After hearing about NXIVM on Kate Casey's podcast and watching the documentary The Vow, I realized something shocking: years earlier, I had attended a NXIVM recruitment event and was personally encouraged to join by people featured in the documentary.
In this episode, I share my firsthand experience with the recruitment process, how NXIVM was marketed as a personal development and business coaching program, and the red flags that ultimately stopped me from signing up.
I also break down the history of NXIVM, Keith Raniere, the Executive Success Programs (ESP), the infamous sash ranking system, V-Week, DOS, and how one of the world's most notorious cults managed to attract intelligent, successful, and educated people from all walks of life.
We'll talk about The Vow, Sarah Edmondson's role in both promoting and later exposing the organization, and the surreal experience of watching the documentary only to recognize people I knew in the footage.
This is the story of how I almost got recruited into NXIVM—and why looking back, being left out may have been the best thing that ever happened to me.
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