Dr. Glenn and Jean share their thoughts about the first two episodes from Season Two of “The Vow," HBO’s docu-series detailing the public downfall of the cult NXIVM. The NXIVM story has been a big part of our collective education about cults. But on its surface, NXIVM was just another self-help organization offering leadership development courses to thousands of people throughout North America.
SEEK has followed and shared the NXIVM story for many reasons:
- as another example of the type of “worst-case scenarios” that can happen to self-help consumers
- understanding how coercive control plays out in abusive self-improvement organizations
- observing how the legal system handles these types of crimes perpetrated by “self-improvement” organizations and leaders
Season Two of “The Vow” continues on HBO.
Also Mentioned in this Episode:
- The Program by Toni Natalie
- About NLP from Wikipedia
- Don’t Call it a Cult by Sarah Berman
- A Little Bit Culty podcast by Sarah Edmondson and Nippy Ames, NXIVM whistleblowers
- SEEK’s Self-Help Consumer Protection Bill in NY State
- Escaping NXIVM Podcast by CBC
- Seduced on Starz
Links:
- Learn more about SEEK Safely on their website
- Follow SEEK on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
- Follow Dr. Glenn on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
- Read the memoir “This Sweet Life: how we lived after Kirby died” by Jean and her mom, Ginny Brown
- Donate to support SEEK’s mission
- To Contact SEEK email info@seeksafely.org
