Episode 156 : Brandi

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This Episode is sponsored by Credit Sage. To save $50 on your credit repair service visit https://www.creditsage.com/mlm or call (844) 938 1619 *TW: This episode talks about infertility, IVF, and Covid-19. Please use caution when listening.* When Brandi joined Arbonne she had no idea what she was signing up for, she just wanted a way to pay for another round of IVF. Throughout her time in the MLM she was shamed, guilted, preyed upon and then had to answer to the FTC. Brandi shares what it was like to be "successful" in a health and wellness MLM at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, what she was told to say, how she was told to pray, and what incriminating evidence she was told to erase. Show Notes: 17 Biggest MLM Companies in the World - https://www.yahoo.com/now/17-biggest-mlm-companies-world-144157353.html r/AntiMLM : IVF & MLM - https://www.reddit.com/r/antiMLM/comments/bzfkng/sure_target_vulnerable_women_battling_with/ FTC Letters to Arbonne - https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/warning-letters/covid-19-letter_to_arbonne_international_llc.pdf Cults, Cancer & Covid-19 - https://shityoushouldcareabout.com/article/arbonne Out of MLM - https://outofmlm.info/ Cultish by Amanda Montell - https://amzn.to/3Q7owx9 Dr. Steven Hassan's BITE Model - https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3q16oJb How can you help? Report false income and health claims here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ Or go to: https://www.truthinadvertising.org You can also report to your state Attorney General's office! https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/ Not in the U.S.? Go here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/international/competition-consumer-protection-authorities-worldwide Support the Podcast! Join the Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/robertablevins Buy me a Taco and leave a note! 🌮💖 - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robertablevins Follow on TikTok for Anti MLM content, education, and humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa Follow on Instagram for visual show notes, FAQ, and updates! - https://www.instagram.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast/ Like on Facebook and join our show fan page to jump in on the conversation! - https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast *Some links may be affiliate links. When you purchase things from these links, I get a small commission that I use to buy us tacos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Robert of Lovins, and this is Life After Emolim, a podcast where we worked
0:10.0	and the stigma of failure in an industry systemically designed for you to fail.
0:14.6	Join us as we dive into the real life stories of survivors, experts, and advocates
0:21.3	to debunk the common myths and fallacies of colts, scams, and multi-level marketing.
0:27.0	Hey, Hunbuds and Hunbrows, It's housekeeping time. How are you? I hope your week has been really great.
0:37.1	I am, I took advantage of the snow and I took Abbey up to the snow this past weekend and we went to the snow and then we finished the day at the beach.
0:46.2	It was like a very uniquely San Diego experience was really cool.
0:49.4	We went all the way up to 6,000 feet elevation and then all the way back down to sea level.
0:53.7	So it was really cool.
0:54.7	It was a fun day and Abbey loved it.
0:56.7	We had a really good time.
0:57.9	I recapped a little bit of it on Instagram and on the Patreon if you guys are interested in our San Diego adventures
1:05.0	this episode is really fun and I'm gonna give you a couple trigger warnings before we get into it and then I have a news article I wanted to read you guys that I literally saw today and I was like I'm going to read this in the housekeeping
1:15.8	So trigger warning for this episode we talk about IVF and
1:20.9	Infertility and toxic diet culture and so it's just some heavy and go ahead and skip parts of this episode or this episode and come back to it later
1:34.3	but it's it's a really great episode about what it looks like to be in an
1:38.3	NLM during COVID and to have the FTC come knocking at your door.
1:43.9	We also talk about big pharma and faith manipulation
1:46.7	and sort of conspiracy theories.
1:47.9	And there's just a lot.
1:49.7	So just a couple trigger warnings.
1:51.4	I also want to say thank you to our newest
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