Episode 30: "Moira"

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2021

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

"Moira" was a stay at home mom of 3 boys, who bought into the hype of MLM in 2016. While chasing the dream of being at the top of the pyramid, "Moira" found herself involved with 3 different MLMs, including an elusive invitation to a "Ground Floor Opportunity". From her vantage point, she got a deep look into the toxic positivity of MLM, and experienced more psychological manipulation than she bargained for. Show Notes Millennial Women Made LuLaRoe Billions. Then They Paid The Price. - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/lularoe-millennial-women-entrepreneurship-lawsuits Is Color Street A Scam? 5 Reasons Why You Should Avoid This MLM! - https://youraffiliatesalary.com/is-color-street-a-scam The Dream Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dream/id1435743296 You know those bags with the clear pockets to display your MLM haul? - https://www.reddit.com/r/antiMLM/comments/al43ta/you_know_those_bags_with_the_clear_pockets_to/ What is Toxic Positivity? - https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-toxic-positivity-5093958#:~:text=Toxic%20positivity%20is%20the%20belief,vibes%20only%22%20approach%20to%20life. What is Gaslighting? - https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/gaslighting#:~:text=Gaslighting%20is%20a%20form%20of,and%20unable%20to%20trust%20themselves. Manipulative people hook their victims with a tactic called 'love bombing' — here are the signs you've been a target - https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-love-bombing-2017-7 How to Leave an MLM - https://www.finder.com/how-to-leave-an-mlm Brene Brown - https://brenebrown.com/ I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough" - https://amzn.to/2SKHRv4 Simon Sinek - "Leaders Eat Last" - https://amzn.to/3wfduvv Simon Sinek - "Start With Why" - https://amzn.to/2SVPHSP Monica Hayworth's Anti MLM Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/478231729691989 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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0:29.0	C EE. C EE. K slash claims. Hey, I'm Roberta Blovins, and this is life after Mlem. A podcast where we work to end the stigma of failure in an industry designed for you to fail.
0:47.0	All right, so we are going to be talking to someone who is choosing to remain anonymous for this interview and she's just as fabulous as her namesake that we chose tonight. So we're going to go
1:06.7	ahead and call her Moira tonight. So welcome Moira to the show. Hello.
1:13.0	Hello.
1:14.0	Can you give us a little rundown about where you were in your life,
1:21.0	what vulnerabilities you had and sort of where you were mentally when
1:25.0	MLM sort of was introduced into your life. Okay, what's really interesting is that I have you've spoken about this in the past in your past
1:36.1	podcast but I've been in the three MLMs that's the magical number three totally not the magical number three. Totally not.
1:44.0	The magical number three.
1:46.0	And I'm just gonna list the first one of course was
1:49.0	Lula Rowe, which we can talk about in a little bit.
1:52.0	And the second one is Lula Row, which we can talk about in a little bit.
1:52.9	And the second one is, was Color Street.
1:57.4	And the third one, I cannot say,
2:02.4	and you'll know why later. But in the beginning, I had three, I have three boys and I was to say at home mom and my life was a little bit crazy, have twins, and you know, it's all about the kids and the babies and stuff and and I just this is what right around when Lula Row was getting really big and one of the moms she started selling it and we would go to you know she had her who she's happened to you know later on become like a sponsor but she had like she had set up her entire living room as the her Lula room her
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