Episode 76: Lindsay Helm

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 90 minutes

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This weeks sponsors are BetterHelp and Smile Brilliant Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm as well as as exclusive holiday deal at Smile Brilliant when you use code LIFE. Welcome to DAY 3 of 9 DAYS OF HOLIDAY MAGIC in the month of December! Named after the spirit of the season AND the MLM that was shut down by the FTC in 1974 after being found to be operating as a pyramid scheme. Stay Tuned after the show for details on our next giveaway! I hope your season is filled with the embodiment of HOLIDAY MAGIC, as we count down to 2022! Lindsay Helm reached out to me during Cult Month, and after hearing her story, I needed to have her on the show! She's hilarious, brave and funny - exactly what we love on this show! Lindsay tells us all about her decision to join the LDS Church at 13, and her experiences within her decade long membership. Even the difficult parts are littered with dark humor, a theme Lindsay uses throughout her book as well. And no episode of Life After MLM would be complete without SOME MLM, Lindsay was ALSO A Mary Kay lady during her time in Mormonism! Also, some mini dives in Blessing Looms and BINT. Show Notes BBB Scam Alert : Blessing Looms - https://www.bbb.org/article/news-releases/22255-bbb-scam-alert-easy-money-blessing-loom-nope-pyramid-scheme BINT Scam - https://www.bintscam.com/ FTC v BINT - https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/bint._complaint_file_stamped_copy.pdf Vixen by Lindsay Helm - https://amzn.to/3DnFP5U Mormons Tipped Scale in Ban on Gay Marriage - https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/us/politics/15marriage.html If my Body is a Temple it’s on Fire - https://www.michigandaily.com/statement/if-my-body-is-a-temple-its-on-fire/ Dismantling Mormon Purity Culture - https://religionnews.com/2016/09/27/dismantling-mormon-purity-culture/ 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! Buy me a Taco and leave me a note! 🌮💖 - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robertablevins Follow me on TikTok for Anti MLM content, education, and humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa & https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa2.0 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 Find me on CLUBHOUSE at @therealrobertablevins *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 Roberta Blovins, and this is life after M.L.M.
0:11.2	A podcast where we work to end the stigma of failure in an industry designed for you to fail.
0:17.0	Hey, I'm just popping in. It's a little bit of holiday housekeeping. Welcome to day three of nine days of holiday magic.
0:30.0	Don't forget to follow along with us on social media.
0:32.8	Make sure that you're not missing
0:34.2	some of our really cool announcements
0:35.8	and giveaways that we've got going on.
0:38.7	And we also have a new giveaway coming up.
0:41.6	So stay tuned for after the show for some details on that.
0:48.7	Last episode in my housekeeping I talked about the secret sister scam and oddly enough the day
0:58.0	that episode came out I got tagged in a post about secret sister scams and in the comments there were people that listen to the show.
1:05.8	Thank you so much saying hey, Robert has talked about this today.
1:10.1	So I am so happy that I am talking about these holiday scams and that it's actually applicable and like we are teaching people as it's happening and people will not get scammed. So I'm really excited about that. But unfortunately, Secret Sister is not the only
1:26.8	holiday scam that is happening right now. So I'm going to talk about another scam that happens this time of year called a blessing loom. And in my research going
1:37.9	into blessing looms trying to get the most accurate information so that I could explain it to you
1:42.4	guys well as well I learned
1:44.8	about a blessing loom scam that just happened within the last year and a half.
1:50.1	So while I teach you about blessing looms we are also going to learn the story of B-I-N-T or Bent, which stands for blessings in no time.
2:00.0	So a blessing loom shows up on social media. It happens a lot. I see them anytime people need money. So any sort of gifting holiday, usually like tax time, Mother's Day, things like that when you want to take money that you have and you want to make more money with it.
2:18.0	It usually comes as like an investment scheme, but it's basically a bird's eye view of a pyramid if you look at it.
2:25.2	They can be called blessing looms, gifting circles, moneyboards, or sousous.
2:31.6	And unfortunately, these particular scams tend to target black communities over any other.
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