Episode 25: Amanda Sekiguchi - Part 1

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Amanda and her husband were newly transplanted into Southern California for work, and looking for some mentorship and direction in life when she met a nice girl offering just that at a coffee shop. She was quickly swept up into the controlling nature of the oldest MLM in the world, Amway. Amanda and I talk about what life was like inside the cult, the BITE Model, and Amway's odd fixation on married couples and The American Dream. Show Notes Josie Naikoi "Not the Good Girl" - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4DMThX0F-h6F1nzCbp6shw Savy Leister "Savy Writes Books" - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9WShNx2HsXRGjj9F593HzA Haley O'Bryan "Counselor Haley" - https://www.instagram.com/counselorhaley/?hl=en Why is California so Expensive? - https://sunlightliving.com/why-is-california-so-expensive/ World Wide Group - https://www.wwghq.com/ Robert Kiyosaki and Multi-Level Marketing Exposed! - https://www.lazymanandmoney.com/robert-kiyosaki-and-multi-level-marketing-exposed/ How Amway Ruined my Marriage - https://www.reddit.com/r/antiMLM/comments/9t40an/how_amway_ruined_my_marriage_long/ Beware Of Amway Mentors? - http://amwayscheme.blogspot.com/2017/05/beware-of-amway-mentors.html Steven Hassan’s BITE Model of Authoritarian Control - https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ LAMLM : The BITE Model with Josie Naikoi Part 1 - https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/episodes/Episode-19--Josie-Naikoi---The-BITE-Model---Part-1-eurvav LAMLM : The BITE Model with Josie Naikoi Part 2 - https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/episodes/Episode-20--Josie-Naikoi---The-BITE-Model---Part-2-eutm6n Extreme Ownership - https://amzn.to/3eBVG6s The Go-Giver - https://amzn.to/2QBlyaK Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action - https://amzn.to/3333SaC Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3tWutRS 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! Buy me a Taco and leave me a note! 🌮💖 - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robertablevins Follow us on Instagram for visual show notes, FAQ, and updates! - https://www.instagram.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast/ Like us on Facebook and join our show fan page to jump in on the conversation! - https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast Follow me on TikTok for Anti MLM humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa Find me on CLUBHOUSE at @therealrobertablevins Become a monthly supporter for as little as $.99! https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/support *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. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Roberta Blovins, and this is life after M. L. M. L. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. A. A podcast where we work to end the stigma of failure in an industry designed for you to fail.
0:17.0	Okay, so I am like, fresh getting off the Zoom from the MLM conference that was this weekend,
0:30.0	this past weekend.
0:32.0	Yesterday.
0:34.0	Today's Saturday.
0:36.0	I don't know what day it is anymore.
0:37.8	I think it's Saturday.
0:38.8	I'm pretty sure it's Saturday.
0:40.8	I just have to say that this conference was incredible.
0:45.0	Even though I had to wake up super early because I'm on the West Coast and it started at 9 o'clock in the East Coast and that's like super early here,
0:51.0	I did it. I got up, I sat at my coffee, I listened, I got to talk at the end, both days.
1:01.1	I figured, why not, right?
1:04.6	Had all of these people that I admire in this panel, and they're like, anybody can talk.
1:08.3	And I was like, yeah, I'm going to raise my hand and say something.
1:11.5	So, you know, I just did it. I would have been that person that was like afraid to do that in the past, this podcast and all of my activism since leaving MLM has given me a lot more strength than I ever thought I had.
1:28.0	And apparently I'm the kind of person that unmutes her mic in a Zoom full of people that she
1:34.0	highly, highly, highly, highly admires and shouts,
1:38.0	Stephen Hassan, I love you.
1:40.0	That's me. I'm that person.
1:42.0	I figured it was my one moment. I've been messaging Stephen for months trying to get a hold of him.
1:49.0	And I was in the same virtual room with him and I figured why not and he gave me his email and so let's hope something comes of that.
1:59.0	I also told Jane Marie that while I was filming the Vice documentary I listened to her podcast The Dream.
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