The Speakmans - A Positive Life TSV 03/01/17

[Linwood]

Well, I'm not depressed anymore after listening to C.H. for an hour and her pearls of wisdom....how she didn't come looking for this job but the job came to her by accident..and a vague quote about not serving yesterday's dinner. She agreed with the Speakmans philosophy and that Dyson had to start at the beginning...and Madonna transformed from a dancer...and planes flying...and oxygen!!

I'm not cynical of the Speakmans and definitely not scornful of anyone buying their guide, but their credibility would have been stronger without Huntley spouting drivel for an hour, again.

Glad this Christmas was happier for you, Julius.

 

[candycane]

It's the ultra white teeth and fake tans that put me off these kind of folk - it's just fake. It also does my head in when people say "literally" every 5 seconds like Eva was doing earlier. I will not be buying this, it's all a bit syrupy. Bit of a back of a fag packet kind of thing - "I know, let's tell people to change their lives and sell them a book".

For the people they have helped then that's fantastic but I hope they didn't pay. Your GP will refer you to a counsellor/therapist for nothing (albeit you may have to wait a while). I guess the Speakmans would describe me as a "dragger" :mysmilie_17:

CC

 

[miss molly]

Don't forget they appeared on Kerry Katona's show years ago as her life coaches :mysmilie_11:

 

[donna255]

They look like those US preachers that sell the guarantee of salvation by joining their church and donating. Tammy Faye Baker anyone.

 

[shopperholic]

I would buy the item and give it a try however I don't have particular issues with my wellbeing / self-esteem therefore I would have no way of really assessing its personal impact on me. I did suffer with what I thought be depression and it turned out to be a vitamin B12 deficiency. This last Christmas was the first one in years where I did not approach it with dread. If anything I actually looked forward to it!

It's very easy to be scornful of things without truly understanding them. I am often very guilty of this. If people get something from this Speakman thing, good for them. I do remain sceptical, however, and I can't say I warmed to that couple.

Oh no Julius I'm not being sceptical, there's nothing to be sceptical of, they have no qualifications just sit there spouting BS, as I've stated, the 12 "Keys" are just quotes you get from a roll of toilet paper with "quote of the day" on, except for the Speakmans Key number 10 which is a cracker, apparently "there are no bad people" so murderers, rapist and child killers must just simply be misunderstood then?

 

[Marina]

Con artists is written all over them imo. As already mentioned on here: fake tan, fake teeth, loads of work done on their faces, it seems that she had a ‘nose job’ and god knows what else. They don’t seem to be content with what mother nature gave them, and came to preach people on the tele? My blood boils too.

 

[Mazza]

They're English! I assumed they were from California!!!!!!!

 

[Loveinamist]

He interrupts her which must be annoying for her.

 

[Mazza]

I'm not warming to this couple and I don't reckon much to these keys either. But if they help some people fair enough I suppose. I have bought self help books which helped me. I was having a really awful time working for some git and bought Don't Sweat The Small Stuff At Work and thought it was very useful. Mind you he was so awful probably anything would have helped.

 

[AndiK]

I can't stop looking at his new teeth.

Don't stare too long - you'll suffer snow blindness.

 

[shopperholic]

They must've only had about four TSVs that sold out early this morning, because at just gone 7.30pm the "Advanced Orders" are still available, and that's after twelve hours, so tuff titty to QVC for trying to make money off the backs of illness.

 

[ERICS MUM]

I watched a few minutes -lunchtime with Chuntley and Simon B. I've experienced depression to varying degrees for years and had to take early retirement because of it. Over time I've had counselling - individual and group, CBT, anxiety therapy, medication etc. With hard work and perseverance I'm much better on the whole. My GP and psychiatrist have been fantastic.

SO I think I'm qualified to say that I'm absolutely offended by the Speakman's condescending, smug, shallow, simplistic approach. In my opinion, that flimsy bit of 'self help' might help people with mild anxiety, mild depression or mild self estime/confidence issues. It wouldn't scratch the surface of anyone with even moderate issues.

its upset me.

 

[ERICS MUM]

I don't often make personal comments about guests etc but as they've pi$$ed me off big-time (see my earlier post) ...

I can't take my eyes off Eva's calves. What on earth ? Blimey if they were mine I'd always hide them in trousers.

 

[Julius]

Maybe we should all buy the book and give it a read, then avail ourselves of the 30-day MBG?

I have yet to watch the full presentation. I don't understand how they can discuss it without mentioning the detail of the content.
Years ago I had a flatmate called Kerry who was forever going on about "cosmic ordering." (She was utterly stupid). She lent me a book on it and I zipped through it, and jokingly, placed a "cosmic order" to get Kerry to move out by a specific date. Funnily enough, she did - actually on that date, so maybe it worked. Or more likely it was coincidence. I am still not sure. It was all about visualisation / meditation and quite odd. I am a believer in that if you want something badly enough it will likely come to you. I have almost everything I ever wanted. I just don't agree with calling it "cosmic ordering."

 

[Julius]

Hahahahahaha watch this little 30-second clip. The bit where they smile at the end is quite peculiar and creepy. Check out them flashing their Ultra Brite gnashers! They make Julie's (yeah, she of Peony flaaaaahs) teeth look decidedly natural. I'm not sure why he chose to have his head angled to one side. The wife looks particularly cosmetically enhanced. I met many people like this when I had to go on a cruise ship for a week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT-iBliOLJc

 

[Julius]

If anyone wants any evidence of their quackery, look no further than this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjSg4j7QCvM

This is where they "cure" Vicky Pattison of her love of gin & tonic by purportedly making her visualise it as a glass of vomit. Check out her overacting! Seems very false to me. That bloke looks like Justin Hayward from the Moody Blues!

 

[Julius]

According to their listing on good old Wikipedia:

Noted celebrity clients of the Speakmans have included Peter Andre, Kerry Katona, Kym Marsh, Liz McClarnon, Katie Price, Holly Willoughby and Jeremy Kyle.[1][9][11]

The Speakmans have diplomas in an unspecified subject from Newcastle University,[3] but are not accredited psychotherapists.

I think that, combined with their appearance on Loose Women, speaks volumes about their integrity, or lack thereof. But then there are many people out there that still believe in Peter Popoff (look him up if you haven't heard of him). It really comes down to what people want to believe. It would seem that that couple are to life-coaching what Gillian McKeith was to nutrition. They are simply media razzle-dazzle - as are their teeth.

 

[Dame Fondacox]

I wonder if they'll be invited back?

The advance orders are probably a way of redistributing the returns.

 

[maymorganlondon]

To be positive, at least this wasn't another beauty brand. But QVC is beginning to put me in mind of a nature programme where a big fish is stuck in pool of water that is gradually drying out. So many shopping telly channels are hitting hard times, and QVC are still pretending all's well in their world. This TSV tells a different story.

It's not just selly telly where there is a problem either, the explosion of really big names in adverts to grab our attention isn't because things are going well in TV adland, and all selly telly is is ads as TV programming at the end of the day. The Speakmans are an evolution of QVC positioning themselves as aspirational due to the celebrity names they can dredge up in relation to their wares or their guests.

 

[Mazza]

I switched over in the ad breaks during the 10.00 show and heard her saying the exact same examples she had given in the 6.00 show. Just about verbatim. I would have expected them to have numerous successes to relate without the need for repetition! They seemed a bit like the call centre staff who read out and cannot diverge from a prepared script. I think they should have been able to seem more spontaneous.

Plus, of course, I don't think everything IS possible and that if I write a list (headed by George Clooney) it will all come my way. This all reminded me a bit of that ordering from the universe malarkey that Noel Edmonds used to bang on about.