We are thrilled to be supporting the SEEK Safely Annual Event
SEEK Week!
Join us each evening for SEEK Week—a series of nightly live-streamed conversations with SEEK Safely board members. From a year-in-review, to a playful “Self-Help Geek Off,” to straight talk with our therapists in “Ask the Docs,” the week will highlight where we’ve been, what we’ve learned, and where we’re going.
This week also marks the anniversary of the tragic loss of Kirby Brown, James Shore, and Liz Neuman at James Ray’s Spiritual Warrior retreat—the event that led to the founding of SEEK Safely.
As we honor their memory, SEEK Week also kicks off our Fall Fundraising Initiative, fueling the next chapter of our mission to make self-help safer for all.
The LIVE event recordings are available below
October 6 - 10, 2025 Live Streaming 8pm Eastern Time
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The Year in Review
We’re kicking off SEEK Week with a look back at the milestones, lessons, and stories that shaped this past year. Join Ginny, Glenn, Jean, and Christine LIVE as we reflect on what SEEK has accomplished in 2025 and where we’ve made an impact.
- Chat with SEEK Founder Ginny Brown
- Learn how your support helps advance SEEK's Mission
- Find our what SEEK plans to do in the coming year
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Self-Help Geek-Off w/ Dr. Glenn & Dr. Christine
- This will be the third annual Self-help Geek Off where our resident self-help geeks, Glenn and Christine, answer the weirdest questions Jean can think up about the self-help industry. We'll test their obscure self-help knowledge and get their hottest self-help takes!
- Moderate by SEEK Podcast co-host Jean Brown
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Ask the Docs
Ever wish you could ask a therapist anything about cult recovery, influence, trauma, addiction, or the psychology of seeking? Here’s your chance. During SEEK Week’s “Ask the Docs” night, Dr. Glenn Doyle (clinical psychologist), Dr. Christine Whelan (Ph.D. and Purpose Professor at Emory University), and Jean will answer your audience-submitted questions—covering everything from self-help and happiness to purpose and recovery.
Join us LIVE for an open, insightful, and interactive conversation you won’t want to miss!
- Moderate by SEEK Podcast co-host Jean Brown
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What's SEEK without James Ray
The 2009 tragedy at James Ray’s Spiritual Warrior retreat—where three participants, including Kirby Brown, lost their lives—was the catalyst for creating SEEK Safely. While Ray’s actions brought the dangers of the self-help industry into sharp focus, SEEK’s mission has always been larger than any one individual.
Tonight, Jean, Glenn, and Ginny reflect on that pivotal event, consider what Ray’s passing means for the movement, and discuss the bigger picture of how SEEK continues to carry this work forward. Join us LIVE for this important conversation.
- Join us LIVE and chime in and let us know what you think.
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What's Next for SEEK Safely
We’re wrapping up SEEK Week by looking forward: what’s next for SEEK Safely? Join Jean, Glenn, Ginny (and a few surprise guests!) LIVE as we share our vision for the future and how you can be part of it.
Check Out the SEEK Podcast
The SEEK Safely podcast is the official voice of the nonprofit organization SEEK Safely Inc, which advocates for ethics and accountability in the self-help industry, and empowers seekers to have safe and effective self-improvement journeys. Jean Brown and Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle peel back the layers of the largely unregulated, multi-billion dollar self-help industry, discussing the patterns of exploitation and deception that pervade the industry and allow self-help gurus to thrive at the expense of their customers and followers. Along the way we’ll have discussions with people who care as much as we do about the self-help industry being held accountable for the promises it makes–and we lay out our vision of a world in which seekers are respected and protected.
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This Sweet Life: How we lived after Kirby died
Ginny Brown, Kirby’s mom and SEEK’s founder, and Jean Brown, Kirby’s sister, detail their experiences after Kirby died in a poor imitation of a sweat lodge at a self-help event: learning about Kirby’s horrible death and all that went wrong, dealing with their grief, and getting through the trial of James Ray.
The “Sedona sweat lodge deaths” attracted a lot of media attention and curiosity. Documentaries, podcasts, televisions shows continue to explore this event and what went wrong. Now, you can hear the story as told by the people who lived it.
Ginny and Jean’s memoir offers a warning to other seekers of self-improvement, to make sure that the person in charge is acting responsibly. It is also a guide for anyone dealing with especially difficult grief. And finally, the story is a portrait of an inspiring, vibrate woman whose loss impacted so many people and is still felt nearly 11 years later.
Check your favorite online book sellers to purchase your copy.