This week's sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm Register for our LLS Team! - https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/2bf031cdae16440cbd22a392dc36dfd9 We started a YouTube Show! It's called Life After MLM : The Show (obviously) and we stream LIVE every Friday! Make sure to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertaBlevinsLAMLM Have you heard the news about the FTC? Well if not, I got you! In this episode some ...
Mar 06, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 92
Register for our LLS Team! - https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/2bf031cdae16440cbd22a392dc36dfd9 We started a YouTube Show! It's called Life After MLM : The Show (obviously) and we stream LIVE every Friday at 9am pst! Make sure to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertaBlevinsLAMLM Amber and I have been meaning to chat on the show for a LONG time, and after a bit of fair gaming a couple weeks back, we connected and made it happen. But before we get to the culty Monat stuff, Amber takes us on...
Feb 27, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 91
This weeks sponsor is Best Fiends! Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play for free today! This week's sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm Register for our LLS Team! - https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/2bf031cdae16440cbd22a392dc36dfd9 We started a YouTube Show! It's called Life After MLM : The Show (obviously) and we stream LIVE every Friday at 9am pst! Make sure to subscribe! https://...
Feb 20, 2022•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 90
This weeks sponsors is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm Register for our LLS Team! - https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/2bf031cdae16440cbd22a392dc36dfd9 We started a YouTube Show! It's called Life After MLM : The Show (obviously) and we stream LIVE every Friday at 9am pst! Make sure to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertaBlevinsLAMLM Meet Danielle Bolster, a licensed mental health counselor, as the host of...
Feb 13, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 89
This weeks sponsor is Best Fiends! Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play for free today! Register for our LLS Team! - https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/2bf031cdae16440cbd22a392dc36dfd9 We started a YouTube Show! It's called Life After MLM : The Show (obviously) and we stream LIVE every Friday at 9am pst! Make sure to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertaBlevinsLAMLM You may know Alanda Carter by her online persona, The Recovering Hunbot, where she DEEP dives companie...
Feb 06, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 88
This weeks sponsor is Best Fiends! Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play for free today! We started a YouTube Show! It's called Life After MLM : The Show (obviously) and we stream LIVE every Friday at 9am pst! Make sure to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertaBlevinsLAMLM When Angie emailed me, saying she had a story about her time in Pampered Chef I knew we had to chat! So much of what she experienced in MLM is unfortunately utterly commonplace and we needed to talk...
Jan 30, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 87
This weeks sponsor is Best Fiends! Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play for free today! What a treat! We've got Doug Brooks on the show today, and were breaking down some hard truths and MLM facts. Doug has been helping take down MLM's for the past 30 years helping the little guys fight the good fight, so he has seen his fair share of cases. We recorded this back in September, and as we know, LOTS has happened since then! This episode is a great introduction into a lot of ...
Jan 23, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 86
This weeks sponsor is Best Fiends! Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play for free today! Tamara Rubin's young sons were acutely lead poisoned when a worker on their home wasn't using lead safe practices like he claimed. What followed became a passion for knowledge and public education on heavy metal safety and advocacy best known as Lead Safe Mama. Over the years, Tamara has tested a variety of MLM products with shocking results, including two current scams we won't let up ...
Jan 16, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 85
This weeks sponsor is Best Fiends! Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play for free today! Have you ever seen those ads on social media for MLM coaching? Those courses that promise all the secrets to MLM success for the low, low price of $500? I hate those, and so does Michelle Carpenter, a former Beach Body Boss Babe who fell for it. hook, line, and sinker. It's been a topic I've wanted to cover for awhile, so it was fate when Michelle emailed me asking about an episode idea...
Jan 09, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 84
This weeks sponsor is Best Fiends! Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play for free today! Happy New Year!!! We're smack dab in the middle of making this podcast even better for 2022, so don't mind our dust or whatever people say when they are open during construction. You'll start to notice a few changes in the coming weeks, so stay tuned! Tracey Reid returns with ALL THE PAPA TEA!!! I cannot tell you how many comments I get about Tracey's episode, and people asking what she...
Jan 02, 2022•1 hr 26 min
Welcome to DAY 9 of 9 DAYS OF HOLIDAY MAGIC! WE DID IT!!!!!! I hope your season is filled with the embodiment of HOLIDAY MAGIC, as we count down to 2022! Jenni Wild is a PURE DELIGHT, and if you haven't heard of her until now, get ready to fall in love. Her content is filled with fact based education and empathetic compassion, while still being HILARIOUSLY charming and wholesome. She's got an amazing cast of characters she portrays on social, and her Drew Barrymore impersonation is air tight, bu...
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 82
Welcome to DAY 8 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. Check out our Giveaway before it ends! I hope your season is filled with the embodiment of HOLIDAY MAGIC, as we count down to 2022! You may know her on social media as any number of her hilarious personas; Barb, the confused empty nester, Kkayleighee, the classic hunbot, or my favorite, ...
Dec 26, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 81
This weeks sponsors are BetterHelp, Smile Brilliant and Best Fiends! 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 at checkout! Don't forget to download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play today! Welcome to DAY 6 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...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 80
This weeks sponsors are BetterHelp, Smile Brilliant and Best Fiends! 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 at checkout! Don't forget to download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play today! Welcome to DAY 5 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...
Dec 19, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 79
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 at checkout! Welcome to DAY 5 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. Check out our Giveaway before it end...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 78
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 deals at Smile Brilliant when you use code LIFE! Happy Holidays! Welcome to DAY 4 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. Don't forget to enter the VIXEN...
Dec 12, 2021•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 77
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 nex...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 76
This weeks sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm. Welcome to DAY 2 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. Don't forget to enter our GIVEAWAY to win a SIGNED & DOODLED copy of CULTISH from our friend Amanda Montell! Check our IG for details! I hope yo...
Dec 05, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 75
This weeks sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm. Welcome to DAY 1 of 9 DAYS OF HOLIDAY MAGIC in the month of December! After toying around with a multitude of inclusive yet topical names, I landed on 9 DAYS Of HOLIDAY MAGIC, 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. I hope your season is filled with the embo...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 74
Thank you to this weeks sponsor, Best Fiends! Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play today! This month we are teaming up with igotout.org, a consortium of cult survivors supporting the #igotout movement of activism, and education, to help shine light on the commercial cults more commonly known as Multi Level Marketing. Throughout the month of November, follow along with us on social media as we share MLM statistics, cult education, survivor stories and ways you can join in o...
Nov 28, 2021•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 73
This weeks sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm. This month we are teaming up with igotout.org, a consortium of cult survivors supporting the #igotout movement of activism, and education, to help shine light on the commercial cults more commonly known as Multi Level Marketing. Throughout the month of November, follow along with us on social media as we share MLM statistics, cult education, survivor stories...
Nov 24, 2021•54 min•Ep. 72
This weeks sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm. This month we are teaming up with igotout.org, a consortium of cult survivors supporting the #igotout movement of activism, and education, to help shine light on the commercial cults more commonly known as Multi Level Marketing. Throughout the month of November, follow along with us on social media as we share MLM statistics, cult education, survivor stories...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 71
Thank you to this weeks sponsor, Best Fiends! Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play today! This month we are teaming up with igotout.org, a consortium of cult survivors supporting the #igotout movement of activism, and education, to help shine light on the commercial cults more commonly known as Multi Level Marketing. Throughout the month of November, follow along with us on social media as we share MLM statistics, cult education, survivor stories and ways you can join in o...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 70
Thank you to this weeks sponsor, Best Fiends! Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play today! This month we are teaming up with igotout.org, a consortium of cult survivors supporting the #igotout movement of activism, and education, to help shine light on the commercial cults more commonly known as Multi Level Marketing. Throughout the month of November, follow along with us on social media as we share MLM statistics, cult education, survivor stories and ways you can join in o...
Nov 14, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 69
This weeks sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm. This month we are teaming up with igotout.org, a consortium of cult survivors supporting the #igotout movement of activism, and education, to help shine light on the commercial cults more commonly known as Multi Level Marketing. Throughout the month of November, follow along with us on social media as we share MLM statistics, cult education, survivor stories...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 68
Thank you to this weeks sponsor, Best Fiends!Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play today! *The stories in this episode contain sensitive subject matter, including details of a murders, paranormal experiences, and abuse of children. Please use your own discretion when listening.* Happy Halloween Huns! For our Halloween Episode we hang out with Miri Nadler, owner of 10Blooms Cakes, as she tells us the story of the time her mom was involved deep with a transient Tupperware lad...
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 67
This weeks sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm. A special Halloween Bonus Episode, where MLM and True Crime collide! Here are some of the more well known MLM Murder cases, Travis Alexander, Shannan Watts and Alexis Sharkey, plus mini dives into the facts of the cases and what happened afterward. Show Notes The Murder of Travis Alexander - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Travis_Alexander LegalShiel...
Oct 27, 2021•35 min•Ep. 66
This weeks sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm. Content warning : Some of the stories in this episode deal with triggering topics, including mental health, PTSD, suicide and more. Each story that has these topics, has a small warning at the beginning, so you may skip around as needed. I put out a call to action this month on social media, asking for personal MLM Horror stories and YOU RESPONDED!!! You sen...
Oct 24, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 65
Thank you to this weeks sponsor, Best Fiends! Download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play today! This episode contains graphic descriptions of horrific acts, including being drugged, kidnapped, strangled and violent sexual assault. For those who have trouble with these topics, this episode may be triggering. If you wish to listen to this episode and skip the graphic retelling of the event, the timestamps below can help you navigate around that section so you can enjoy the remaini...
Oct 17, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 64
*This episode is intended for 18+, and contains discussions on disordered eating, compromising situations and mentions toxic ideas on forgiving sexual trauma, in stories as retold by the guest. Please use discretion when listening to this episode if these topics may be triggering to you.* In 2019 "Ariel" joined Optavia as a customer to help her maintain her weight as she weaned herself off cigarettes at 25 years old. Admittedly a bad idea in hindsight, she takes us down a wild ride of what life ...
Oct 10, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 63
