Collarchat.com

Join Our Community
Collarchat.com

Home  Login  Search 

Business Opportunity


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Community Discussions] >> Ask a Mistress >> Business Opportunity Page: [1]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
Business Opportunity - 4/12/2009 9:28:54 AM   
YoursMistress


Posts: 894
Joined: 12/17/2008
Status: offline
Inspired by the slave/kinks thread, I wondered whether the same thought process regarding a slave's proclivities might represent a legitimate business opportunity for enterprising Dommes out there. 

Could slave training be used to help rid a customer of bad habits or perhaps even some addictions?  I am thinking of a "Stop Smoking" program akin to that portrayed in Stephen King's "Cat's Eye" 

Has anyone ever tried this?  Any success?

yours


_____________________________

May your service of love a beautiful thing; want nothing else, fear nothing else and let love be free to become what love truly is. -- Hadewijch of Antwerp

As a rule, I don't like to make general statements.
Profile   Post #: 1
RE: Business Opportunity - 4/12/2009 9:56:30 AM   
ShaktiSama


Posts: 1674
Joined: 8/13/2007
Status: offline
*snort* "Domination Therapy"?

The stop smoking program in Cat's Eye is perhaps a bad example. Kinda on the psychotic and non-consensual side. Also, people do not really change their lives in important ways because you threaten them, in my experience. They change because they want to change.

I suppose a domme could help with behavior modification if she was working with the right person. There are a lot of people who make a few dollars as "life coaches", "personal trainers" and "weight loss coaches" who are essentially being paid to exert low-key dominance over their clients.

_____________________________

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."
-- Robert A. Heinlein

(in reply to YoursMistress)
Profile   Post #: 2
RE: Business Opportunity - 4/12/2009 10:09:47 AM   
YoursMistress


Posts: 894
Joined: 12/17/2008
Status: offline
...nods...

Miss Shakti,

I had only cited the example as one where a successful business had branched out into an apparently unrelated but "adjacent" market, and certainly didn't intend it as encouragement for Dommes to exert any non-consensual influence.  Thank you for adding that clarification. 

yours


_____________________________

May your service of love a beautiful thing; want nothing else, fear nothing else and let love be free to become what love truly is. -- Hadewijch of Antwerp

As a rule, I don't like to make general statements.

(in reply to ShaktiSama)
Profile   Post #: 3
RE: Business Opportunity - 4/12/2009 11:10:46 AM   
AtlantaMistress


Posts: 276
Joined: 6/14/2007
Status: offline

quote:

ORIGINAL: ShaktiSama

*snort* "Domination Therapy"?

I suppose a domme could help with behavior modification if she was working with the right person. There are a lot of people who make a few dollars as "life coaches", "personal trainers" and "weight loss coaches" who are essentially being paid to exert low-key dominance over their clients.


Actually, as a Pro Domme, I do these things! I have put boys on weight loss programs, given them sales goals for work, and have a wonderful gurl now who hasn't had a drink in over 6 weeks. As a Dominant, I take my responsibilty very seriously, and I don't play the "angry evil bitch" role. It may sound "cliche" to boil it down to some of the basic things that I do, but just to give you an idea: I know that my subs find happiness in my pleasure, and in turn, I teach them to do things to make me proud and love themselves, which makes me happy - a cycle of positive energy if you will. I help them explore their fetishes, push their boundaries, and realize that if they are pleasing me, there is nothing "wrong" with the things we do. I make them understand that the only person you can truly control is yourself, and I only have control over them because they give it to me, that worrying about things you cannot control is a waste of negative energy. I use discipline, rewards, punishment, but not just to get them to serve me better, but to become happier in doing so. I cannot tell you the power I feel when I read in one's journal the differences I have made in their life and how devoted and loyal they are to me because of that.

As for this being a "business opportunity" - I am very selective with who I see, and just do this as part of the D/s relationship I build with my subs. I try not to do "fantasy or fetish fulfillment" sessions, but rather Power Exchange and really try to build something real - most see me on a very regular basis. I suppose Domme's certainly could market it...but I think honestly the reason it really works for me is that my subs know that Tribute, although necessary for me to live my life by my rules, is not my primary motivation, and pleasing me is not just for the time in our session, but we communicate in between sessions. That is just me though...and there are plenty of people who will go to a hypnotist, personal trainer, weight loss club, etc - so if you are submissive and "bottoming" can be your motivation, I certainly could see there being a way to market it. I would think the problem could be that what is reward to one is punishment to another, and you really have to find what buttons to push. After all, a sub could continue doing whatever it is he says he needs help stopping just to get the punishment!

Also, my kids know what I do...and if anyone asks them, they would say I am "a life coach that trains men to respect women and have balance in their lives" - which is true!!

MistressSandy
www.trampledom.com

_____________________________

Mistress Sandy

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'd rather be hated for something I am than loved for something I am not.


(in reply to ShaktiSama)
Profile   Post #: 4
Page:   [1]
All Forums >> [Community Discussions] >> Ask a Mistress >> Business Opportunity Page: [1]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts




Collarchat.com © 2024
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

0.094