{"id":39706,"date":"2025-06-07T06:04:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T06:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/online-guru-girlies-promise-a-better-life-but-is-it-too-good-to-be-true-zandile-powell\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T06:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T06:04:41","slug":"online-guru-girlies-promise-a-better-life-but-is-it-too-good-to-be-true-zandile-powell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/online-guru-girlies-promise-a-better-life-but-is-it-too-good-to-be-true-zandile-powell\/","title":{"rendered":"Online \u2018guru girlies\u2019 promise a better life, but is it too good to be true? | Zandile Powell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Level up and<strong> <\/strong>access your feminine energy, say these influencers to young women. This is<strong> <\/strong>self-delusion, not self-improvement<\/p>\n<p>About two years ago, a self-professed \u201cgoddess coach\u201d called Jaelyn posted an eight hour-long \u201csleep affirmation\u201d video which, according to many a satisfied viewer, has worked wonders for them. In a somewhat sultry, meditative voice she repeats mantras and welcomes her listeners to attract \u201cthe kind of men and people who will always treat you like a goddess\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z3DNeO835YY\">video<\/a>, boldly titled Attract Men Who Spend Money, Provide and Love You! is one of many in a genre of content that is booming on YouTube and social media. I call them \u201cguru girlies\u201d, and they are proving a force to be reckoned with. In their rather austere imparting of wisdom, guru girlies have become many young women\u2019s go-to guide for all manner of modern conundrums.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/jun\/07\/guru-girlies-promise-better-life-influencers-self-delusion\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Level up and access your feminine energy, say these influencers to young women. This is self-delusion, not self-improvement About two years ago, a self-professed \u201cgoddess coach\u201d called Jaelyn posted an eight hour-long \u201csleep affirmation\u201d video which, according to many a satisfied viewer, has worked wonders for them. In a somewhat sultry, meditative voice she repeats [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/flwnet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}