Hello Missice,
You are so very, very correct about RL. They do indeed copy and apply many of the typical brainwashing methods - all disguised as 'coaching' and 'counselling' but not remotely as either should ever be delivered in an ethical situation. You are also very lucky to have been poor, because they do indeed make a beeline for anyone who has money or earns a significant regular income and can afford their various programs, courses, interventions, resources, and everything else they peddle - all of which merely repeats the same limited diatribe over and over.
If you haven't already found them yourself there are two other significant RL threads on this forum which you might find interesting. On 'Cults,Sects and New Religious Movements' there is a thread called 'REAL LOVE'. On 'Coercive Persuasion and Undue Influence' there is a thread called 'soulmate solutions ltd - Coventry England (previously named Real Love UK) run by Pete and Nikki Uglow'.
The fact that RL did not have any interest in you will may have been the best thing that could have happened to you. Others have not been so lucky, as you'll see by the personal accounts in these two threads.
Take care
You are so very, very correct about RL. They do indeed copy and apply many of the typical brainwashing methods - all disguised as 'coaching' and 'counselling' but not remotely as either should ever be delivered in an ethical situation. You are also very lucky to have been poor, because they do indeed make a beeline for anyone who has money or earns a significant regular income and can afford their various programs, courses, interventions, resources, and everything else they peddle - all of which merely repeats the same limited diatribe over and over.
If you haven't already found them yourself there are two other significant RL threads on this forum which you might find interesting. On 'Cults,Sects and New Religious Movements' there is a thread called 'REAL LOVE'. On 'Coercive Persuasion and Undue Influence' there is a thread called 'soulmate solutions ltd - Coventry England (previously named Real Love UK) run by Pete and Nikki Uglow'.
The fact that RL did not have any interest in you will may have been the best thing that could have happened to you. Others have not been so lucky, as you'll see by the personal accounts in these two threads.
Take care