Trust In America — How Alchemy Institute director David Quigley deceived Patricia Haggard of Bridges Academy...

I built the online delivery system that saved Alchemical Hypnotherapy training during Covid. What began as a trust-based partnership with David Quigley, director of the Alchemy Institute, and Patricia Haggard of Bridges Academy turned into betrayal, exploitation, and financial loss.

We had a verbal agreement: I would take Quigley’s training online for one-third of the profit. At the time, his in-person classes barely drew two or three students. With my system in place, online delivery became the only income for him and Patricia during the pandemic. Yet instead of honoring our agreement, they forced me out and kept everything.

I nearly quit when Quigley humiliated a Swiss student during class, mocking her request for structure as wanting “a Swiss watch.” She was brilliant, kind, and deeply hurt. I defended her, but Quigley attacked both of us in front of everyone. His arrogance made him “untenable” as a teacher, but I stayed because the online delivery was my creation and livelihood.

I told Patricia I was ready to revamp the training with her support. A week later, she broke our agreement and cut me out entirely. The income stream I built for long-term prosperity was stolen, leaving me with nothing.

The truth: I was the entrepreneurial initiator and director of online delivery. Patricia handled customer service. Quigley, who called himself “the boss,” delivered his material and therefore was merely the instructor. The two of them now profit from my effort, while I live with the consequences of misplaced trust.

This is what happens when verbal agreements rooted in trust meet the greed of settler-colonial America. They broke the agreement. But I created this sustainable livelihood. And I am left with zero.