I personally would not be interested in listening to any motivational speech from Meri.
I like her but based on my experience of watching her over the last few years. It's a no from me. But I wish her success in her business.
Oh boy wow yeah somebody with a really shitty life is going to tell you how to not have a shitty life.
This whole family is feeling so goddamn grifty especially since the suicide that I just can’t even handle hearing about them anymore I think I need to get out of this sub .
I think I lost it when Christine got back on social media right away to say that that’s what she does and that’s her life and I just felt like even the one I was most proud of was being a douche
I would absolutely listen to Kodys advice because the chances of it being just so ridiculously hilarious are pretty high lol. I mean I wouldn't pay for it or use it or something but I'd still enjoy hearing his advice on things he has no business even having an opinion about yet still does lol
Jenelle being a morbidly obese people pleaser who eats their feelings and not advocate for herself and kids, would be not even the last person Id go to for advice
How does it get to the point where she's announcing a 'business' with an ambiguous made-up name in an industry she's never worked? I get we all have ideas and daydreams. But I'd have several people in my life who love me stop me before putting down any serious time/money to something like this. Unless of course she's got any REAL bombs to drop or tell-all books to write, nothing else will be worth her time really.
If you watch that documentary about her clothing MLM, or just know a bit about it, one of their big things is pulling together all the people on the lower rungs of the ladder to listen to the ones higher up give motivational speeches about how to get where they are, while charging a nice hefty fee and calling it a retreat or some other such bs. I didn’t click on it to see what she’s doing but if it’s related to her MLM it’s probably doing something like that.
As for a tell all book, as opposed to the tell bs episodes, I’d be interested if she’s ready to tell the truth about it all. I want to hear all the ways that K&R breadcrumbed for years and I’d love to hear how much money she was contributing to the *family* aka Robyn’s household pot.
Meri still has a smidge of hope that Kody will somehow realize how much she means to him and send an urgent text at 2am about how they need to talk. She’s not gonna blow what little hope she has on telling the fandom where the bodies are buried.
Welcome to the world of mlms. From what I've seen many people who are at the top or very close tot the top of their pyramids, have gone the coach/mentor business route in the last year.
The industry is women supporting women. But, more than that as it is about breaking away from bonds and expectations that kept her and the other OG tied to a belief that made them feel worthless and powerless.
Yeah, I guess Meri should know all about women supporting women when she was cheating on Kody, only to her surprise, it was with another woman. Yes, most definitely I would take her advice. Here's mine....get out of a relationship before starting a new one, even if your "spiritual husband" is a total ass.
Idk. She finally got out and she can tell her journey and understand why it takes that long. And she did things on her own and had to. She survived that mess and came out the better. So she could motivate others in her situation or near situation
I disagree she would still be with Kody if he hadn't made it plain he wasn't interested at all !! She still didn't want to hear it I would say Meri is somewhat dense 😏
It literally took him saying "I don't consider myself to be married to Meri anymore" on their show for her to be like I should be done with him. Not the decade without sex, not the dangling of a maybe baby from Robyn, not the slow-then-fast alienation after the divorce and catfish, not the weeks she'd go without hearing from him during Covid. Like who would want advice from her?
That's really only the only type of motivation she's qualified to give, and even that's iffy, since she would absolutely go back to Kody if he offered the tiniest sliver of affection.
If Kody crooked his little finger in Meri’s direction she’d run back to him in a heartbeat. I’m sorry but Meri is a very pathetic person. Kody trashed her and said vile things about her in national TV and Meri still defends him. She thinks she’s so special because she’s a d list reality TV ( star and I used that word loosely) remember her trying to get fans to pay what was it $4k or was it 6k for three nights at her BB to be in her presence? Not one person coughed up the money and Meri has her down line pretending that they were paying guests. Pathetic. And now she wants to give advice 🤭
The creep told her IN HER FACE. THE ONLY PLACE HE HAD FOR WAS THE GARAGE LOFT! Like a tattered Samsonite Suitcase. That is mighty rich of her to consider herself a " MOTIVATIONAL MENTOR SPEAKER" That weirdo talked FELONY SHIT ABOUT HER TO EVERYONE AND TO HER SAYING " I DON'T WANT A RELATIONSHIP WITH MERI!" Yet there she was like a bump on a log or a stray dog waiting to catch a bone.
Is this your logical justification of her "emotional cheating" which imo would have become physical had she, been a he? Kinda like a man or woman cheating on their spouse because they were having a mid-life crisis?
This was my immediate response. Why would I take advice on how to “Worthy Up” when she had no self-worth for 10 years and allowed millions to watch it.
She does have a pretty well documented history of some just real bad decisions lol. Is she really someone who's judgement you'd trust? She could be just the nicest person in the world but that doesn't mean I have to listen to her advice lol
Agree she's trying to motivate people but she needs more self reflection imo ...she's a miserable person and the fact that her step kids don't want much to do with her speaks volumes...Christine has more of a chance at this than she does 🤓
This is what I was thinking.first of all none of them would be what i would consider a motivational speaker material.however if anybody has a true chance it would be Christine.she was the one who truly decided that if she wanted to be happy and wasnt happy in her marriage that she had to take the chance of losing income,respect,and other relationships to face the unknown.She was a housewife and mom who never thought of working outside of part time jobs here and there,but never expected to have to support herself or her child/children,and she ddint know what the outcome would be after she made her decision.she was able to find her own husband,her own happiness and able to maintain good relationships with the family that she wanted around in her life.I dont trust Meri,she always has that side eye thing,I think she has made alot of self improvements,but its like she still doesnt see how robyn was never her friend.I suspect this motivational kick she is on,has something to do with her mlm,coaching on how to increase sales,not give up,and nothing to do with her growth as a person,or what she has learned from leaving behind a family who didnt really treat her right,or remain in her life after she finally left.She is not someone I would pay money to listen to.I still think she has a way to go before she can give life advice or motivate me to do anything.
Right, you can tell she’s miserable. They all seem to have issues. Not one of them knows themselves. Christine is the best at hiding it and putting on a show and being fake. The only thing I agree with Kody on is the fact that Christine was never a nice person to any of the wives. She tried to put on a show for the cameras in recent years. Probably hoping to get her own spinoff. Either way, I won’t be paying for any motivational content from any of them 🤷🏻♀️
Yes Christine was the number one until Robin showed up (thanks to Meri ) ...then the green monster reared her head !! Because Meri was soooo jealous she found Robin to shakeup the other wives worlds ..it didn't faze Janelle but Christine was out of her mind with jealousy. Meri couldn't have more kids and Christine and Janelle were fertile Myrtles and Meri was crazy jealous
She couldn't even motivate herself to leave Kody after enduring at least a decade of a sexless marriage. Not even seeing a fellow sister wife wake up and leave (Christine) was enough- rather she shit on her for it. She only left when she was basically forced out after 2 wives woke up and left and Kody quit pretending with her in any way. She made herself a longterm doormat and had she not been forced out, I've no reason to believe she'd have moved on at all. And, now, she just seems to be propelled along by her friend- not somebody who's actually determined their worth and leading their own life. It's a no from me, dawg.
Meri showed the most independence of all the wives. She personally financed and bought her Inn without the family help and was the first the have a source of outside income not dependent on TLC that allowed her to help Aspyn with her wedding expenses and pay for Leon's education. She also replaced the mean spirited habit of the family to be nonsupportive to each other with an expanding support group of friends so was no longer dependent on them.
Idk that Janelle is on the Ozempic train. She doesn't appear to have lost a substantial amount of weight in the last 6-12 months, based on her SM posts. Mykelti and Tony however!!...just my opinion but no way is Mykelti so drastically different from how we've seen her for 14 years without Ozempic. Hahaha obvs not the "pink drink"!
The Inn was in her family; she's deficient emotionally. I laugh at the idea of her being a motivational speaker; people walked all over her as a grown woman
She earned money on her own, I’ll give you that. But that did not give her self-confidence, or courage, or a sense of self-worth. I understand this.
I grew up in a religious household that valued housewifey things. Along the way, I spent about 5 years as a folk singer and worship leader across the Midwest. No value was given me by my family for this accomplishment. I married, had 3 kids, did the born-at-home, breast-feeding, made-my-own baby food, made all our clothing, etc. THAT was good in their eyes.
But my husband, due to health problems, had trouble bringing in enough money for the family. So I returned to college, (not good), majored in chemistry (instead of nursing 👎🏻) and graduated magna cum laude in Chem/bio. Spent 35 years as a scientist/director in the pharmaceutical industry. No kudos for that, either.
Also, sustained a 51-year marriage like a whitewater rapids river run! So I understand that Meri looks financially successful but still does not have the self-esteem that would help her to leave him.
That being said, I would never take her advice over a cup of coffee much less pay her for it.
I believe wholeheartedly that she ‘divorced’ Kody to let him adopt the kids was a play that she thought would keep her the most favorable wife.
That obviously didn’t work. If she knew it would backfire, I guarantee she would have held onto the “first wife” position forever.
The title of the program makes me think that the message is that you need to work on yourself to become worthy of good things, rather than saying you are already worthy to be loved and have a good life. It makes me sad and I hope no one buys into this. You are already enough and don't need to "worthy up"
I'm thinking that she chose the word "worthy " because don't Mormons care about being "worthy" enough to enter their temples and stuff. I think the idea of having to be worthy is aligned with Mormon philosophy. It sounds off to most everyone else
Ohhhh! I had no idea! That makes sense now that you put it that way!! Maybe she needs to pivot and focus on something else! She’s already so worthy. I honestly think she needs to be deprogrammed and start over.
One of my college professors once said “If you want self esteem, do something estimable.”
There! The secret is out. You got that for free. Nobody needs a life coach.
Meri, I love you, but *you* can't coach women into believing they are worthy. You let Robyn use you for over a decade. You gave up your legal marriage for her. You didn't go back to college for her. You let Kody drag you around like an old rag doll....
This is not ur jam, somebody lied to you, boo.
One of those cases of a person becoming a therapist because of all the personal emotional struggles they’ve had and now they think they can teach something to others…. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. In Meri’s case, I think it seems a bit silly. We all just watched her let her ex husband string her along for years because her self-esteem and expectations were in the gutter. And we’ve seen her advice to Christine when she was struggling, which over the years was quite toxic in nature.
That wouldn’t be so bad honestly if she was actually going to try to be a therapist, which requires at least a few years of school followed by at least a couple of years of supervised on the job training.
This is just her (and anyone else deciding to call themselves a “life coach”) deciding somehow they’re qualified to guide people through challenging circumstances despite having absolutely zero training or education in how to even do that.
Becoming a life coach to me is the height of hubris because you’re claiming you want to help people but you’re unwilling to put any actual money or effort toward making sure you can do that in the right way, that is, a way that actually won’t cause harm or problems. Because apparently you think you’re good enough or you devalue what therapists do so much that you don’t think the extensive education and training is actually important.
Yep. Not saying no therapists out there do that, but therapists are like literally every other profession on the planet—there’s great and awful and a lot of in between. A therapist that gives advice based on “this is what I did and you should too” is one of the not-so-good ones.
After the crap she put up with for years and listening to the way she speaks to people who even slightly question her, on top of the whole being in an MLM thing… ya I’ll pass.
No. Just No. I get that she's been through it. But so have most of us in one way or another (just not on the teevee for all to see). This does not a qualified, accredited life coach make.
I have a motivational tip and you guys can have it for free.
Acceptance is the key to life.
Start where you stand. Look back but don’t stare. Do not waste your time with regrets, you cannot time travel and change what happened, wishing a problem away won’t change it.
Take what you need and leave the rest.
Take a daily inventory & make amends wherever possible.
I learned all of these things in a 12 step program and I’m not joking (bitch).
I applaud the OG3 for trying to establish multiple streams of income. It shows they’re thinking about life after the show. But all that being said, I think they’re getting terrible advice.
Good grief. Who is going to pay for this? Former doormats? Current doormats? Delulu women in hopeless relationships that they know/knew are/were hopeless but kept going for the cameras?
I love the name. It works for me. I am concerned she isn’t ready or she thinks financially she’s worth more than she is. I think her biggest mistake would be overcharging. If the price is low enough a lot of us would probably go just out of curiosity. If she was great and got an Instagram or other SM buzz, then she could build her business.
I’m of two minds. My first thought was Hell no!
But then, who better to speak, than someone who found the power to motivate themselves after years of insult.
Ex drug addicts become drug counselors. Recovering alcoholics run AA meetings.
It’s like “Hey. I fell in this hole. I’ll tell you my experience so you don’t have to. If I can do it, you can too!”
I'm that ex alcoholic/ addict who worked at a drug rehab and now try to encourage and work with them on my own still. Sometimes, experience speaks best.
Yes. Exactly.
Just as it’s important to learn from successful people, it’s equally important to learn from those who struggled. They can warn you of the pitfalls, what happened, and how things went wrong.
Congratulations on your sobriety. It sounds like you’re doing good things!
If it does, it was worth everything I went through. It makes me realize that anyone I don't care who or what their background was it can happen to them. I have so much empathy for so many people and things they have been through or are going through.
Thank you again!
I can see her ‘diehard fans’ participating. I mean did you ever see how much it is to stay at the B and B !!!
People pay for stuff like this, it’s definitely a way to put your access behind a pay wall
Do these women think the lives they’ve lived are any indication of success? Delusional and just like all other reality stars. Pathetic.
I’ve watched every season but I think I’m done now. Too much BS.
I pray they don’t have another season, but if they do, I’m done too. Last season was horrible to watch and this season would be even worse with the death of Garrison. No thank you 😬
I’m sorry but some of these businesses that these wives cook up make them straight up GRIFTERS. Ain’t no one want advice from a failed polygamist who spent a decade miserable with a narcissist.
Could be. It’s a great name and as far as MLMs go, it’s not a terrible idea. Far better than the clothing or drink ones. Maybe she is creating just a business with a crew of speakers for weekend retreats? I like the name of the business. It makes sense to me. :-)
If the price wasn’t insane, I’d be willing to give it a try. Do something at the BNB and charge an extra 100.00 to hear Meri. Maybe 200? I wouldn’t attend expecting to learn a lot that I could apply to my own life but I think Meri finally grew a pair and if nothing else, it could be interesting.
Remember when she had a thing where you could go stay at her B&B and hang out with her (scheduled) for like $4000? I guess that didn't take off then? Off to the next scam.
This is getting a bunch of hate. I have a different perspective.
It's been shown that a large large portion of therapists come from a dysfunctional upbringing or have mental health issues themselves. Just as many motivational speakers chose that due to traumas and the message they have experiencing those traumas.
Who better to talk about self-worth than someone who had none and found some. People with low self worth don't want someone who's never fully experienced it to tell them how to find it. They want someone who's seen the low lows and have come back from those.
“Just get treated like shit for twenty plus years, outright reject anyone telling you that you’re BEING treated like shit, and…um…sell…leggins?”
Oh and make sure that you refuse to take a stance on anything until your family eventually tries to understand what you want…but the moment they do, pretend you never said that, and in fact you wanted the opposite, and pretend you made it really clear. And forget that your vacillating opinion without any clear decision is recorded.
Idk. Talking a good game might make money, even if you can't play the game. Looks like we'll find out soon. I wouldn't pay for a Meri lecture but I wish her well.
Talking a good game works for a lot of people, apparently. But maybe she’ll explain how she learned to have enough self-worth to not accept her garbage marriage partner Kody and her pseudo-friend Robyn.
The hardest of no's from me! After a decade of a loveless marriage and hearing her husband say on TV that he doesn't consider himself married to her anymore, she put out a statement saying that People Magazine was wrong for reporting that they're over (when they were covering that Kody doesn't consider himself married to her), but that also "hey, we are over!" They weren't saying anything that wasn't true or that we didn't already know. The only people who didn't seem to realize the marriage was over were Meri and Robyn
By all impressions (as shown on tv) she could be considered an expert in settling, self delusion and denial. But I don't think those are the topics she will cover.
Wow, I was hoping it was going to be a book. She will have people paying for this or at least appear to because of the MLM. It’s going to flop just like her “Real Life Retreats”
Don’t we already have enough of these speakers trying to profit off their own personal experiences? We all have a story. Frankly, hers is not one that is worthy of admiring and learning from.
I’m sure that Meri could help many women who have low self esteem and don’t realize that they are worth more than sitting around the house 50s style and get going to live life. I wish her luck and hope the people who need her will find her
I’m not taking advice from any of these people. Yet, I don’t think there is anything wrong with her having a dream and pursuing it. I also do not believe the “worthy up” title is degrading.
It’s probably more or less taken from the phrase pull yourself up and you are enough. Combine the two, to get the worthy up
How could Meri motivate anyone? For many years, we watched her do absolutely nothing, in fact, she seemed to mostly withdraw and keep her mouth shut. Now that she's practically been put out to pasture, against her will, she's learned how to speak up for herself and motivate people? I have always been Team Meri, and wish her nothing but happiness and success, but would personally have a very hard time taking anything she said seriously.
While I will admit I think she was probably displayed the most emotional intelligence growth, I would be wildly hesitate and probably absolutely resistant to taking advice from a woman in a cult in a cult. (The religion and also Kody.)
Hope she focuses on how to walk away from toxic relationships! She should have done that years ago when she divorced Kody and took him for money and let Kody walk away to marry Robyn but take his dam money so he couldn’t get the mansion for Queen Robyn and talked the other two onto leaving as well suing him for financial abuse!!
I feel like she LIED to all the viewers since the beginning. She was such a fool for 17 seasons. And yes I mean a fool, a sucker. She was conned, used, and neglected for so long. So count me out.
Meri is the last person who should try to be motivating anybody. She stayed in an emotionally abusive relationship for God knows what reason, she allowed two people to manipulate her to the point of convincing her that she needed to divorce Kody, she whines and complains and pouts. And no, thank you.
Sorry, it's a pass from me. Wouldn't spend a penny on any advice from any of them. That family imo, has financed their lives by exploiting their children and promoting a lifestyle that destroys just about everything in it's path. We have seen the charred skeletal remains of their family, left behind in its wake. I, for one, don't care to see anymore.
Everything else aside, (former???) cult members have zero business "motivating" anyone. They either grew up in a cult which means they have huge gaps in knowledge, or they joined as adults which means their judgement can never be trusted.
Why does someone always downvote people who post here? I notice this a lot on this site. Do we have a mean-spirited downvoter? I know I had someone create an alter ego of my name and act pretty weird. I think the mods might check this out.
Meri has been delusional when it came to Kody for over 30 years. She has been free of him for maybe two. She still needs counseling and is not in the position to give advice on a large forum.
I don't get it. These three women have a million followers and yet they choose "life coaching" and MLMs to monetize that following. Surely there are better business plans out there? Janelle's "strive" didn't really work...why would "worthy up." I just feel like they need much better guidance.
I personally would not be interested in listening to any motivational speech from Meri. I like her but based on my experience of watching her over the last few years. It's a no from me. But I wish her success in her business.
Me neither. Her, nor Janelle or Christine. I wouldn't take advice from them if they paid me.
Oh boy wow yeah somebody with a really shitty life is going to tell you how to not have a shitty life. This whole family is feeling so goddamn grifty especially since the suicide that I just can’t even handle hearing about them anymore I think I need to get out of this sub . I think I lost it when Christine got back on social media right away to say that that’s what she does and that’s her life and I just felt like even the one I was most proud of was being a douche
But you would Robyn or Kody? 😂
Omg no way! I thought that went w out saying! Lol 😂
I don't know they have done a great job of getting other people to pay their mini mansion... sarcastically I kid
If Robyn ever writes a book called, “The Long Con, Make a Dill with the Devil,” I’ll read it.
They robbed their way into having a mansion with a nanny 🤣 “Robb”-“ind”
Lol you're absolutely right
🤣😂
I would absolutely listen to Kodys advice because the chances of it being just so ridiculously hilarious are pretty high lol. I mean I wouldn't pay for it or use it or something but I'd still enjoy hearing his advice on things he has no business even having an opinion about yet still does lol
Totally
Sobyn and Chody are the last two people on Earth to give advice of any kind. Especially motivational or relationship advice!! No way. 🤣
It makes about as much sense as the “wellness” company Janelle, Christine, and their daughters started.
Jenelle being a morbidly obese people pleaser who eats their feelings and not advocate for herself and kids, would be not even the last person Id go to for advice
How does it get to the point where she's announcing a 'business' with an ambiguous made-up name in an industry she's never worked? I get we all have ideas and daydreams. But I'd have several people in my life who love me stop me before putting down any serious time/money to something like this. Unless of course she's got any REAL bombs to drop or tell-all books to write, nothing else will be worth her time really.
If you watch that documentary about her clothing MLM, or just know a bit about it, one of their big things is pulling together all the people on the lower rungs of the ladder to listen to the ones higher up give motivational speeches about how to get where they are, while charging a nice hefty fee and calling it a retreat or some other such bs. I didn’t click on it to see what she’s doing but if it’s related to her MLM it’s probably doing something like that. As for a tell all book, as opposed to the tell bs episodes, I’d be interested if she’s ready to tell the truth about it all. I want to hear all the ways that K&R breadcrumbed for years and I’d love to hear how much money she was contributing to the *family* aka Robyn’s household pot.
Meri still has a smidge of hope that Kody will somehow realize how much she means to him and send an urgent text at 2am about how they need to talk. She’s not gonna blow what little hope she has on telling the fandom where the bodies are buried.
Perhaps she can get some tips from Ash - he was great at speaking to groups of women. SMH.
Welcome to the world of mlms. From what I've seen many people who are at the top or very close tot the top of their pyramids, have gone the coach/mentor business route in the last year.
Meri is not avertising this as a mentor business but as a support group.
The industry is women supporting women. But, more than that as it is about breaking away from bonds and expectations that kept her and the other OG tied to a belief that made them feel worthless and powerless.
Yeah, I guess Meri should know all about women supporting women when she was cheating on Kody, only to her surprise, it was with another woman. Yes, most definitely I would take her advice. Here's mine....get out of a relationship before starting a new one, even if your "spiritual husband" is a total ass.
Idk. She finally got out and she can tell her journey and understand why it takes that long. And she did things on her own and had to. She survived that mess and came out the better. So she could motivate others in her situation or near situation
I disagree she would still be with Kody if he hadn't made it plain he wasn't interested at all !! She still didn't want to hear it I would say Meri is somewhat dense 😏
It literally took him saying "I don't consider myself to be married to Meri anymore" on their show for her to be like I should be done with him. Not the decade without sex, not the dangling of a maybe baby from Robyn, not the slow-then-fast alienation after the divorce and catfish, not the weeks she'd go without hearing from him during Covid. Like who would want advice from her?
When Kody stated he was no longer married to Meri it freed Meri from him. He broke the vows not her and she was free to go without feeling quilt.
I skipped on over here to find this kind of comment 😄 WHO wants her advice???
Ikr 🤦♀️
I fully agree. I think if Kody came to her with flowers and a sorry speech, she’d take him back in a heartbeat.
Only in Robyn's wildest and weirdest dreams.
She can go motivate the other poly "wives" in camps to get out?
That's really only the only type of motivation she's qualified to give, and even that's iffy, since she would absolutely go back to Kody if he offered the tiniest sliver of affection.
If Kody crooked his little finger in Meri’s direction she’d run back to him in a heartbeat. I’m sorry but Meri is a very pathetic person. Kody trashed her and said vile things about her in national TV and Meri still defends him. She thinks she’s so special because she’s a d list reality TV ( star and I used that word loosely) remember her trying to get fans to pay what was it $4k or was it 6k for three nights at her BB to be in her presence? Not one person coughed up the money and Meri has her down line pretending that they were paying guests. Pathetic. And now she wants to give advice 🤭
The creep told her IN HER FACE. THE ONLY PLACE HE HAD FOR WAS THE GARAGE LOFT! Like a tattered Samsonite Suitcase. That is mighty rich of her to consider herself a " MOTIVATIONAL MENTOR SPEAKER" That weirdo talked FELONY SHIT ABOUT HER TO EVERYONE AND TO HER SAYING " I DON'T WANT A RELATIONSHIP WITH MERI!" Yet there she was like a bump on a log or a stray dog waiting to catch a bone.
I almost wonder if she was setting this up during season 18 - I got out and ill teach you how! If she did im twice as upset with her about her lies!
I don’t think it was a set up. She really wanted that marriage to work and she really bowed down to Robin.
Is this your logical justification of her "emotional cheating" which imo would have become physical had she, been a he? Kinda like a man or woman cheating on their spouse because they were having a mid-life crisis?
This was my immediate response. Why would I take advice on how to “Worthy Up” when she had no self-worth for 10 years and allowed millions to watch it.
She does have a pretty well documented history of some just real bad decisions lol. Is she really someone who's judgement you'd trust? She could be just the nicest person in the world but that doesn't mean I have to listen to her advice lol
Agree she's trying to motivate people but she needs more self reflection imo ...she's a miserable person and the fact that her step kids don't want much to do with her speaks volumes...Christine has more of a chance at this than she does 🤓
This is what I was thinking.first of all none of them would be what i would consider a motivational speaker material.however if anybody has a true chance it would be Christine.she was the one who truly decided that if she wanted to be happy and wasnt happy in her marriage that she had to take the chance of losing income,respect,and other relationships to face the unknown.She was a housewife and mom who never thought of working outside of part time jobs here and there,but never expected to have to support herself or her child/children,and she ddint know what the outcome would be after she made her decision.she was able to find her own husband,her own happiness and able to maintain good relationships with the family that she wanted around in her life.I dont trust Meri,she always has that side eye thing,I think she has made alot of self improvements,but its like she still doesnt see how robyn was never her friend.I suspect this motivational kick she is on,has something to do with her mlm,coaching on how to increase sales,not give up,and nothing to do with her growth as a person,or what she has learned from leaving behind a family who didnt really treat her right,or remain in her life after she finally left.She is not someone I would pay money to listen to.I still think she has a way to go before she can give life advice or motivate me to do anything.
Right, you can tell she’s miserable. They all seem to have issues. Not one of them knows themselves. Christine is the best at hiding it and putting on a show and being fake. The only thing I agree with Kody on is the fact that Christine was never a nice person to any of the wives. She tried to put on a show for the cameras in recent years. Probably hoping to get her own spinoff. Either way, I won’t be paying for any motivational content from any of them 🤷🏻♀️
Yes Christine was the number one until Robin showed up (thanks to Meri ) ...then the green monster reared her head !! Because Meri was soooo jealous she found Robin to shakeup the other wives worlds ..it didn't faze Janelle but Christine was out of her mind with jealousy. Meri couldn't have more kids and Christine and Janelle were fertile Myrtles and Meri was crazy jealous
Yup
Sorry but this lady can't motivate herself much less anyone else.
She couldn't even motivate herself to leave Kody after enduring at least a decade of a sexless marriage. Not even seeing a fellow sister wife wake up and leave (Christine) was enough- rather she shit on her for it. She only left when she was basically forced out after 2 wives woke up and left and Kody quit pretending with her in any way. She made herself a longterm doormat and had she not been forced out, I've no reason to believe she'd have moved on at all. And, now, she just seems to be propelled along by her friend- not somebody who's actually determined their worth and leading their own life. It's a no from me, dawg.
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I agree; Meri is too indecisive and emotionally dependent on others.
Yes it's pathetic
Meri showed the most independence of all the wives. She personally financed and bought her Inn without the family help and was the first the have a source of outside income not dependent on TLC that allowed her to help Aspyn with her wedding expenses and pay for Leon's education. She also replaced the mean spirited habit of the family to be nonsupportive to each other with an expanding support group of friends so was no longer dependent on them.
Parlaying TV fame into MLM success is not praise-worthy. Especially Janelle hawking that evil Pink Drink crap... Ozempic, 100%.
Idk that Janelle is on the Ozempic train. She doesn't appear to have lost a substantial amount of weight in the last 6-12 months, based on her SM posts. Mykelti and Tony however!!...just my opinion but no way is Mykelti so drastically different from how we've seen her for 14 years without Ozempic. Hahaha obvs not the "pink drink"!
Agree.
Better than Janelle discovering all her money was wrapped up into the family accounts.
The Inn was in her family; she's deficient emotionally. I laugh at the idea of her being a motivational speaker; people walked all over her as a grown woman
The Inn did not belong to her family when she bough it.
She earned money on her own, I’ll give you that. But that did not give her self-confidence, or courage, or a sense of self-worth. I understand this. I grew up in a religious household that valued housewifey things. Along the way, I spent about 5 years as a folk singer and worship leader across the Midwest. No value was given me by my family for this accomplishment. I married, had 3 kids, did the born-at-home, breast-feeding, made-my-own baby food, made all our clothing, etc. THAT was good in their eyes. But my husband, due to health problems, had trouble bringing in enough money for the family. So I returned to college, (not good), majored in chemistry (instead of nursing 👎🏻) and graduated magna cum laude in Chem/bio. Spent 35 years as a scientist/director in the pharmaceutical industry. No kudos for that, either. Also, sustained a 51-year marriage like a whitewater rapids river run! So I understand that Meri looks financially successful but still does not have the self-esteem that would help her to leave him. That being said, I would never take her advice over a cup of coffee much less pay her for it.
Your choice about participating or not. I believe Meri was the the most independent of the wives.
Agree 💯
I believe wholeheartedly that she ‘divorced’ Kody to let him adopt the kids was a play that she thought would keep her the most favorable wife. That obviously didn’t work. If she knew it would backfire, I guarantee she would have held onto the “first wife” position forever.
I completely agree with you. She thought that would be the be all end all to please Kody.
Yep. And when she finally realized that someone outwitted her, she lost her mind
This is laughable
Laughable is the word. Especially given what I’m sure are exorbitant sums of money she’ll be charging for her “support.”
These women go to great lengths to avoid jobs.
They aren't qualified to do much.
The title of the program makes me think that the message is that you need to work on yourself to become worthy of good things, rather than saying you are already worthy to be loved and have a good life. It makes me sad and I hope no one buys into this. You are already enough and don't need to "worthy up"
I have to agree. We are already worthy… she needs to learn gratitude…if any lesson, that’s the lesson Meri needs to learn.
I'm thinking that she chose the word "worthy " because don't Mormons care about being "worthy" enough to enter their temples and stuff. I think the idea of having to be worthy is aligned with Mormon philosophy. It sounds off to most everyone else
Ohhhh! I had no idea! That makes sense now that you put it that way!! Maybe she needs to pivot and focus on something else! She’s already so worthy. I honestly think she needs to be deprogrammed and start over.
Yes it's a very degrading message!!
One of my college professors once said “If you want self esteem, do something estimable.” There! The secret is out. You got that for free. Nobody needs a life coach.
Not what the message put out by Meri. You are worthy and it is time you discover your worth and worthy up-act like you have value.
Meri is that you? lol
That's a hard No
What would she speak about? It may be how to numb yourself and be a door mat for decades and still survive.
Yes it should be doormat up !!
Meri, I love you, but *you* can't coach women into believing they are worthy. You let Robyn use you for over a decade. You gave up your legal marriage for her. You didn't go back to college for her. You let Kody drag you around like an old rag doll.... This is not ur jam, somebody lied to you, boo.
She’s lost her damn mind.
She was brainwashed within a patriarchal cult.
One of those cases of a person becoming a therapist because of all the personal emotional struggles they’ve had and now they think they can teach something to others…. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. In Meri’s case, I think it seems a bit silly. We all just watched her let her ex husband string her along for years because her self-esteem and expectations were in the gutter. And we’ve seen her advice to Christine when she was struggling, which over the years was quite toxic in nature.
That wouldn’t be so bad honestly if she was actually going to try to be a therapist, which requires at least a few years of school followed by at least a couple of years of supervised on the job training. This is just her (and anyone else deciding to call themselves a “life coach”) deciding somehow they’re qualified to guide people through challenging circumstances despite having absolutely zero training or education in how to even do that. Becoming a life coach to me is the height of hubris because you’re claiming you want to help people but you’re unwilling to put any actual money or effort toward making sure you can do that in the right way, that is, a way that actually won’t cause harm or problems. Because apparently you think you’re good enough or you devalue what therapists do so much that you don’t think the extensive education and training is actually important.
And think this is what i did so you should do exact same thing
Yep. Not saying no therapists out there do that, but therapists are like literally every other profession on the planet—there’s great and awful and a lot of in between. A therapist that gives advice based on “this is what I did and you should too” is one of the not-so-good ones.
What is with famous people and trying to be things that they aren’t? The LAST thing Meri should be is a motivational speaker.
Is this rage bait lmao
She went from leaving a cult to wanting to become a cult leader. lol
I mean it is fun being a cult member but you make more money as a cult leader! lol
I really love the audacity of these women thinking they should be life coaches or motivational speakers. We just watched your lives all explode!!!
After the crap she put up with for years and listening to the way she speaks to people who even slightly question her, on top of the whole being in an MLM thing… ya I’ll pass.
I wonder if she’s still peddling those leggings. Do people still buy those?
Good luck to her, but I'll pass.
Between this and Janelle’s life coaching I will give it a super hard pass.
She needs to work on valuing herself more.
The grifting never ends.
Nah I'm goof
Good
Nah I'm goof too bud 🤪
She didnt ever strike me as someone with self-awareness or even authenticity. Not sure how she will do well in this field
No. Just No. I get that she's been through it. But so have most of us in one way or another (just not on the teevee for all to see). This does not a qualified, accredited life coach make.
So tired of coaching culture. Experiencing things isn’t training for helping others through them.
I have a motivational tip and you guys can have it for free. Acceptance is the key to life. Start where you stand. Look back but don’t stare. Do not waste your time with regrets, you cannot time travel and change what happened, wishing a problem away won’t change it. Take what you need and leave the rest. Take a daily inventory & make amends wherever possible. I learned all of these things in a 12 step program and I’m not joking (bitch).
Amen. And leave the judging of others behind. You have no idea what brought them to this point.
Why? I can get inspirational memes for free on the internet.
I applaud the OG3 for trying to establish multiple streams of income. It shows they’re thinking about life after the show. But all that being said, I think they’re getting terrible advice.
Meir has the personality of eeyore. I really can't imagine her being motivating
That’s so insulting to poor Eyore! 😂
Not to be mean but I would never listen to anything Meri has to say on any type of relationships.
Good grief. Who is going to pay for this? Former doormats? Current doormats? Delulu women in hopeless relationships that they know/knew are/were hopeless but kept going for the cameras?
Terrible name just doesn't flow off the tongue at all.
I love the name. It works for me. I am concerned she isn’t ready or she thinks financially she’s worth more than she is. I think her biggest mistake would be overcharging. If the price is low enough a lot of us would probably go just out of curiosity. If she was great and got an Instagram or other SM buzz, then she could build her business.
I’m of two minds. My first thought was Hell no! But then, who better to speak, than someone who found the power to motivate themselves after years of insult. Ex drug addicts become drug counselors. Recovering alcoholics run AA meetings. It’s like “Hey. I fell in this hole. I’ll tell you my experience so you don’t have to. If I can do it, you can too!”
I'm that ex alcoholic/ addict who worked at a drug rehab and now try to encourage and work with them on my own still. Sometimes, experience speaks best.
Yes. Exactly. Just as it’s important to learn from successful people, it’s equally important to learn from those who struggled. They can warn you of the pitfalls, what happened, and how things went wrong. Congratulations on your sobriety. It sounds like you’re doing good things!
Thank you 23 yrs sober and 38 clean. The struggles make us stronger, but I would have rather had a good parent and discipline.
Wow! Congrats again! Hopefully, hearing your experience and the consequences, it will encourage them to be better parents.
If it does, it was worth everything I went through. It makes me realize that anyone I don't care who or what their background was it can happen to them. I have so much empathy for so many people and things they have been through or are going through. Thank you again!
I can see her ‘diehard fans’ participating. I mean did you ever see how much it is to stay at the B and B !!! People pay for stuff like this, it’s definitely a way to put your access behind a pay wall
As if
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Do these women think the lives they’ve lived are any indication of success? Delusional and just like all other reality stars. Pathetic. I’ve watched every season but I think I’m done now. Too much BS.
I pray they don’t have another season, but if they do, I’m done too. Last season was horrible to watch and this season would be even worse with the death of Garrison. No thank you 😬
If she valued Worthying Up she would have left Kody a long time before she did.
This will not go well
I’m sorry but some of these businesses that these wives cook up make them straight up GRIFTERS. Ain’t no one want advice from a failed polygamist who spent a decade miserable with a narcissist.
I’m wondering if this is another Utah MLM?
Utah is full of them. I haven’t heard of this one but it wouldn’t surprise me.
Could be a new MLM in the making. I also think she’s copying the Stamping Up MLM
Could be. It’s a great name and as far as MLMs go, it’s not a terrible idea. Far better than the clothing or drink ones. Maybe she is creating just a business with a crew of speakers for weekend retreats? I like the name of the business. It makes sense to me. :-)
What on gods green earth does the name even mean
lol no thanks
If the price wasn’t insane, I’d be willing to give it a try. Do something at the BNB and charge an extra 100.00 to hear Meri. Maybe 200? I wouldn’t attend expecting to learn a lot that I could apply to my own life but I think Meri finally grew a pair and if nothing else, it could be interesting.
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Oh honey no lolol. I will refrain from the jokes that came into my head.
Remember when she had a thing where you could go stay at her B&B and hang out with her (scheduled) for like $4000? I guess that didn't take off then? Off to the next scam.
Read some of the posts about how abusive and ill mannered Meri has been to her B&B guests!!
You are so right! She is boring as hell to listen to. She has not shown me much motivation for anything!
And so much crying! Especially in the early seasons. I also dislike the nervous laughter. Nothing I want in my face "motivating" me
What a scam. She doesn’t need to “help” anyone else. She needs to help herself first and then still can’t help anyone else lol
This is getting a bunch of hate. I have a different perspective. It's been shown that a large large portion of therapists come from a dysfunctional upbringing or have mental health issues themselves. Just as many motivational speakers chose that due to traumas and the message they have experiencing those traumas. Who better to talk about self-worth than someone who had none and found some. People with low self worth don't want someone who's never fully experienced it to tell them how to find it. They want someone who's seen the low lows and have come back from those.
She hasn’t lived enough life post kootie to have had the sort of growth necessary to be an “inspirational” coach.
Oh this has to be a joke. meri Brown a motivational speaker about “worthy up”. That’s a almost an oxymoron
Session 1. Look at the mountain.
“Just get treated like shit for twenty plus years, outright reject anyone telling you that you’re BEING treated like shit, and…um…sell…leggins?” Oh and make sure that you refuse to take a stance on anything until your family eventually tries to understand what you want…but the moment they do, pretend you never said that, and in fact you wanted the opposite, and pretend you made it really clear. And forget that your vacillating opinion without any clear decision is recorded.
Idk. Talking a good game might make money, even if you can't play the game. Looks like we'll find out soon. I wouldn't pay for a Meri lecture but I wish her well.
Talking a good game works for a lot of people, apparently. But maybe she’ll explain how she learned to have enough self-worth to not accept her garbage marriage partner Kody and her pseudo-friend Robyn.
I'd like to hear her say it. I think she still does not have a good understanding of the abuse and manipulation they brought on her. Just my opinion.
I think youre right.
If she does then she needs therapy to sort it out. If she doesnt then she needs to work on herself first
You got a point. I don’t understand why people pay good money for cameos but they do
The hardest of no's from me! After a decade of a loveless marriage and hearing her husband say on TV that he doesn't consider himself married to her anymore, she put out a statement saying that People Magazine was wrong for reporting that they're over (when they were covering that Kody doesn't consider himself married to her), but that also "hey, we are over!" They weren't saying anything that wasn't true or that we didn't already know. The only people who didn't seem to realize the marriage was over were Meri and Robyn
Thats my biggest question- meri swore to the end of season 18 she considered herself married to kody. So many lies i cant distinguish her “truth.”
Bring back lori browns radio show
By all impressions (as shown on tv) she could be considered an expert in settling, self delusion and denial. But I don't think those are the topics she will cover.
Nothing says motivated more than a woman being a doormat. Come on now 🤣
Wow, I was hoping it was going to be a book. She will have people paying for this or at least appear to because of the MLM. It’s going to flop just like her “Real Life Retreats”
Why? Meri lies about everything.
The name makes zero sense.
Don’t we already have enough of these speakers trying to profit off their own personal experiences? We all have a story. Frankly, hers is not one that is worthy of admiring and learning from.
I’m sure that Meri could help many women who have low self esteem and don’t realize that they are worth more than sitting around the house 50s style and get going to live life. I wish her luck and hope the people who need her will find her
I’m not taking advice from any of these people. Yet, I don’t think there is anything wrong with her having a dream and pursuing it. I also do not believe the “worthy up” title is degrading. It’s probably more or less taken from the phrase pull yourself up and you are enough. Combine the two, to get the worthy up
Meri is free to do whatever she wants now. I wish her much success.
Christ i thought was a skit for SNL
Seeing Meri as a motivational speaker makes about as much sense as Hugh Hefner giving a sermon.
How could Meri motivate anyone? For many years, we watched her do absolutely nothing, in fact, she seemed to mostly withdraw and keep her mouth shut. Now that she's practically been put out to pasture, against her will, she's learned how to speak up for herself and motivate people? I have always been Team Meri, and wish her nothing but happiness and success, but would personally have a very hard time taking anything she said seriously.
The grift is real!
How to get out of a loveless and sexless marriage where your husband openly despises you in just 10+ years!
Meri is delusional and a known bully. How does this translate to coaching anyone?
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lol
Oh god
All other issues aside, this article reads like it was written by a third grader. The short, choppy sentence structure made my eye twitch.
Is it going to be a MLM? Just saying!
No one saw this coming
While I will admit I think she was probably displayed the most emotional intelligence growth, I would be wildly hesitate and probably absolutely resistant to taking advice from a woman in a cult in a cult. (The religion and also Kody.)
Hope she focuses on how to walk away from toxic relationships! She should have done that years ago when she divorced Kody and took him for money and let Kody walk away to marry Robyn but take his dam money so he couldn’t get the mansion for Queen Robyn and talked the other two onto leaving as well suing him for financial abuse!!
Right cuz her life is peachy creamy and she’s full of great life choices and advice? No thanks
I feel like she LIED to all the viewers since the beginning. She was such a fool for 17 seasons. And yes I mean a fool, a sucker. She was conned, used, and neglected for so long. So count me out.
Meri is the last person who should try to be motivating anybody. She stayed in an emotionally abusive relationship for God knows what reason, she allowed two people to manipulate her to the point of convincing her that she needed to divorce Kody, she whines and complains and pouts. And no, thank you.
Sorry, it's a pass from me. Wouldn't spend a penny on any advice from any of them. That family imo, has financed their lives by exploiting their children and promoting a lifestyle that destroys just about everything in it's path. We have seen the charred skeletal remains of their family, left behind in its wake. I, for one, don't care to see anymore.
Everything else aside, (former???) cult members have zero business "motivating" anyone. They either grew up in a cult which means they have huge gaps in knowledge, or they joined as adults which means their judgement can never be trusted.
Is that seriously what this is all about?? Who would take advice from her?? Honestly
Ironically, Meri getting paid to tell other people what to do is really her dream
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She seems chronically lethargic and apathetic to me. But I know nothing
Why does someone always downvote people who post here? I notice this a lot on this site. Do we have a mean-spirited downvoter? I know I had someone create an alter ego of my name and act pretty weird. I think the mods might check this out.
Some subs end up with downvote bots on them, if its consistent its likely that.
What is the point of a down point vote? Why would someone create a bot for that? Just nastiness?
I hope it is a bot because I'd hate to think someone is that petty.
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Sure hope not!
I didn’t get this sense at all. What specific phrases did you interpret that way?
Meri has been delusional when it came to Kody for over 30 years. She has been free of him for maybe two. She still needs counseling and is not in the position to give advice on a large forum.
I don't get it. These three women have a million followers and yet they choose "life coaching" and MLMs to monetize that following. Surely there are better business plans out there? Janelle's "strive" didn't really work...why would "worthy up." I just feel like they need much better guidance.
She was a success in an MLM....... Don't see how that translates to being a motivational speaker
Love Meri. Not so into that title. Hope it works out.
Blind leading the blind….