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1. www.rollingstone.com › culture › culture-featuresNXIVM: How Self-Help Cult Was the Ultimate Wellness Scam

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   Oct 8, 2019 · How NXIVM Was the Ultimate Wellness Scam. Keith Raniere targeted wealthy and seemingly happy women. But by preying on their insecurities, he got them to do things they never imagined. By Ej ...

2. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blogDid the NXIVM Cult Actually Help People? | Psychology Today

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   Nov 6, 2022 · Thousands of people went through the motivational programs run by criminal NXIVM organization and many claim they were helped by them. One of the major alleged successes of NXIVM is their ...

3. www.grunge.com › 484557How The NXIVM Cult Found And Lured Their Victims - Grunge

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   Aug 11, 2021 · Offering self-help to women was the perfect guise for NXIVM as they were able to lure vulnerable women. According to psychologist and cult expert Michael Langone, it's not surprising that the cult was disguised as a self-help and wellness organization, as it allows the leaders to have control over its members and their beliefs.

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4. www.psychologytoday.com › us › blog3 Psychological Principles Nxivm Used to Brainwash Its ...

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   • Obedience. Among the most infamous research in the field of psychology is Stanley Milgram’s work on obedience. You can read more about the details here, but the gist is that everyday adults agreed to give innocent victims electric shocks simply because a person of authority instructed them that “the experiment must go on.”
   • Deindividuation. According to The Vow, Raniere was a big fan of another infamous psychological experiment: The Stanford Prison Study. In this study, young, mentally healthy men were randomly assigned to serve as prisoner or guard in a mock prison constructed in the basement of a Stanford University building.
   • Depletion. Research conducted by Edward Burkley shows that exerting self-control weakens our ability to counteract others’ persuasive messages. Put another way, if you deplete people of their self-control, they become more vulnerable to brainwashing.

5. www.nytimes.com › 2018/05/30 › magazineInside Nxivm, the ‘Sex Cult’ That Preached Empowerment

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   May 30, 2018 · Why did female members follow a guru named Keith Raniere, who now stands accused of sex trafficking? He made them feel like they were in control.

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6. www.popsugar.com › entertainment › vow-nxivm-cultThe Vow: A Complete Timeline of the NXIVM Cult's ... - POPSUGAR

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   Aug 24, 2020 · While claiming to offer self-help, NXIVM has become associated with a disturbing sex cult and a pyramid scheme in recent years. ... an inner "sisterhood" of NXIVM. Former women in the cult spoke ...

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   Did NXIVM offer self-help to women?

   • Offering self-help to women was the perfect guise for NXIVM as they were able to lure vulnerable women. According to psychologist and cult expert Michael Langone, it's not surprising that the cult was disguised as a self-help and wellness organization, as it allows the leaders to have control over its members and their beliefs.

   How The NXIVM Cult Found And Lured Their Victims - Grunge

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   Is NXIVM a cult?

   • NXIVM was a cult disguised as a multi-level marketing enterprise and self-help group. Founded in the 1990s by Keith Raniere, the cult gained many followers and thrived throughout the years until it was exposed by former members as a sex cult that involved physical, mental, and emotional abuse.

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   What happened to NXIVM?

   • When Nxivm first formed in the 1990s, it was billed as a self-help multi-level marketing company that offered professional development seminars. But over the three years, the organization has fallen apart after a New York Times exposé alleged that female members were branded and used as sex slaves by the group's founder, Keith Raniere.

   NXIVM Timeline: Keith Raniere Trial, Conviction, and Collapse

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   How did NXIVM affect women in DOS?

   • Extreme dieting (e.g., 500 calories per day), sleep deprivation, winter walks at 3 am, and ice-cold showers were just a few of the daily occurrences women in DOS endured, leaving them less able to resist Raniere’s manipulations. Bottom Line We all want to believe we'd never be lured into a cult like Nxivm.

   3 Psychological Principles Nxivm Used to Brainwash Its Members

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8. www.businessinsider.com › what-is-nxivm-keithNXIVM Timeline: Keith Raniere Trial, Conviction ... - Insider

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   Sep 8, 2021 · Nxivm was formed by Keith Raniere and Nancy Salzman in the 1990s and billed itself as a self-help multi-level marketing company. The company ceased operations last year after a New York Times ...