What Are You So Afraid Of? | Self-Help

The Self-Help industry has existed for over a century and seems to be selling the same product in slightly different packaging. What shaped this industry and what happens when you take it too far?

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-Books-

Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM (2021) by Sarah Berman
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Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement (1986) by Tony Robbins
https://amzn.to/3ybAQ5E

The Power of Positive Thinking: A Practical Guide to Mastering the Problems of Everyday Living (1992) by Norman Vincent Peale
https://amzn.to/38eaogZ

Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts (2020) by Jennie Allen
https://amzn.to/38EPWGr

-Documentaries-

The Vow - Season 1 (2020) - https://amzn.to/388Wywp
Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult (2020) - https://amzn.to/3ya6L6x
Cults and Extreme Belief (2018) S1E1 "NXIVM" - https://amzn.to/38f6CUE
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru (2016) - https://www.netflix.com/title/80102204
Explained (2019) S2E1 "Cults" - https://www.netflix.com/title/81097621 https://youtu.be/6NWIfiV1_XQ

-Youtube Videos-

The Truth About Life Coaching - https://youtu.be/E56f4zR_XDg
A Philosopher Reacts to the NXIVM Cult - https://youtu.be/0zsi4z0qzX8
NXIVM. What the Media Won't Report. - https://youtu.be/wAyqGCEIFGU
What Happened to NXIVM? - https://youtu.be/guO9pE7YLZI

-Movies and TV-

Derren Brown: The Heist (2006) - https://youtu.be/HDtMMsFoHuY
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2018) S20E5 "Accredo" - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8843020/
Yes Man (2008) - https://amzn.to/3zAXOo4
A Serial Killer's Guide to Life (2019) - https://amzn.to/3jrOhdG
Shallow Hal (2001) - https://amzn.to/3yNku3j
Hitch (2005) - https://amzn.to/3tUeMMl

-Websites-

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/935/935-h/935-h.htm
https://www.facebook.com/102431224948822/posts/my-copy-of-the-1989-guinness-book-of-world-records-is-in-this-weeks-episode-of-s/134093671782577/
https://archive.org/details/keith-raniere-conversations-archive/What+Is+Rational+Inquiry.mp4
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/nxivm-leader-keith-raniere-sentenced-120-years-prison-racketeering-and-sex-trafficking
https://www.timesunion.com/projects/2020/nxivm-timeline/
https://www.timesunion.com/7dayarchive/article/Troy-man-has-a-lot-on-his-mind-15640272.php
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/nyregion/nxivm-women-branded-albany.html
https://bkreader.com/2020/07/23/nxivm-group-holds-nightly-dances-outside-of-brooklyn-prison-despite-its-controversial-ties/

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Video Credits -
Oprah walks on fire - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1843659362312793
Fired Up for Fire Walking | MythBusters - https://youtu.be/JibIlisE9uA
What the Bleep Do We Know? (2005) Trailer - https://amzn.to/3kXxM8C

Photo Credits -
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Produced with the assistance of Rozarah
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Researched with the assistance of Jesspsettle
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Module Transition Music - Motivational Upbeat Corporate by RinkevichMusic
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0:00 Intro
1:07 Module 1 Self-Help
6:56 Module 2 Tony Robbins
17:11 Module 3 Keith Raniere
28:27 Module 4 NXIVM
45:53 Module 5 Dominus Obsequious Sororium

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