dd #31 | 'Org' Training 'Cult'ure: Deconstructing The Damage w/ Jill Pagano - Part 1 of 2" hey can just stop brushing it off, because you have intelligent, articulate, emotionally educated women - and a few men of course - that are saying... I'm dissociated from my body... I'm feeling all this shame. I still have it 15 years later... you can't tell me that it's nothing." - Jill PaganoJill Pagano joins Tracy & I for a two-part deconstruction...
dd #30 | Razzle Dazzle & Red Flags @ 'Org' HQ w/ Valerie Branch"We still have the connection with each other. No matter if we are 'in' or 'out.' It transcends." - Valerie BranchValerie Branch & I worked together at 'Org' HQ for two years. We left at around the same time and our friendship has stood the test of time, so I recently invited her to sit down for a peek back at her time working for the Org.In this conversation, Valerie shares:...
dd #29 | Grappling w/ Shame & Prioritizing Self-Care | Candice SchutterI'm coming to you solo this week to share a few resources that are helping me to navigate all the feels of late. I know that I'm not alone in my struggle to reconcile everything that is coming to light, so in this episode of Deconstructing Dogma I offer a recap of what's currently helping me to better understand recent events.The bulk of the episode is about shame &...
It's been a very wild week and so first things first... I want to offer a self-care reminder to everyone there. Please take care of your mental health. There is a sudden groundswell surrounding this work, and emotions are high for many. The stories shared on this pod are triggering to some. The community support that we offer is *not* meant to be used as a substitute for help from a skilled trauma-informed therapist. If you feel a sense of...
This week's episode was originally recorded for Patreon, but it felt destined for the main feed. This week and next, patrons of the pod will have exclusive access to the entire two-part main feed conversation ON VIDEO - in addition to being able to listen as usual on podcast streaming apps.Watch via the link below - or listen on the main feed - as Tracy & I sit down with former Org trainer and brave truth teller, Shannon Geltner. This convo...
dd #28 | Integrity & Leaving 'the Org': A Veteran Teacher Chimes In (From The UK) | Fiona Winter"My integrity is about not supporting an organization that I no longer felt was worthy. Not the modality necessarily, but the organization and the way it treated people. I didn't want to be seen as being associated with that." - Fiona WinterFiona Winter joins Tracy & I via Zoom from Wales... for a conversation about her 40+ years of teaching...
"It's not my job to protect people who are doing harm." - Lucy Pagedd #27 | Narcissists No More - kid gloves, codependency, & divorcing cult dynamics | Lucy Page - Part 2 of 2This week, we're back with Part 2 of our conversation with Lucy Page & here's where we go in the second half: We take a closer look at the culty commonalities between 'the Org' and the Tony Robbins training environment. Lucy shares how divorce from an abusive...
dd #26 | Power & Accountability - the 'Org', Tony Robbins, & the no-victims narrative | Lucy Page - Part 1 of 2This week's convo is dropping one day later than scheduled.... but it just so happens to be right on time given a recent release on the main feed. If you missed it, Episode 59 is a must-hear deep dive, because it speaks to the heart of this series... and it contextualizes where we go in this next, two-part conversation.Lucy Page...
dd #25 | Spirituality vs. Pseudoscience & how do we tell the diff? | Barb Wesson - Part 2 of 2I really loved this conversation!If you're a life-long seeker like me, you won't want to miss the second half of our conversation with Dr. Barb Wesson. Part 1 dropped last week, so be sure to circle back if you missed it.In Part 2 we grapple with loads of questions, including: What happens when spirituality gets hijacked? How do we make meaning...
dd #24 | Railing Against Reverence: Spirituality (w/o the dogma), Barb Wesson - Part 1 of 2This week, Barb Wesson joins the pod to help us separate spirituality from culty dogmatics. It's a timely conversation for yours truly, as I've been struggling mightily to disentangle the two for a good long while.Both former trainers at 'the Org', Barb & Tracy go way back... so we have a lot of fun in this two-part conversation. The three of us share...