Britney Spears has tossed out her red string along with the ancient teachings of Kabblah, the mystic offshoot of Judaism. Reportedly, Spears was tired of how often she was pressed to spend money and give financially to the trendy temple. In place of the Kabbalah, the baptist raised pop star has found a Christian Life Coach. The problem? Life Coaches are an enormous waste of time and money.
Tony Hust, a christian life coach from thechristianlifecoach.com, offers his 'mentorship' for $650 a month. For the unfamiliar, hiring a life coach is like having your own personal Tony Robins.
Most life coaches are experts (or at least extensively trained) in NLP, Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
NLP is considered by most to be a fake science, or pseudoscientific therapy. It is used by cult groups to
"apply ritual, authority control, dissociation, reduced rationalization, and social pressure to obtain compliance from the cult's victim or to induce dependence on the cult," according to Wikipedia.com.
Husted's coaching also offers a seemingly contradictive "Christian Worldview." In which he references some "statements of faith." Among these he sites James 1:5,
"If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him."Notice the verse does not read, "If any of you lacks wisdom, he should pay a christian life coach $650." The site also references Proverbs 13:20,
I offfer my own piece of wisdom to Mrs. Spears-Federline; if it's Christian teachings you seek, you need not look any further than the bible. And those can be picked up for free at protestant christian church near you."He who walks with wise counsel will be wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm."
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