Episode 334 : Jennie Gage Part 2
Life After MLM
Roberta Blevins
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Content Warning : This episode includes mention of self harm, sexual abuse, domestic violence, white supremacy and more. Please use discretion when listening.
In part 2 of Jennie's story, we discuss the intersections of religion and the results of childhood indoctrination on adult relationships, the impact of the LGBTQ+ community on her beliefs, and the role of therapy in her healing process. Jennie emphasizes the significance of self-discovery and the power of community in overcoming the challenges posed by breaking free from toxic cult-like environments.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm Roberta Blevins, and this is live after MLM, a podcast where we worked and the stigma of failure in an industry systemically designed for you to fail. |
| 0:20.1 | Join us as we dive into the real lifelife stories of survivors, experts, and advocates as we |
| 0:25.7 | debunk the common myths and fallacies of cults, frauds, scams, and multi-level marketing. |
| 0:31.6 | Thank you. The |
| 0:40.3 | The The The |
| 1:13.6 | The Hey, HunBuds and Hun Bros. |
| 1:38.4 | Welcome back to part two of my chat with Jenny Gage. |
| 1:43.8 | All of the same content warnings are in place and still apply in the second half of this episode. |
| 1:49.8 | So please be aware there is talk of self-harm, sexual abuse, domestic violence. |
| 1:56.2 | It is a heavy episode. |
| 1:58.2 | Enjoy the conclusion of this episode and we will see you back here next week |
| 2:02.7 | to talk about Shun Yun. Enjoy. |
| 2:05.3 | Enjoy. And one month I was doing like two or three classes a week. And I was just selling like crazy. And I was signing up all these other women who wanted to work the business. So they were buying these huge kits. And that month I hit $3,000. And Jake decided that he was just going to do Totara with me. So there goes that plan. There goes that plan. We moved to South Carolina. There's a lot behind that story, but that's its own. That's in the book. That's in the documentary. We moved to South Carolina while I'm recovering from a tumor still. I'm still critically ill. I would get worse while we were down there. We don't have |
| 2:50.9 | friends and family there. After I got out of a hospital after recovering from the tumor, my best |
| 2:55.1 | friend took her life, which rocked my world. And while I was grieving and going through |
| 3:01.2 | recovering myself and all these horrible things that I'd gone through, a couple of friends were |
| 3:06.2 | bringing me like books and magazines to read in bed. And a friend brought me a Southern Living magazine one day. And the cover said |
| 3:12.3 | Greenville, South Carolina, best place to move in the country. I'd always lived in Arizona and Oregon. |
| 3:17.9 | So I'm like, you know what? I just survived a tumor. My best friend, Brittany, just took her life. |
| 3:23.1 | I needed an adventure. So that is how we ended up on the other |
| 3:27.1 | side of the country. If you were in a toxic relationship, the last thing that you want to do is leave your |
| 3:32.4 | tribe and isolate yourself with that monster. But that's exactly what I did because let me tell you, |
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