Lessons In Awareness

Ex-Member Letters

This page contains many, many letters addressed to Diane Muir at the original Lessons in Awareness site, submitted to this site, or taken from the Yahoo support group site.  Personal letters are from ex-members in various states of recovery from TIP.  All letters are re-printed with permission, some have asked to have their names removed for safety reasons. 

Dearest Person Thinking of Joining Training in Power…

…Or Person Thinking of Leaving Training In Power or Person Who Has Left Training in Power and is Wondering What the Fuck Just Happened

I was …

A lot of harm done

The most striking thing about all of this is that absolutely nothing in TIP has changed since the first posting many, many years ago. Nothing. No …

Your Soul is Your Own

By Kellie Newton

This letter is intended as a resource for those who are thinking of leaving Training in Power, and as a counter point for those …

Level VII

Submitted anonymously

Hi there! Thanks for your response. It is hard to be in this place when so many of my friends despite how much negativity …

Does This Path Have a Heart?

By Chiara Wood

When I resigned from the Training, I did so officially quite a long while after I was unofficially Gone! It didn’t seem important for …

An Ex-member’s Story

Even though the best high-tech immunologists in the world were telling me that I was a carrier of a known but rare X-linked genetic mutation that …

Community Resignation Germany

On behalf of the German TIP Community

To: Training in Power

We are standing up for the freedom to be who we are as individuals and …

False Evidence Appearing Real

Submitted anonymously

Faye is a master at this. She presents False Evidence in such away that it appears real to the students. For example, in Teachers …

Letter of Resignation from Training in Power

By Wendy Fuentes

“The very reason they initially sought out the training – to heal from such attack in their past”

As I do not …

Christiane’s Resignation

By Christiane

(from her positions as a student and the executive director in Germany)

To: Training in Power

I signed the letter “community resignation Germany”. This …

Level III, March 2006

From: Level III student leaving training

I want to share a story with you about my experience  (omitted for privacy). I feel freedom and an enormous …

Open Letter to Faye Fitzgerald

By Christiane

Hi Faye, this is Christiane, Germany

This is the 1st open letter to you from me

I haven’t heard from you after I represented …

The ability to conform does not create or equal community

Submitted anonymously

The ability to conform does not create or equal community. Empowerment and inclusion in community values the individuality of a person. I am more …

Training In Power’s Recklessness With Trauma

Submitted anonymously

The more I’ve done traditional therapy to help deal with the aftermath of being in TIP (which I was skeptical of for a long …

Too Many Secrets…

By Colleen Wilson

While I freely acknowledge there were things I learned during my participation with TIP that had value and purpose for me, there was always …

Returning to a semblance of “normal”

Submitted anonymously

Hi there,

As many others I would like to remain anonymous. I have been following your website since you posted it a while back …

“Worming”

By Christiane, Germany

Dear Trainers,

I want you to know, that I burst out laughing, hearing, that we, the ex-members of tip, are accused of sending as …

Diane’s Letter of Resignation from Training in Power

Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 3:33 PM
Subject: Resignation

To the Boards of Training in Power, March 3, 2004

This is my official resignation from Training …

Insights after taking level 1 twice

Submitted anonymously

I’m going to start with the positives of my experience after taking level 1(twice) as I want to make the point that one of …

Just so happens

I have found myself in relationship with a person who’s sister is in this belief system aka cult.  We both find her negative nature and judgemental …