Nine advocates, educators, therapists, and survivors spent a full day exploring how to recognize manipulation, hold the self-help and wellness industry accountable, and support the people it has harmed. Every session was recorded so you can watch it on your own schedule, in your own time, at whatever pace feels right.
Includes the full 2024 SEEK Safely Summit recordings too — two summits, one price.
"Kirby's search to find the deeper meaning in life and a deeper purpose for herself was a huge part of who she was. We want to be Kirby's voice to keep others safe from physical, emotional and financial harm. When someone is seeking to expand themselves, they should not lose their money, their time, or their life."— The Brown family, on why SEEK Safely exists
Five sessions, recorded start to finish. Watch them in order or jump to the one that speaks to where you are right now — both work.
Ginny Brown, Founder
Ginny opens the Summit with the story behind the organization: why it exists, what it's built so far, and what's next. A grounding start before the day's harder conversations.
Anne Peterson & Jean Brown
A clear-eyed look at how unregulated the self-help and wellness industry really is, and the practical points where consumers, advocates, and watchdogs can actually push back.
Chris Shelton, Jon Atack & Dr. Christine Whelan (moderator)
How understanding manipulation, early, changes the outcome. This session walks through the R.E.M. Model of human behavior and how its lessons can reach young people before harm happens.
Moderated by Jean Brown
An update on the legislative work underway, including New York's proposed consumer protection bill for the self-help industry, and what real legal accountability could look like.
Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle, Rachel Bernstein & guests
For anyone supporting someone who's been through a high-control group, religious, political, business, wellness, or relational, this session covers what real recovery support looks like and what to avoid.
Therapists, researchers, survivors, and advocates who've spent years in this work, some of it personal, all of it hard-won.
Ginny Brown
Founder, SEEKSafely.org
Educator and therapist who co-founded SEEK Safely after her daughter Kirby died at a poorly run self-help retreat. Her work centers on healthy family dynamics and what it takes to keep people safe while they're seeking growth.
Jean Brown
Author, Podcaster & Legislative Advocate
Holds a master's in Public Policy and co-authored This Sweet Life with her mother Ginny. Co-hosts the SEEK Safely podcast and leads the organization's legislative advocacy work.
Anne L. Peterson
Author of Is This a Cult
Spent two decades inside a training and development company before speaking out about the harm she saw there. Now hosts Confronting The Line and founded iLumn8.Life.
Dr. Christine Whelan
Professor & SEEK Board Member
Clinical Professor of Consumer Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, known to many as the "Purpose Professor," and a nationally recognized voice on purpose-driven approaches to wellbeing.
Chris Shelton
Coercive Control Researcher
Left Scientology in 2013 and went on to earn a master's in the Psychology of Coercive Control. Now creates educational content that helps people recognize manipulation before it takes hold.
Jon Atack
Author & Researcher, 40+ years
One of the most experienced researchers of authoritarian groups working today. Author of Let's Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky and Opening Our Minds, and host to hundreds of former members on his show.
Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle
Trauma Specialist, SEEK Board President
In private practice since 2011, specializing in complex trauma and childhood abuse recovery. Has presented at the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation and serves as SEEK's Board President.
Rachel Bernstein
LMFT & Cult Specialist
A licensed marriage and family therapist whose practice focuses on cult intervention, recovery, and re-acclimation. Hosts a weekly podcast featuring former members and people leaving controlling relationships.
Gerette Buglion
Author of An Everyday Cult
Founded Living Cult Free, a nonprofit dedicated to survivor storytelling. Her memoir and her advocacy work both center on what it takes to feel like yourself again after manipulation.
No tiers to compare, no decisions to second-guess. Just full access to the recordings, whenever you're ready for them.
A portion of every purchase goes directly to supporting SEEKSafely.org.
Plus, the full 2024 SEEK Safely Summit recordings are included too — at no extra cost. Two years of sessions, one purchase.
Secure checkout. Recordings available immediately after purchase, on your own time.
There's no countdown, no deadline, no rush. Watch one session tonight, or all five next month. The work moves at your pace, not the calendar's.
Get the recordings — $105