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Brown Family Statement

The outcome of this trial will never bring “closure” to our grief. This trial has been a bitterly trying time for us, as well as the Shore and the Newman families and those participants who have been traumatized by the events of the Spiritual Warrior Retreat.

There is no way to fill the enormous hole that Kirby’s death leaves in our family. We will always long for her joy, enthusiasm, love and compassion. Our hearts are forever broken by her death, just as our lives are forever blessed by her life.

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Welcome…

Thanks for checking out SEEKSafely.org. We have formed SEEK to protect those who, like our beloved Kirby Brown, hope to improve their lives under guidance in the self-help industry. Through Kirby’s preventable death at James Ray’s Spiritual Warrior retreat in October 2009, we have learned that there are no legal safeguards to protect seekers and no set of standards for “professionals” within the industry. The aim of SEEK is to educate the public about the potential dangers of self-help, empower the seekers to protect themselves, and encourage professionalism within this rapidly growing industry. We are trying to turn our devastating loss into something powerful.

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Brown Family StatementWelcome…

S.E.E.K. Mission Statement

S.E.E.K. is a non-profit charity organization formed to educate the public about the self-help industry. Those who ‘seek’ to better their lives and improve the world around them through the assistance of a self-help organization should be able to do so in a safe environment. S.E.E.K. will empower these courageous individuals with the tools and knowledge they need to protect themselves; and it will endeavor to foster that safe environment by encouraging trustworthy practices and a standard of professionalism within the self-help industry.

Empowerment Guide

Empowerment Guide Defining the Self-Help Industry: A movement led by self-proclaimed practitioners aimed to help individuals improve their lives on the basis of emotional, mental, and intellectual development, and sometimes financial and relational development – often with a psychological basis. Seek Empowerment Guide A list of questions to ask yourself, and your leader, when you …

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Self Help Defined

Self-help Fact Sheet S.E.E.K. Self-help: products and services that offer a holistic approach to self-improvement, touching on one’s personal, professional and spiritual life Self-help Statistics: $10.5 billion industry in 2010* Self-help products excluding those for weight loss and exercise make up roughly 60% of this total self-improvement market 6.2% annual industry growth projected through 2012 …

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Build

BUILD knowledge and understanding about the self-help industry. This is a multi-billion dollar a year industry that is growing, and there are few regulations in place to protect these consumers. Perhaps with greater public understanding about this industry and its professionals we can help protect others who, like Kirby, seek to improve and expand their …

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