Life After MLM31 Heinä 2022

Episode 114: Ance Vanaga

One of the most vulnerable populations of people being sucked into MLM schemes are students, naïve, eager and looking for opportunity everywhere. That's how Ance Vanaga found herself in strange country at the age of 18, going door to door selling books for Southwestern Advantage, maybe the oldest MLM company we've found so far. Over the years of unpacking her experience, Ance started looking into the mental health side of it, and was shocked at what she discovered. So we sat down with each other and had some deep, enlightening and hilarious conversations about MLM's, cults, gaslighting and what we both went through.

Show Notes

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Conversations with my Mind : The Learning Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-with-my-mind-the-learning-podcast/id1565402796

My interview with Ance on her show - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/am-i-a-boss-babe-or-a-cult-member-with-roberta-blevins-s2-ep8/id1565402796?i=1000568083656

Ance on IG - https://www.instagram.com/conversations.with.my.mind/

Family Guy Latvian Athletes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlsQfCtWsfw

Southwestern Advantage - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern_Advantage

Dr. Steven Hassan's BITE Model - https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/

Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3q16oJb

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