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Confronting The Line

Anne L. Peterson

We are here to explore the world of personal development, and examine the often blurry line between transformation and exploitation. We are dedicated to finding that line, then looking, listening and learning in service of safer seeking for life long learners, like us.

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75 episodes

  1. E76 | The Integrity Lesson You Learned at Five, Repackaged as a Breakthrough 17:33
  2. E75 | Accountability Is Completion — and the Group That Used Her Work to Avoid It 1:13:15
  3. Integrity, Part 3 Preview: Power Tools to Predators 1:54
  4. Integrity, Part 2 Preview: Prove It 1:18
  5. E74 | The Self-Help Idea of Integrity That Gives Harmful People a Pass — with Chris Shelton 33:53
  6. E73 | 50 Years Treating Trauma and Mind Control — A Therapist on Where Self-Help Crosses the Line 1:23:42
  7. Getting Clear: A Preview from Beyond the Line 15:40
  8. PART 2 | Inside a High-Control Coaching Culture: Who You Surrender Your Agency To (E72) 33:56
  9. E71 Inside a High-Control Coaching Culture: What One Staffer Saw — and Was Told to Erase (Part 1) 53:02
  10. E70: Jen Coached People 30 Hours a Week for Free and Called It Integrity — 17 Years Inside Landmark 54:57
  11. E69 30 Years Inside Transformational Coaching — Then She Started Asking Where the Guardrails Were 1:15:43
  12. E68: 11 Years Inside a Buddhist Community: A Cult Researcher on Spiritual Abuse and Trauma-Coerced Attachment 1:16:50
  13. SPECIAL: Nobody Taught Us How to Keep Our Minds Safe — Until Now 22:06
  14. E67 She Thought She'd Left. A Panic Attack in Costco Proved She Hadn't. | Susan Stirling 1:09:22
  15. E64 When Blowing the Whistle Gets You Sued: A Landmark Legal Victory 53:07
  16. SPECIAL: Lost in the Work: How Harmful Programming Rewires the Mind 1:19:55
  17. E63 Cara Cordone | She Tried to Reform the Group That Harmed Her — Here's What She Found 50:09
  18. E62 The Slow Burn: The Guru Promises Love. What You Get Instead 1:15:15
  19. E61 Can You Be Manipulated? The Honest Answer Might Surprise You 53:35
  20. SPECIAL: From Landmark Poster Child to Problem: What Happens When You Question the System 1:08:24
  21. E60 Is Your Coach Ethical? What You Need to Know Before You Hire One 1:05:39
  22. E59 Prestige, Power & Predators: What the Epstein Case Reveals About Elite Influence 47:51
  23. Special: Children of the Forum - Abandoned for Transformation: How I Lost My Mom to Landmark 59:14
  24. E58 Identity Before Consent: Lindsey Hartzel on Growing Up in Landmark 1:13:20
  25. E57 | When Institutions Respond—but Don’t Reckon | A Follow-Up with Ben Eisenberg 1:21:33
  26. E56 When Dissent Triggers Disinformation 1:18:05
  27. E55 Growing Up in Landmark Worldwide: When Transformation Crosses a Developmental Line 1:32:55
  28. E54 When Self-Help Turns Harmful: The ‘Choice’ Narrative and Trauma 1:37:18
  29. E53 Gay and Christian: Confronting Shame, Conformity, and the Line Between Faith and Fear 1:15:41
  30. E52 An Emotional Blueprint: Exploring the R.E.M. Model and Self-Help Abuse with Brian Arbor (Part 2) 1:04:36
  31. E51 Thoughts on Landmark, Trauma & Moral Injury: A Follow up Conversation with Brian Arbor (Part 1) 55:58
  32. E50 Beyond the Guru: Building a Safer Self-Help Community w/ the folks at SEEKSafely.org 1:00:18
  33. E49 Chris Shelton: The REM Model: Rationalization, Emotion & Morals in Cult Influence (and Recovery) 1:13:07
  34. E48 Chris Shelton Pt.1 — From Scientology Survivor to the REM Model: Victimhood, Responsibility & Waking Up 44:57
  35. E47 The Fine Line: Leadership, Power, and Transformation with Ed Gurowitz 1:43:48
  36. E45 The Psychology of Control: Werner Erhard, L. Ron Hubbard & High-Control Leadership w/ Jon Atack 50:13
  37. Is it or isn't it? 0:34
  38. The Tale of Two Faces 1:00
  39. 💔 Behind the “transformation” curtain 💔 1:19
  40. E44 Confronting the Line between LOVE and LOVE BOMBING w/ Rachel Bernstein 28:09
  41. Labor Day Special: Former Landmark Staff Speak Out on Exploitation & Abuse in the Name of ‘Transformation’ 1:34:21
  42. E43 A Conversation with Rachel Bernstein: When Does Inquiry Become Indoctrination? 39:55
  43. E42 Behind the Curtain: ISTA, Accountability, and Speaking Out w/ Dave Booda 57:23
  44. E41 Landmark, Scientology, and Society's Tolerance for Exploitation w/ Jon Atack 1:24:11
  45. E40 Transformation: From Potential to Practice with Ed Gurowitz 1:00:50
  46. E39 The Dangers of Formulaic Therapy or Self-Help: A Conversation with Rachel Bernstein 1:23:10
  47. E38 Misuse and abuse of good ideas in high control groups w/ coercive control expert Chris Shelton 1:26:50
  48. E37 From Landmark Insider to Outsider: Brandon Hurst on his Journey of Healing 1:12:51
  49. E36 Can You Transform Trauma? A Hard Truth About Healing PTSD w/ Brian Arbor PT2 44:13
  50. E35 Transformational Tools & Trauma: Brian Arbor on War, PTSD, and Landmark 1:15:36