I sincerely wanted to believe in the vision and promise of the Women’s Gifting Circles. I was in one for a year.
I was completely into the whole thing, but eventually I started looking more clearly & holistically at the big picture of women’s gifting circles, and consequentially, I feel wholeheartedly challenged by a lot of problems associated with them.
Of course I really wanted to believe in the gifting circles, because of course I wanted to make it through dessert… But I have decided there are too many obvious red flags, problems & outright lies with them to be able to be in absolute integrity in participate in them.
So I would like to share with you a list of the things that are problematic in women’s circles, based both in my research and personal experience:
Absolute Denial & Hands-over-Ears Unwillingness to Listen to the fact that Gifting Circles are Pyramid Schemes by the women in circle.
Women’s Gifting Circles are Vampiric & Parasitic
There is a Cult-like Mind Programming in Women’s Circles that is necessary in order for them to function
Flowery New Age Language used to mask the fact that Women’s Circles are Pyramid Schemes
The Potential for Harming Others – Especially the women who give financial gifts
Delusional Magical Language that this is based on the Law of Attraction & Abundance Mentality
The “Gifting” Language is totally delusional and denies the fact that Giftees are “Investing” and expecting a return
Women in Women’s Circles look at the friends & women in their life as potential recruits, which is predatory
Women’s Circles is a Game, and you have to learn how to Play it according to the “rules / guidelines” – which means you could get played and fucked over
Women’s Circles are not about community support and sisterhood, they are about recruiting newbies to join & give money
The conference calls are a form of entrainment in the belief system
You have to always be “Uplifting” and “Inspiring” on conference calls, you aren’t encouraged to be real, authentic, transparent and anything less than positive – which is cult-like
In order to be successful at Women’s Circles, you have to be manipulative, cut-throat & selfishly goal oriented
Gifting Circle Stories 
This is fantastically clear; you have done a great job articulating each point. It is what I tried to say to friends I saw succumb to the lure, but they were so indoctrinated that it made me the “bad guy.” Some of them are still in denial. It’s so hard to admit when one has been fleeced. And I dare not bring it up with any of my friends, lest they anger and defend the system! “It would have worked if there had been no negative energy!” Blah blah blah. Keep up the good work!
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I love your work but please let’s stop calling it a circle – it jepordises real womens’ circles and it’s definately not circleshaped!
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