm MST on the first day. When I went, it ended progressively later everyday, but I think we were let out around 11:30pm or midnight on the first night. The first two days are spent breaking the participants down, and then they spend Saturday building them back up. I believe that if someone leaves the training before it's finished (the soo
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I check this board much less frequently lately, so I am replying to something embarrassingly late again... QuoteexImpactQuotearmy-of-meI, in no way credit impact for the good things that have come out of my experience, just as I would never credit an abuser with any strengths gained from overcoming the experience of abuse. In reality, I learned and grew in spite of impact. I think from the m
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Angels...ummmm... Anyway... This is in reply to Hearts' post about "The Secret" and the discussion she had about it on her blog, (aka Amazon.com): Some friends of mine actually tried to use "the law of attraction". Here's what happened: My friend's husband was headed to law school. She and her husband, we'll call them Bob and Lucy, had recently been
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QuoteexImpactI have a question for all of you regulars (and all of you silent observers): After leaving for good, did your activity with the trainings, more specifically with the TIT (now the Life Mastery Trainings) mess with your spirituality?) I'm answering ex's question embarrassingly late, but I think it's a very interesting one, so better late than never, I guess. I've
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I got Stephen Colbert's book I Am America (and so can you!) for Christmas. There was a paragraph in it about cults that made me laugh, so I wanted to share it here: The problem with cults is that they don't have the brass to be honest from the get-go. They hide behind phrases like "self-improvement workshop" or "human potential coach" or "improv class"
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Wow. I still can't believe this thread. Good for you, Ex on outing him. While I read through Boontahoe's assertions and arguments I just couldn't stop shaking my head. However there was one line that especially stuck out as ridiculous to me: QuoteboonetahoeHow can we be so blatantly offensive and unkind to one another and, in the same breath, disclaim that we have much to lear
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It's an unfortunate acronym for "Trainer In Training" trainings, the more "advanced" series of trainings offered by Impact Trainings. There are three levels of TIT. It's where all the new-age, cultish, religious stuff is taught, with each succesive level getting more psychotic in it's teachings. You can read a lot more about them if you read through some of the
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It's been awhile since I've posted here. I was in weekly therapy sessions to help me recover from the effects of attending Quest, and I found that once I said what I needed to say, that taking a break from this message board helped make the recovery process go a little faster. Well, I recently finished therapy and consider myself 100% "Impact philosophy" free, wiser, and have
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Heh, thanks for poking him Vic, but that's OK, I saw the message from Rs here anyway. :P Rs- Good to hear from you again. You're story would be great. I just sent an email to her, seeing what she needs and, if she still has enough time. When she writes back, can I send you the info on a PM through your new rickross name? If you'd rather communicate through other means like ema
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I wish i had an answer for you on how to warn people about these things without sounding paranoid. I still need to figure that out myself. As for Turning Points, here's some info I found: It was started by a guy names Jack Ballard and his wife Phoebe. They were both influenced by s holistic learning center called the Wainwright House. I don't know much about the Wainwright House, but t
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Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If an LGAT ruined your life or someone you know, you would like a chance to be hea
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Rs, if you ever read this: You've done a lot of good here, I pray that you are able to continue your recovery. Please take care. -Army
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If PSI ruined your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and you
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**URGENT** One of my best friends is a photojournalist and she just called me said she is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here, especially Impact) ruined your life." If Impact ruined or significantly altered your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and you are either in southern California or in northern Utah PLEASE PM me today or tommorrow. Sh
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If an LGAT ruined your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If Landmark ruined your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If Royal Way/Jacumba ruined your life, you would like a chance to be h
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If Klemmer ruined your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If PSI ruined your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and you
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If MKP ruined your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and you
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If Landmark ruined your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If PSI ruined your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and you
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If PSI ruined your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and you
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If PSI ruined your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and you
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If PSI ruined your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and you
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**URGENT** Hi everyone, I am a frequent poster on the Impact Trainings thread, a recovering LGAT victim and an ally in the fight against all LGATs. I am writing this because one of my best friends is a photojournalist and is very interested in doing a story on "how (insert any LGAT here) ruined your life." If an LGAT ruined your life, you would like a chance to be heard, and
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