The Fine Line Between Cult and Wellness Movement—One Woman's Escape From One Taste and Finding Humor in the Aftermath
About this episode
Star Stone shares her experience escaping the OneTaste wellness movement and discusses the fine line between wellness and cult behavior.
How does something marketed as healing, empowerment, and connection start to slide down the slippery slope of becoming a sex cult? That's just one part of Star Stone’s story inside OneTaste, the sexual wellness company built around “orgasmic meditation,” that sits right on that blurry line between wellness program and cult. Star takes us from the Bay Area wellness scene of the 2010s to today’s influencer-driven “healing” economy, where the same patterns of coercion and manipulation keep showing up. Learn more about Star here. Join our newsletter community here. ORDER The Parisian Heist here. Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Jo Piazza
Guest: Star Stone
Topics covered
- cult
- wellness movement
- sexual wellness
- coercion
- manipulation
- healing economy
Keywords
- cult
- wellness
- OneTaste
- Star Stone
- orgasmic meditation
- healing
- coercion
- manipulation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: OneTaste, Bay Area, influencer-driven healing economy
Products: The Parisian Heist
More episodes of Under the Influence with Jo Piazza
- Money, Marriage, And The Myth of “Having it All — Ask Jo Anything
- Let's Read Alone Together a Chat With the Co-Founder of Silent Book Club
- Get Outside! The Indoor Epidemic Is Real and It’s Wrecking Our Brains
- My New True Crime Obsession in Utah—the Kouri Richins Murder Trial
- Gen Z Men Are Getting More Conservative. What the Hell Happened?
- The Chess Queen Who Wants Women to Stop Waiting for the Perfect Move
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Under the Influence with Jo Piazza podcast page.