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Have you ever worked with a motivational speaker or a personal trainer?

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Participants hiddenpuma75Carl Rivera43Joseph Bailey41ironrider11Laura Castillo6mistydrifter55Jose Ward4mistybisonhiddenhound3George CookJeffrey Ramos4Larry Hayes25wearyrider16jadelynx2Lawrence WellsAmy Green4Kenneth Martinez16Dana Davis5Andrew Barrett4Andrew Kelly10Elizabeth Taylor3
hiddenpuma75 hiddenpuma75 RegularOP
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#1 ·
1) Have any of you actually tried following advice from American motivational speakers, like Taylor Swift?

2) Who else is on your radar when it comes to popular American life coaches?
Carl Rivera43 Carl Rivera43 Veteran
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#2 ·
Of course Taylor Swift and her crowd operate on pure self-interest and manipulation—that’s pretty much their whole playbook, isn't it?

But hey, I truly believe in karma. Eventually, they'll have to realize that you can't just play around with people's emotions like they're some kind of game.
Joseph Bailey41 Joseph Bailey41 Veteran
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#3 ·
We’ve already given Taylor Swift a pretty thorough roasting over here. 🕺
ironrider11 ironrider11 Regular
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#4 ·
Nothing beats them straight out of the oven, served up with some baby potatoes and a fresh green salad.
Joseph Bailey41 Joseph Bailey41 Veteran
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ironrider11 said:Nothing beats them straight out of the oven, served up with some baby potatoes and a fresh green salad.

I just hope you aren't eating any of that stuff contaminated with Botox. It's a bit risky, don't you think? 🕺
ironrider11 ironrider11 Regular
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#6 ·
Yeah, botulinum can be a real pain. But look, even with those regular "top-ups," we’re talking tiny amounts here. As long as they're walking around without obvious spasms—which is hard to tell unless you've been watching them for days on end—it's fine. It's edible. Honestly, nothing more dangerous than some processed junk from a gas station. Maybe even less. Besides, the head gets taken off and the organs come out right at the start. Heart, kidneys, liver... dogs eat that stuff raw all the time. If they don't go for it, if even just one refuses to eat, then forget it; I'm not having a nice dinner a few days later. Better safe than sorry. Since we're basically just energy in transition, I doubt it bothers them much. If someone's in a bind, it'd be smart to use that bio-capsule to tweak the energy intake a little...
Joseph Bailey41 Joseph Bailey41 Veteran
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#7 ·
You’d honestly make an incredible motivational speaker—if we were trying to talk people out of everything. 🎉
Laura Castillo6 Laura Castillo6 Active Member
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#8 ·
Everything she’s claiming just flies in the face of actual science. Since she’s out there actively encouraging people to ditch their psychiatric medications, I honestly think she should be flagged as a public safety risk and handed a long prison sentence.

She isn't some motivational coach; she’s just someone peddling misinformation and pseudoscience.

In my opinion, she’s way more dangerous than guys like Paar, Pavuna, or Duspara because she actually starts meddling with medical advice.
Joseph Bailey41 Joseph Bailey41 Veteran
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#9 ·
Let's not get carried away here. Look, she might be a tough woman, but deciding whether or not to take psychotropic meds is a deeply personal choice. It’s not like Taylor Swift is going around breaking into people's houses to steal antidepressants from their nightstands.
mistydrifter55 mistydrifter55 Active Member
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#10 ·
People put their faith in charlatans, priests, and doctors, so why wouldn't they trust a "life coach"? 🍿

The bottom line is that when people face a crisis, they turn to whoever they feel can help, based on their own culture and inclinations.
Some head to a church, others see a psychiatrist, so it’s perfectly natural for someone to seek out a Taylor Swift type instead.

It's a case of "different strokes for different folks." Everyone thinks they're doing what's best for them, and honestly, there's nothing wrong with that.
But until they experience the fallout, they'll just flip the script—starting to throw shade and stones at everyone, whether it's a doctor, a priest, or a Taylor Swift.

A few decades ago, when my mother was going through a rough patch, she went to the one person she believed could actually fix things—a local superstition specialist. That was the way it was back then.
Even today, I see TV shows where people flock to all sorts of exorcists and whatnot.
Since being a "life coach" is the big trend now, some people have simply moved past old-school fortune tellers. They aren't looking for witches anymore; they're searching for hope and salvation in modern ways, following the crowd toward whatever popular Taylor Swifts are trending.
Joseph Bailey41 Joseph Bailey41 Veteran
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mistydrifter55 said:People put their faith in charlatans, priests, and doctors, so why wouldn't they trust a "life coach"? 🍿

The bottom line is that when people face a crisis, they turn to whoever they feel can help, based on their own culture and inclinations.
Some head to a church, others see a psychiatrist, so it’s perfectly natural for someone to seek out a Taylor Swift type instead.

It's a case of "different strokes for different folks." Everyone thinks they're doing what's best for them, and honestly, there's nothing wrong with that.
But until they experience the fallout, they'll just flip the script—starting to throw shade and stones at everyone, whether it's a doctor, a priest, or a Taylor Swift.

A few decades ago, when my mother was going through a rough patch, she went to the one person she believed could actually fix things—a local superstition specialist. That was the way it was back then.
Even today, I see TV shows where people flock to all sorts of exorcists and whatnot.
Since being a "life coach" is the big trend now, some people have simply moved past old-school fortune tellers. They aren't looking for witches anymore; they're searching for hope and salvation in modern ways, following the crowd toward whatever popular Taylor Swifts are trending.

Did it actually work? 🍿
mistydrifter55 mistydrifter55 Active Member
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#12 ·
Joseph Bailey41 said:Did it actually work? 🍿

🤣

She thinks it did. But that was 30 or 40 years ago.

It was my brother we’re talking about. Looking back, I realize the issue went way deeper than anyone thought. 🤣
It’s not that she didn't find a solution—it's that she just buried him and herself under a mountain of mutual dependency, bad habits, and pure mental exhaustion.

A few years back, I stumbled upon some info online describing the exact symptoms my brother had.
Turns out, it looks like it was PANDAS syndrome. If the doctors had known back then, they could have cleared it up with a few rounds of antibiotics. Instead, they both ended up scarred for life.
He’s never quite been himself, and honestly, she’s even worse off. 🤣
Joseph Bailey41 Joseph Bailey41 Veteran
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#13 ·
mistydrifter55 said:🤣

She thinks it did. But that was 30 or 40 years ago.

It was my brother we’re talking about. Looking back, I realize the issue went way deeper than anyone thought. 🤣
It’s not that she didn't find a solution—it's that she just buried him and herself under a mountain of mutual dependency, bad habits, and pure mental exhaustion.

A few years back, I stumbled upon some info online describing the exact symptoms my brother had.
Turns out, it looks like it was PANDAS syndrome. If the doctors had known back then, they could have cleared it up with a few rounds of antibiotics. Instead, they both ended up scarred for life.
He’s never quite been himself, and honestly, she’s even worse off. 🤣

I'm reading this closely. It sounds all too familiar. 🕺
Jose Ward4 Jose Ward4 Regular
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#14 ·
I don't know about you all, but Taylor Swift has been a total game-changer for me. She actually told me that if I just start eating bananas and walnuts, my whole life is going to take off. So, here I am today, polishing off my third banana, and honestly? I can already feel things shifting. It’s all thanks to Taylor Swift and those other cult-like life coaches out there.
Jose Ward4 Jose Ward4 Regular
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#15 ·
Now, let’s be real, this is all just a big joke. I wasn't actually at any Taylor Swift concert or seminar. All I can say is that there are way too many "life coaches" out there peddling advice when they haven't even sorted out their own messy lives. You see the same thing with therapists, too. It’s impossible to truly help someone else if you’re still a wreck yourself. Honestly? In my book, it’s mostly just a massive money grab. Personally, I’d much rather dive into meditation—actually sit down with someone who knows how to do it and learn how to get real results, because I genuinely believe that works. Like mistydrifter55 mentioned, it’s just the latest trend. Everyone wants to be a coach nowadays, acting like they’re some kind of guru helping people find themselves...
Carl Rivera43 Carl Rivera43 Veteran
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#16 ·
Politicians are basically just life coaches
mistydrifter55 mistydrifter55 Active Member
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#17 ·
Jose Ward4 said:I don't know about you all, but Taylor Swift has been a total game-changer for me. She actually told me that if I just start eating bananas and walnuts, my whole life is going to take off. So, here I am today, polishing off my third banana, and honestly? I can already feel things shifting. It’s all thanks to Taylor Swift and those other cult-like life coaches out there.

Morning. Well, obviously, if you stuff yourself with bananas for Vitamin B and walnuts for those healthy fats, your brain starts firing on all cylinders and you feel great.

Look, I'll give you the same advice: eat plenty of fresh fruit and veggies, live a clean lifestyle, ditch the stress, get enough sleep, breathe some fresh air, and you'll feel like a whole new person. 😉🤣
mistydrifter55 mistydrifter55 Active Member
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#18 ·
Carl Rivera43 said:Politicians are basically just life coaches

Seriously. They feed us nonsense every single day just to make sure we’re dancing to their tune.

Only the smart ones actually bother reading between the lines. Everyone else? They just fall in line with the cronies, all thanks to the "expert" leadership guiding them right into it. 🧐
Carl Rivera43 Carl Rivera43 Veteran
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#19 ·
Man, it’s just pure math at this point.
ironrider11 ironrider11 Regular
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#20 ·
So you happen to be cooking at 3:33 AM (just so nobody stumbles in and catches a glimpse of those stiff legs poking out of the pot), and you also happen to glitch the reality resonator a few times, catching some guy sending out vibes or " rejuvenation" on three different frequencies... you either know what's up or you just see, depending on where you're at. But whatever. You know there’s a ton of food around here—some rotten, some fresh—that nobody bothers to track through any bureaucratic red tape, especially when things just vanish from the stats. The legal frameworks here aren't nearly as tight as they might be over in, say, program, where everything is maybe a bit more... or less... or just different. So you kill the resonator, grab some useless little self-help pamphlet, and through some hollow program, you just strain your eyes for nothing—waiting for that moment when, if the limbs aren't positioned just right, the soft decay finally sinks into the pot.

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