My $30,000 Cult Mistake

Babes,

Have you ever accidentally spent $30,000 on a business coach who turned out to be running something that felt… a teeny tiny bit culty? I HAVE!!!! 🙋‍♀️

In this episode, I’m sharing the full story of how I got sucked into a business coaching program that used textbook cult dynamics — and what it took to get myself back out.

We’re talking:
Vague spiritual word salad.
Constantly moving goalposts so you never quite “arrive.”
A hyped-up community having breakthroughs you can’t seem to access (no matter how hard you try).
And a coach positioned as the only source of special “codes,” “downloads,” or divine WiFi passwords.

Sound familiar?

This episode pulls apart the cult dynamics hiding inside online business coaching — starting with my own $30K painful lesson.

If you’ve ever felt that magnetic pull toward someone promising to unlock everything for you… or you’re sitting there quietly wondering if you got caught in something you can’t quite name, this episode is for you.

⭐ Listen here on:

• Spotify
• Pocketcast
• Apple Podcasts

🔗 Links & Resources 

• Previous episode: Ep #220: Coaching Myths Busted!
• Previous episode: Ep #219: Narcissists at Work, Home & In Families
• Knitting Cult Lady on TikTok — author of The Culting of America
• Robert Lifton’s thought reform criteria (1960s research)

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Big love,