Hello, everybody and welcome back to another episode of When Reality Hits.

I have an amazing guest on today. I'm so excited to dive into this. Hello,

Ms. Amber Ray. How are you? I'm good. How are you doing? I'm doing great. Thank you so much for coming

on the podcast. I'm going to read a little bit about you so that the listeners know exactly what's going on here. Amber Ray,

an internationally bestselling author, motivational speaker, and creative entrepreneur, Amber just

released Lovable on August 5th through St. Martin's Press. Lovable is a raw, transformative,

and deeply inspiring memoir that pulls readers in from the very

first page. With courageous honesty, Amber shares her story of leaving her husband for another man,

enduring a sexless and isolating marriage, navigating a complicated relationship with her mother,

surviving abuse from her stepfather, struggling with an eating disorder

and addiction, childbirth in her late 30s, and more.

Wow.

That is a lot.

I don't know who gave you that by.

I don't know who gave you that by.

That is a lot to unpack.

How are you feeling with, like, releasing so much personal information out to the

world? You know, honestly, I thought I was going to have a vulnerability hangover, but I don't.

And maybe it's because I've done a lot of work to feel at peace with the story and at peace

with, like, where I'm at in the story.

If I had released this book three, four years ago when I was like in the midst of people

shaming me, I probably would have had much different feelings about it. But now I just feel

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