Mandatory, Final & Binding Arbitration: Keeping the victims quiet

While a lot of us seem to know someone that has had a bad experience with an LGAT, or knows someone that knows someone (since I’ve begun my research I’ve already had two people tell me that they knew someone who had serious problems) or that someone was you, none of us can ever seem to compile any significant amounts of data on lawsuits brought on by victims or families of victims. But that doesn’t mean nobody had legal representation. It just means that their case, or dispute was brought

Lifespring & EST spinoffs to be aware of

I have created a Google Docs spreadsheet that contains listings of known Lifespring & est spinoffs around the world. The purpose of this spreadsheet is to build and manage an easily accessible database of known Large Group Awareness Training (LGAT) companies that have potential to do real psychological, physical and/or financial harm to its participants. And to be an additional online resource for people who are doing their own research. While it is not a

The Legacy Center, Lifespring offshoot in Raleigh, NC, threatens LegacyCenterTruth.org

Back in 2006, The Legacy Center in Raleigh, North Carolina had one critic, by the screen name of ‘dan‘ (a Legacy Center graduate) scared enough to shut down his online forum legacycentertruth.org. The forum was created for the purpose of “open discussion about the business, teachings, and effects of the Legacy Center.” The threat started off with the copyright infringement

How am I going to sell my art?

I am a creative person, one might consider an artsy type. I’m an amateur photographer and computer graphics type of artist. Apparently I am an example of the perfect mark to be recruited into an expensive, cultic and potentially dangerous and damaging institution such as Landmark Education, Choice Center** or the Legacy Center**. In fact, while I was under the attempt of recruitment for the Legacy Center,

My second encounter with an ‘opportunity for transformation’

My second encounter with these LGAT groups was more recent and a little more, perhaps, insidious. It is what really prompted me to begin researching them.

This time was different than my first experience because this friend has been, unbeknownst to me, deeply involved (though on and off)

My introduction into the world of personal transformation

I was oblivious to personal transformation seminars all of my life until several years ago, 2004-ish, when a person I considered to be a close friend disappeared into the abyss of an expensive transformation. We were close for a few years before her employer urged her to attend The Choice Center in Las Vegas, NV. The Choice Center’s claim: