#510 Influencer Anh Lin on Overcoming Trauma and Living a Beautiful Life
Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex
Authentic Intimacy®
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Accidental influencer and author of “Forever Home”, Anh Lin, shares her story of journeying through trauma and brokenness to a place of healing.
You’ll hear Anh talk about:
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Her unlikely encounter with Jesus
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How she medicated her pain and grief with partying and alcohol
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Experiencing rock bottom, even after finding Jesus
Guest: Anh Lin
Anh’s website: girlandtheword.com
Anh’s Instagram: @girlandtheword
Book: “Forever Home: Moving Beyond Brokenness to Build a Strong and Beautiful Life” by Anh Lin
Blog: How Do I Know If I’m in an Abusive Relationship?
Blog: Don’t Waste the Pain
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, friend. Welcome to another episode of Job with Julie. I'm Julie Slattery, and I will remind you that this podcast is an outreach of a ministry called Authentic Inimacy. We are a ministry that is dedicated to helping people make sense of God in their sexuality. |
| 0:18.6 | Well, on this podcast, I sometimes interview experts who can give us guidance and healing, |
| 0:24.9 | but other times I ask people just to share their stories. |
| 0:28.8 | You know, stories really give us hope that healing is possible for us too. |
| 0:33.5 | My guest today is Anne Lynn, and she has one of those very powerful stories. |
| 0:38.9 | Anne was born in Vietnam. She immigrated to the United States when she was four, and |
| 0:43.9 | unfortunately she experienced a very volatile and abusive home environment. It's no wonder that |
| 0:49.9 | the concept of a forever home, which is the title of Anne's new book, is so key to her. |
| 0:55.8 | Now, on her stumbling journey of healing, Anne has discovered how to unlearn defense mechanisms |
| 1:01.0 | and toxic cycles that she was raised in growing up, and now is walking every day with her |
| 1:07.6 | forever home in mind. So I think you're going to be encouraged and inspired by her story. |
| 1:12.5 | So grab your coffee and join in my conversation with Ann Lynn. Hey, Ann, welcome to Job with Julie. |
| 1:21.1 | You are, I hope I use this term correctly, you are a social media influencer. Is that right? |
| 1:26.4 | Yes, correct. Okay. We hear about you people, |
| 1:29.5 | you know, like from our generation, we hear about the social media influencers, and you are one. |
| 1:35.7 | So tell us a little bit about what that means and how you found yourself in that position. |
| 1:41.7 | Well, I never set out to be a social media influencer, especially because the |
| 1:47.7 | vocation didn't exist when I was younger either. So it wasn't something to aspire to. However, I did find |
| 1:55.6 | myself in the lucky position of gaining an audience once I moved out of my mother's house and kind of had |
| 2:03.7 | to scrap together a livable space for myself. I snapped the photo of it, put it on my |
| 2:09.7 | Instagram at the time, and it blew up. And that was the beginning of doing this as a passion |
| 2:15.5 | project. And then when you do something long enough and you do it |
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