Belle Du Jour
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Thank you for sharing. I will remember this on my path to becoming more feminine. This reminds me of the free 3 day online seminar hosted by Rachel Jayne Groover the author of "Powerful and Feminine". Like all free seminars she was trying to get people to come to her paid coaching program. Initially the things she said was very empowering and eye opening but then she turned to the audience and started being so mean and nasty. One of the ladies was telling her that she had imposter syndrome about her business and she had a stomach ache that day, not sure why she mentioned the stomach ache, but Rachel Groover told her that the reason she had those feelings was because she was an imposter and not experienced in her field. Her idea is that when you have an negative perception about yourself or if someone says something to you that is negative and you're feelings get hurt that means there is some truth to what is being said. She said she hopes what she said made the woman's stomach hurt even more because it was important that she experienced the truth. I was like "what in the world" it was horrible! I was this close to buying her paid coaching program until I realized she tears down vulnerable people's self esteem, and tries to build it back up again. That's not how it works. You should have seen the look on the woman's face she looked like she was going to cry.
I was listening to the Audible version of "Nice Girl's Don't Get the Corner Office" and the narrator was so condescending, not only in her tone but in her words. She sounded like a bully. Even though she had some really good points I couldn't even finish the book. I don't like it either when people give you advice and think its okay to tear you apart in the process, like I'm already insecure about this certain topic no need to pour more salt in the wound.
OMG! That is horrible!!! I would never purchase anything from her with that attitude
Since I've been on my journey, I've heard multiple coaches say that if you're feeling bad you're probably thinking something that isn't true which is why you're feeling bad. I've never heard someone say that there is truth in a bad emotion.
I recognize that it is a selling tactic to tease people with a bit of new knowledge and then make them feel badly about themselves but that kind of strategy never worked with me. I remember Monique Head was like that when I had a call with her years ago about her academy. That kind of strategy seems to work with people who have really poor self-esteem. Another thing I've noticed is that some of these clients never actually learn to tap into their own intuition and rely on the coach as a crutch. They will purchase every single thing the coach sells and then still come back to the group asking the most basic questions because they haven't actually learned anything. But I guess that's why coaching is such a booming industry.