Emily Lynn Paulson

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Emily Lynn Paulson is the author of Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life. Emily is an entrepreneur, certified professional recovery coach, She Recovers Designated Coach, and a member of the long-term recovery community. Formally trained as a chemist and a teacher, she rose to success in the top tiers of a skincare company, where she gained her voice and a platform for sobriety and healing. Sober since January 2, 2017, her recovery path is focused on ruthless honesty, grace, and self love. She is passionate about connecting women with resources for recovery from trauma, eating disorders, and substance abuse, and believes that sharing our truth with each other is the best resource of all. Emily lives in Seattle with her husband and their five children. Learn more at https://www.emilylynnpaulson.com/ Pssst - have you picked up your copy of Jean's books yet? Click here for more info on UnPickled Holiday Survival Guide by Jean McCarthy

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0:00.0	I own it, I did that, not proud, but that was me, and when I face it, I take back a little dignity, not looking for excuses, I just want to be free from power,
0:21.6	weakness had on me.
0:24.6	Free, free, free, free, free. Hi everyone and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.
0:41.7	I'm your host, Gene McCarthy. I'm the author of the Unpickled Holiday Survival Guide. I write the blog Unpickled,
0:48.2	and that's where I've been telling my story of life after alcohol since my first day of recovery in 2011. I tell my stories there,
0:56.6	and I invite you to share your stories here. Well, don't compare your insides to someone else's
1:03.8	outsides. That's a recovery gem that I first heard right here on the bubble hour from the show's
1:08.9	founder, Ellie Strong, And it's great advice.
1:11.8	But what happens when we become so detached from ourselves that we can't even see the
1:16.7	connection between our own insides and outsides, never mind anyone else's? The same internet
1:22.6	and social media that creates healing connections through recovery blogs, podcasts, recovery support
1:28.8	groups is also the source of the problem in so many ways as today's guest shows through
1:33.6	her memoir, Highlight Reel. Author Emily Lynn Paulson peels back the layer of deception
1:38.8	she unwittingly employed to mask the chaos and pain behind the beautiful images she showed
1:43.6	to the world. Her book is engaging and insightful behind the beautiful images she showed to the world.
1:44.7	Her book is engaging and insightful, and she joins us today to tell us more.
1:50.2	Emily, welcome to the bubble hour.
1:52.3	Thanks for having me.
1:53.9	I'm so glad you're here.
1:55.0	I really enjoyed your book.
1:56.3	Congratulations.
1:57.3	And thank you for your willingness to share some uncomfortable truths for the sake of helping others.
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