In this episode of Bewitched: Breaking the Spell When Spiritual Mentoring Goes Wrong, Dr. Robyn McKay and Alyse Bacine sit down with Jia, a sharp, intuitive leader who found herself caught up in the world of high-level spiritual mentorship—until things took a turn.
Jia was with Robyn and Alyse in Santa Fe for what was supposed to be a transformational business and personal development retreat.
Later, she traveled to Croatia with the same mentor, “Betty,” and got a front-row seat to the dark side of mentorship gone wrong.
From sleep deprivation to gaslighting, from over-the-top paranoia to questioning every major life decision—this episode is a real talk on what happens when spiritual leadership gets messy.
If you’ve ever looked up to a mentor, only to realize they weren’t who you thought they were, this conversation is for you.
Jia shares her experience with refreshing honesty (and a little humor), reminding us all how easy it is to get caught up in someone else’s version of the truth—and how powerful it is to reclaim your own.
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