Anne Peterson joins Jean and Glenn to recap the SEEK Safely Summit. The Summit brought together industry insiders who also want to see improvements in self-improvement and a safer, more ethical self-help world. Topics included law, policy, and accountability in self-help; prevention and recovery; and healing after experiencing harm.

If you missed it, you can still get access to recordings of the Summit, along with some other goodies: a copy of the SEEK Safely Red and Green Flags as well as the SEEK Safely Empowerment Compass! Get lifetime access for $105 USD here.

Show Notes:

To Listen:

SEEK Podcast Episode with Chris Shelton

Confronting the Line Anne Peterson's Podcast

To Read:

“If Scientology Ruled the World” by Jon Atack

“What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should do the Opposite” by David DiSalvo

“A World Appears” by Michael Pollen

“Is This a Cult” by Anne Peterson

To Watch:

The Vow docuseries on HBO

Learn more about SEEK Safely on our website

Follow SEEK on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

Follow Dr. Glenn on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

Read the memoir “This Sweet Life: how we lived after Kirby died” by Jean and her mom, Ginny Brown

To Contact SEEK email info@seeksafely.org

Make a secure donation to support the SEEK Safely Podcast on SEEKSafely.org

We’ll give it to Tony Robbins–he’s trying really hard to stay relevant in a rapidly changing self-help environment. Most recently, he’s joined in with a bunch of tech bros to build a therapizing, AI guru. What could go wrong?!

Glenn and Jean chat about this latest development in the saga of AI and self-help, raising some important questions about what’s happening. The merging of two un- or at least underregulated industries, both of which are hard-selling consumers by promising them what they want to hear but not proceeding with much if any integrity, feels like a potentially dangerous direction to head in. But, what do we know. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

To Listen:

“AI’s Musical Analysis Stinks” on PodSaveAmerica

“AI: The Shiny, Environmentally-destructive Magic 8 Ball” on the SEEK Safely Podcast

To Watch:

Finding Michael Documentary

To Read:

“Good Sugar, Bad Sugar” by Alan Carr

“The Path, Founded by Tony Robbins and Calm Alums, Hopes to Offer Safer AI Therapy” by Julie Bort for TechCrunch

“Dozens Injured After Walking on Hot Coals at Tony Robbins Event” by Catherine Thornebeck for ABC News

Learn more about SEEK Safely on our website

Follow SEEK on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

Follow Dr. Glenn on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

Read the memoir “This Sweet Life: how we lived after Kirby died” by Jean and her mom, Ginny Brown

To Contact SEEK email info@seeksafely.org

Make a secure donation to support the SEEK Safely Podcast on SEEKSafely.org

Jean and Glenn revisit some recent examples of supposedly visionary individuals whose grand plans led to disaster. It’s a sort of wishful thinking, fake-it-till-you-make-it, “manifest it” mindset that is not only a hallmark of modern self-help, but also seems to be pervasive in modern culture. What are the implications of this type of thinking, especially as we train LLMs and AIs from the content output of this culture?

Also… Join us on May 30th for the SEEK Safely Summit! We’ll be talking about solutions for building a better self-help world.

To Listen:

The Dropout Podcast

The Workers Letting AI Do Their Jobs on The Daily Podcast

To Watch:

Finding Michael Documentary

To Read:

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Learn more about SEEK Safely on our website

Follow SEEK on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

Follow Dr. Glenn on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook

Read the memoir “This Sweet Life: how we lived after Kirby died” by Jean and her mom, Ginny Brown

To Contact SEEK email info@seeksafely.org

Make a secure donation to support the SEEK Safely Podcast on SEEKSafely.org