In recent decades, the Law of Attraction has become one of the most influential belief systems in wellness, self-help, and multilevel marketing (MLM) circles. Its premise is seductively simple: your thoughts shape your reality. Think positively, and abundance will flow; dwell on negativity, and youâll attract misfortune.
We have discussed the pitfalls of Law of attraction in a previous episode, you can find here.
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This modern doctrine of âmind over matterâ is often traced to The Secret (2006) by Rhonda Byrne, but its genealogy is much older. It reaches back to New Thought philosophy of the 19th century, where figures like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Phineas Quimby, and later Mary Baker Eddy (founder of Christian Science) claimed that divine thought itself was the engine of reality. These Mind Cure and faith healing movements linked spirt and matter together. Disease, poverty, and suffering were seen as products of âwrong or stinking thinking.â Salvation was not just spiritual but cognitive: change your thinking, change your life.
and so again I say: It is shockingly right instead of shockingly wrong of you to be prosperous. Obviously, you cannot be very happy if you are poor and you need not be poor. It is a sin. –Catherine Ponder (The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity)
In fact, it is the search for spiritual healing of the body that led to what is known today as prosperity consciousness or in Christian evangelism, it’s prosperity theology.
That intellectual lineage matters because it shows how the Law of Attraction has always been more than a harmless pep talk. It represents a cosmology of control, one that locates all responsibility (and blame) within the individual mind. As we have discussed many times before, Jonathan Haidt observes in The Righteous Mind, belief systems serve a dual function: they bind communities together and blind them to alternative explanations.
In this sense, the Law of Attraction doesnât just inspire positive thinking; it narrows. By framing success and failure as purely mental vibrations, it obscures structural realities like economic inequality, physical health and genetic limitations, racism, or corporate exploitation.
And that narrowing is precisely what makes it the perfect handmaiden to MLM culture.
When Positive Thinking Becomes a Business Model
Robert L. FitzPatrick, in False Profits and Ponzinomics, describes MLMs as âendless chainâ recruitment schemes. What sustains them isnât product sales but the constant influx of hopeful recruits. Yet these schemes require something more than numbers: they require belief.
Here, the Law of Attraction becomes the MLMâs best salesman. Distributors are told:
Failure isnât about the structure of the business; itâs about your mindset.
Doubt is ânegative energyâ that will block your success.
Quitting is not just a business choice but a moral failing.
In the Amway training program, the “ABCs of Success” are “Attitude, Belief and Commitment.” Attitude was the key which must be guarded. Don’t let anyone steal your attitude. Negative was defined as “whatever influence weakens your belief and commitment in the business” -False Profits
This is where Norman Vincent Pealeâs âpositive thinkingâ gospel dovetails with MLM. In his 1948 book Positive Thinking for a Time Like This, Peale popularized the phrase
âLet go and let God. Let Him take over your life and run it. He knows how.â
While originally a call to spiritual surrender, the phrase has since been weaponized in countless contexts from Holiness movements to Alcoholics Anonymous to prosperity preaching. At its worst, it functions as a silencer: donât question, donât resist, donât think critically. Just âlet go,â and trust that outcomes (or uplines) will provide.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity has a word for this: prelest. Itâs the belief that human beings are so easily deceived that any private sense of spiritual progress â a feeling of clarity, joy, empowerment, even a mystical experience â canât be trusted on its own. Without humility and the guidance of a spiritual father, youâre told it may just be pride, delusion, or the devil in disguise.
Thatâs the trap: you canât trust your own mind, heart, or gut. The only âsafeâ option is obedience to the system. Which is exactly how MLMs and other high-control groups operate â undermining self-trust to keep you dependent.
Nietzsche would have called this a kind of slave morality, a belief system that encourages resignation to suffering rather than rebellion against unjust structures. The Law of Attraction, framed in this way, doesnât challenge MLM exploitation; it sanctifies it.
More powerful than any product, charismatic leader, or compensation plan, the MLM mindset materials (the tapes, courses, and âpersonal developmentâ kits) are the prime tools used to recruit and control distributors. Once youâre in the system, youâre encouraged to buy these materials week after week, keeping you invested emotionally and financially while feeding the companyâs bottom line.
I went back through my Facebook to find some goodies for you! đThis photo says “My energy creates my reality. What I focus on is what I will Manifest.” Here is the original caption so you can hear how brainwashed I was. “đĽđđźBelief is a feeling of certainty about something, driven by emotion. Feeling certain means that it feels true to you and therefore it is your reality. đĽđđź đŞđź What you focus on you find đŞđź đ You’ve got to believe it, to see it đ”
Flashback to my first corporate event Aug 2016. My upline purchased my flight basically forcing me to go.
My caption at the time: đ¤Ž
đĽIGNITE YOUR VISION! đĽ âĄAttended an event that changed my life. Showed me the massive vision of this company. đ¤Join our passionate, growing team of 18-35-year-olds striving for extraordinary lives and ownership of health, dreams, and contributions. đ¤ŠReturning to this LIFE CHANGING event soon! Nashville, TNâletâs learn, grow, and celebrate!
Sounds inspiring, right? Except what theyâre really selling is mandatory product purchases, endless hype, and a community that keeps you chasing the next status milestone. That âmassive visionâ isnât about your health or dreamsâitâs about the companyâs bottom line.
Words like passionate, extraordinary, innovators, ownership are carefully chosen psychological nudges, making you feel like life itself is on the line if youâre not on board. And the countdown to the next âlife-changingâ event? Keeps you spending, attending, and emotionally hooked.
This is exactly what FitzPatrick calls out in Ponzinomics: the sales rep is the best customer. Only a tiny fraction of participants earn anything; the rest are paying to stay inspired.
More flashback images from my cult days….
The Psychological Toll
When these elements collide the New Thought inheritance of âmind over matter,â Pealeâs positive thinking, religious community networks and MLM compensation plans… the result is a high-control environment dressed in empowerment language.
The outcomes are rarely empowering:
Blame and guilt when inevitable losses occur.
Anxiety from the demand to maintain âhigh vibrations.â
Suppression of doubt, lest skepticism be mistaken for weakness.
Financial harm disguised as personal failure.
In wellness communities, this logic extends beyond money. If essential oils donât heal your illness, itâs because your mindset was wrong. If the diet doesnât work, itâs because you didnât âbelieveâ enough. Structural realities (biology, medicine, inequality) are flattened into personal responsibility.
As Haidt warns, morality (and by extension ideology) can both bind and blind. The Law of Attraction, when paired with MLM, binds participants into a shared culture of hope and positivity while blinding them to exploitation.
Connecting the Dots: Bodybuilding, Metabolism & Team Isagenix
A couple weeks ago on the podcast, I shared about my bodybuilding years and the metabolic fallout I still live with today. I had forgotten how much of that season was actually entangled with my Isagenix obsession. My upline (the couple who enrolled me) were a part of Team IsagenixÂŽ, and I craved the validation of being âseenâ as a successful athlete inside that community.
The requirements were brutal: placing in the top three of multiple competitions in a short span of time. So, between May 2017 and October 2018, I crammed in four shows in just 18 months. No off-season. No recovery. Just constant prep cycles. My metabolism never had a chance to stabilize, and I pushed myself past healthy limits. I wrecked my body and Iâm still paying the price.
This is why I push back so hard when people insist that success is all about having a âpositive enoughâ attitude to manifest it. My mindset was ironclad. What I lacked the conscious awareness that valued human health over recruitment and body image. That drive wasnât just about stage lights and trophies. It was about proving my worth to an MLM culture that dangled prestige as the price of belonging. Team IsagenixÂŽ made the bar steep, and I was determined to clear it, no matter the cost.
And if you need proof of how deep this âmindset over matterâ indoctrination goes, look no further than my old upline…now rebranded as a Manifestation Coach. Picture the classic boss-babe felt hat, paired with a website promising âsignature mindset tools for rapid results.â According to her, if fear or doubt was âshrinking your dreams,â this was your moment to âflip it.â She name-drops 8-figure companies, influencers, and visionaries (the usual credibility glitter) while selling memberships, live events, and 7-day challenges.
Itâs the same pitch recycled: your struggle isnât systemic, itâs your mindset. If youâre not living your âlife you truly love,â itâs because you havenât invested enough in flipping the script (with her paid framework, of course). The MLM grind culture just got a new coat of âmanifestingâ paint.
đ§ Isagenix Programs & Their Psychological Impact
Healthy Mind and Body Program: A 60-day âmindsetâ initiative framed as holistic wellness. In practice, it ties product use to personal development, creating behavioral conditioning and binding members into a sense of shared identity and belonging. đŠ
IsaBody Challenge: A 16-week transformation contest requiring regular Isagenix product purchases. Completion comes with swag and vouchers; finalists are paraded as âsuccess stories,â gamifying loyalty and dangling prestige as bait. The grand prize winner earns $25,000 but most participants earn only deeper entanglement. đŠ
Team Isagenix: Marketed as a prestige group for elite athletes with current national certifications, offering exclusivity and aspirational branding. This elevates certain members as âproofâ of the productsâ legitimacy, fueling both loyalty and recruitment. đŠ
Product Consumption: Isagenix requires 100 PV every 30 days just to remain âactive.â This equates to about $150/month you HAVE to spend. On paper, bonuses and ranks promise unlimited potential. In reality, most associates struggle to recoup even their monthly product costs. Personal development rhetoric and community belonging often eclipse these financial realities, keeping participants cycling through hope, debt, and blame. đŠ
đ¤ŽđŚâđĽ âTransform Your Life with Isagenix | Empowering Wellness and Wealthâ đŚâđĽ đ¤Ž
Watch closely, because this is where the magic happens: the company paints a picture of limitless opportunity, but as Robert L. FitzPatrick lays out in Ponzinomics, the secret is that the sales rep is the best customer. Thatâs right… the real profits arenât coming from your vague dreams of financial freedom; theyâre coming from the people who are already buying the products and trying to climb the ranks.
The numbers donât lie. According to Isagenixâs own disclosure: the overall average annual income for associates is $892. Among those who actually earned anything, the average jumps to $3,994. Do the math: $892 á $3,994 â 0.223 â meaning only about 22% of associates earn anything at all. The other 78%? Zero. Nada. Zilch.
And before you start fantasizing about that $3,994, remember: thatâs before expenses. Letâs run a realistic scenario based on actual product spend:
$150/month on products or promotional materials = $1,800/year â net â $2,194 â $1,800 = $1,194 before other costs.
Factor in travel, events, or socials? That $1,194 could easily drop to near zero…or negative.
The point: the so-called âincome potentialâ evaporates fast when you account for the mandatory spending MLMs require. The only thing truly transformed is the companyâs bottom line, not yours.
No wonder the comments are turned off.
Apparently, nobody actually crunches the numbers while the marketing spiel promises energy, strength, and vitality as if a shake could fix financial exploitation, metabolic burnout, and guilt-tripping at the same time.
My story is just one case study of how these tactics play out in real lives: I was recruited through trusted connections, emotionally manipulated with promises of transformation, pressured into relentless product use, and left with financial strain and long-lasting health consequences. Thatâs the âempowermentâ MLMs sell and itâs why scrutiny matters.
Cultural Ecosystems That Enable MLMs
MLMs donât operate in a vacuum. They flourish where belief structures already normalize submission to authority, truth-claims, and tightly networked communities. Evangelicals and the LDS Church provide striking examples: tight-knit congregations, missionary training in persuasion, and a cultural emphasis on self-reliance and communal obligation create fertile ground for recruitment.
Companies like Nu Skin, Young Living, doTERRA, and Melaleuca have disproportionately strong followings in Utah and among Mormon communities. FitzPatrick notes that MLMs thrive where trust networks and shared values make persuasion easier. The kind of environment where aspirational marketing and âprestigeâ teams can latch onto pre-existing social structures.
In short, itâs not just the products or the promises of positive thinking; itâs where belief, community, and culture all collide… that allows MLMs to hook people and keep them chasing elusive success.
Beyond Magical Thinking
The critique, then, is not of hope or positivity per se, but of weaponized optimism. When mantras like let go and let God or just thinking positive to manifest it are used to shut down discernment, discourage action, or excuse exploitation, they cease to be spiritual tools and become instruments of control.
Nietzsche challenged us to look beyond systems that sanctify passivity, urging instead a confrontation with reality even when it is brutal. FitzPatrickâs work extends this challenge to the world of commerce: if we truly care about empowerment, we must be willing to see how belief systems can be manipulated for profit.
Thatâs why MLMs and the Law of Attraction deserve scrutiny. Not because they promise too much, but because they redirect responsibility away from unjust structures and onto the very people they exploit.
Coming Up: A Deeper Dive
Next week on the podcast, Iâll be speaking with Robert L. FitzPatrick, author of False Profits and one of the worldâs leading experts on MLMs. With decades of research, FitzPatrick has testified in court cases exposing fraudulent MLM schemes and helped unravel the mechanisms behind these multi-billion-dollar operations. Heâs seen firsthand how MLMs manipulate culture, co-opt spirituality, and turn belief itself into a product.
Stay tuned. This is a conversation about more than scams, itâs about the machinery of belief, and how it shapes our lives in ways we rarely see.
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FitzPatrick, Robert L. False Profits: Seeking Financial and Spiritual Deliverance in Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Schemes. Charlotte, NC: Herald Press, 1997.
FitzPatrick, Robert L. Ponzinomics: The Untold Story of Multi-Level Marketing. Charlotte, NC: Skyhorse Publishing, 2020.
Haidt, Jonathan. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. New York: Vintage Books, 2012.
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Beyond the Glamour: The Dark Reality of the Sex Industry
Welcome back to Taste of Truth Tuesdays. Today’s episode is one that I’ve both been eager and hesitant to share. While I’ve spoken about my journey through faith, fitness and personal transformation that there’s one chapter I’ve largely kept private until now….
For most of my life, I was fed a specific narrative: go to college, get a degree, build a career, and donât worry about prioritizing marriage or family. Financial independence was the ultimate goal.
After graduating college, I moved from Virginia to Portland, Oregon, to chase my career as a personal trainer, lifestyle coach, and professional circus performer. My income relied on clientele, and while I had busy seasons, nothing was ever truly stable. But with inconsistent income and the ever-present pressure to make ends meet, I found myself in a space that many glamorize but few truly understandâthe world of sugar dating.
At first, it didnât seem that different from the casual dating I was already doingâexcept now, dinner was covered, and there was a financial incentive. But the deeper I got, the more I realized how unstable and unsafe it was. Most of these men didnât care about you as a person; they just wanted no-strings-attached access to your body. And when I found myself in situations where I wasnât in controlâwhere boundaries were ignored, protection was negotiable, and at times, I left empty-handed even after doing my partâI started to see the cracks in the âempowermentâ narrative. I remember one night, sitting in my car after being verbally and physically assaulted, I realized I had no one to report it to. No way to warn the next woman. Thatâs when the illusion fully shattered for me.
Thatâs why todayâs conversation is so important. Iâm joined by Sloane Wilson from Exodus Cry, an organization dedicated to exposing the truth about sexual exploitation and advocating for survivors. Weâre unpacking the hard truths about the sex industry, the myths that keep women trapped in it, and the cultural shifts that have normalized what should never be considered âjust work.â
But weâre also diving into something deeper, faith. Both Sloane and I have gone through our own journeys of deconstruction and reconstruction. Sheâs seen firsthand how the church can mishandle encountering survivors and how delicate and complex these situations can be.
The Reality of âSugar Datingâ
Some nights felt harmlessâlike having dinner with a businessman who just wanted company and conversation. But most nights? They were anything but that. The truth is, the fantasy of sugar datingâmutually beneficial, long-term arrangements with financial stabilityâwas just that: a fantasy. Most men werenât offering monthly allowances or ongoing support. They wanted pay-per-meet agreementsâno strings attached, no safety net, just transactional sex. And when survival depended on it, I found myself scrambling to secure the next âdaddy.â
I struggled to assert myself, especially in two key areas: insisting on protection and ensuring I was paid upfront. That put me at immense riskâboth for my health and my safety. One night, I was forced into acts I didnât consent to, verbally assaulted, and then left empty-handed. Sitting in my car afterward, I realized something chilling: there was no one to report it to. No way to warn the next girl. No system to hold these men accountable.
Some men had hidden home cameras, recording our time together without my consent. Others were forceful, rough, and used sex toys in ways that crossed every boundary I had. And yet, as awful as those experiences were, I knew I was luckyâbecause it could have been so much worse.
Most of these men pushed to move conversations off the platform as quickly as possible, demanding explicit photos before agreeing to meet. When youâre in a financial bind, itâs hard to say no. Thatâs how exploitation thrivesâthrough desperation.
The Trap of a âLuxeâ Illusion
Looking back, I wonderâwhy didnât I just walk away? Why couldn’t I see, from the beginning, that this wasnât sustainable? I wasnât like most women in the industry. I was white, college-educated, and didnât even have student debt shackling me. My financial stress came from my own reckless spendingâmaxed-out credit cards and the relentless costs of bodybuilding, a sport I was pouring everything into. So why, with all the options I had, did I keep chasing this?
I think part of it was desperation. The MLM-like promise of sugar dating had me convinced that if I just worked harder, played the game right, and landed the right arrangement, I could have financial security and independence. I put more energy into curating the perfect sugar persona than I ever did into building my personal training business. And maybe, just maybe, I was chasing the mirage of someone close to meâsomeone who had made sugar dating âwork.â I saw her succeed, and I kept believing I could, too.
But thereâs another layer. One I donât love admitting (and one my mom will absolutely deny.) My mother praised me for it. She told me, âI wish I had done this when I was your age.â That kind of validation messes with your perception of right and wrong. It made it seem like I was onto something genius, like I had cracked code other women were too scared or too moralistic to try. Was I subconsciously trying to prove something? Was I filling the void left by emotional neglect?
Or was it just my own damn fault?
Thatâs the thing about these choicesâthey never come down to just one reason. It is always more complex. It wasnât just the financial stress. It wasnât just my upbringing. It wasnât just the influence of someone I admired. It was all of it, tangled together, keeping me locked in place. And it took me years to realize that no amount of effort or strategy would turn sugar dating into the safety net I desperately wanted it to be.
The Lie of âSex Work is Workâ
For a long time, I believed the mantra: âsex work is work.â Itâs the rallying cry of the sex-positive movement, a phrase meant to legitimize the industry. Prostitution is often called âthe oldest profession,â but historically, it has always been a last resort for survival. Women donât enter this industry because itâs empowering. They do it because they have no better options.
The real harm in prostitution isnât just about bad working conditions or societal stigma. Itâs about dehumanization. When sex is reduced to a transaction, people become commodities. And when we treat people like products to be bought and sold, we strip them of their dignity.
Louise Perry, in The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, makes this point powerfully. She argues that the sex industryâs only real defense is a hollow, commodified version of âliberationââone that insists, “Everyone consents, everyone is an adult, the women enjoy it, so who are you to judge?” But when consent is the only moral standard, we ignore the broader ethical issue: that people are being treated as means to an end. Consent alone does not erase coercion, exploitation, or harm.
In our postmodern culture, weâve rejected objective morality and replaced it with a consumerist approach to sex. If both parties âagree,â then anything goes. But this is a dangerous slopeâone that allows predatory men to exploit desperate women under the guise of empowerment.
Insights from Recent Research
New research exposes the blurred lines between sugar dating and traditional sex work. A study published in The Journal of Sex Research found that over one-third of sugar babies have engaged in other forms of transactional sex work, such as escorting or stripping. This challenges the narrative that sugar dating is different or âclassierâ than prostitution. The reality? It operates on the same fundamental exchange.
The study also found that sugar benefactors reported an average of over six arrangements, indicating a revolving door of sugar relationships. For these men, sugar dating is just another avenue for purchasing companionship and sex.
Beyond the emotional toll, sugar dating carries serious legal and personal risks. Legal experts warn that these arrangements can lead to blackmail, coercion, and threatsâespecially when expectations arenât met. Many women find themselves in vulnerable situations with no real recourse. The illusion of control is just thatâan illusion.
The Flawed Narrative Around Sex Work and Deconstructing Purity Culture
In the deconstruction space, thereâs a growing trend of equating sexual liberation with empowerment while rejecting any critique of the sex industry as moral panic. A popular post circulating on International Sex Workers Day exemplifies this mindset, arguing that deconstructing purity culture requires deconstructing any negative views of sex work. The claim? Sex work and sex trafficking are entirely separate, and many big Christian anti-trafficking organizations wrongly conflate the two to push an agenda. The post insists that if a person is not forced, defrauded, or coerced, they are simply making a free choice to engage in sex work. But this argument is deeply flawed when examined through historical context, real-world data, and the experiences of women who have lived through it.
The Demand Problem: Why Legalizing Sex Work Doesnât Protect Women
One of the most critical oversights in this argument is the failure to acknowledge that sex work is a demand-driven industry. As Louise Perry outlines in The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, countries that have legalized prostitution have seen an increase in trafficking. Why? Because legalizing the industry normalizes the demand for paid sex, and when there arenât enough willing participants, traffickers step in to fill the gap. Studies show that in places like Germany and the Netherlands, where prostitution is legal, trafficking rates have skyrocketed because the market rewards pimps and exploiters. The idea that sex work can be fully separate from trafficking ignores the economic reality that supply follows demand.
Linda Lovelaceâs experience in Deep Throat is a perfect example of this. The film was a massive success, grossing over $600 million, and was hailed as revolutionary at the time. But years later, Lovelace revealed that she had been coerced into performing in the film under violent and abusive conditions. Her book Ordeal exposed the hidden abuse within the industryâan industry that thrives precisely because there is a market for extreme, degrading content. This isnât an isolated case; countless women have echoed similar stories after leaving the industry, only to be dismissed while they were still in it because they were expected to uphold the âliberationâ narrative.
The Exploitation Behind the Industry
Another major flaw in the sex-work-as-liberation argument is the lack of accountability within the industry itself. MindGeek, the corporation behind the worldâs largest pornography sites, has faced multiple civil lawsuits for monetizing non-consensual contentâincluding child sexual abuse, rape, revenge pornography, and voyeuristic recordings of women showering. Reports from December 2020 revealed that the platform was infested with videos depicting abuse and that it profited from some of the darkest corners of human sexuality.
The industry thrives on the illusion that all participants are willing, yet it repeatedly fails to ensure consent. The reality is that the vast majority of those in sex work come from backgrounds of financial instability, trauma, or coercionânot from an empowered, freely chosen career path. The notion that sex work is âjust another jobâ ignores how uniquely dangerous, exploitative, and often inescapable it can be.
The Broader Issue: Normalizing Harm Under the Guise of Liberation
This same pattern of dismissing harm under the banner of liberation isnât exclusive to the sex industry. I recently came across another example in the deconstruction space where an account that advocates for womenâs sexual empowerment was documenting her abortion experience on National Abortion Day. She filmed herself taking the abortion pill as if it were nothingâa casual, almost celebratory act. But this kind of messaging erases the medical realities and risks associated with the abortion pill. It ignores the fact that women absolutely should get an ultrasound before taking it to determine gestational age and rule out ectopic pregnancy, which can be fatal if left untreated. Reducing such a serious medical decision to a political performance trivializes the real consequences that many women face.
This connects back to the issue with sex work: the rush to de-stigmatize everything labeled as âempowermentâ often leads to a dangerous lack of critical thought. If deconstruction is about questioning harmful narratives, then why arenât we allowed to question the harm within the sex industry? Why does rejecting purity culture mean embracing an industry that, time and time again, has been built on coercion, abuse, and exploitation?
Deconstructing purity culture shouldnât mean abandoning discernment. If anything, it should mean taking an even closer look at these industries and asking hard questions about who truly benefits from them. Because when we actually listen to the stories of women who have left sex work, the pattern is clear: what is sold as empowerment often turns out to be exploitation in disguise.
Healing & Advocacy
Looking back, my perspective has completely shifted. The journey out of the sex industry has been long and complicated, but Iâm grateful for the clarity I have now. Organizations like Exodus Cry work to expose the realities of the commercial sex trade and fight for real change. And voices like Louise Perryâs are crucial in dismantling the harmful myths that keep this industry alive.
The sexual revolution promised liberation, but for many women, it delivered exploitation instead. The more we normalize the commodification of sex, the more we enable the very systems that harm us. Itâs time to rethink everything weâve been told about âsex workâ and start asking: Who really benefits from this industry? Because itâs certainly not the women inside it.
If youâve ever questioned the narrative around sex work, if youâve been curious about the reality behind sugar dating, or if you want to hear from someone whoâs been thereâI invite you to tune in.
Itâs time to move beyond the glamour and face the truth.
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