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Hey, this is Alexis Haines and welcome to Recovering from Reality,

where I illuminate the messy and magical path of coming home to yourself.

Whether you're on the road to recovery, seeking self-care techniques for surviving the

capitalist machine, or just need a moment to remember that you're not alone in your loneliness,

we're serving up the ultimate truth. Your challenges don't define you, how you deal with them does.

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Hi fam, I am so happy that you joined me on this Monday to listen to this episode.

You guys requested for Chris to come on the podcast and after a decent amount of begging and possibly

some sexual favors, she decided to come on the podcast. I'm kind of playing kind of not.

Let me tell you why. Chris is extremely introverted. She is such an introvert. She has this like

calm confidence about her, but she is very quiet and very reserved. And so when I asked her if

she would be down to do the podcast, she initially wasn't sure that she wanted to do it,

which I totally respected, right? Like I'm not going to force anyone to come be a guest on my

podcast. I think part of it is that I get it when you are not used to being in the media, she's

never held a microphone before. Like this can feel really overwhelming. And then she's also a very

private person too. So, you know, we talked about this in my stories last week about how

anything that I post on social media is with the consent of my partner. So I never post anything

without Chris's permission or without Evans permission. And Chris has honestly been such a

trooper dating someone who is kind of in the public eye. I'm sure is not an easy thing. So the day

finally came and I was like, listen, we'll just keep a casual, we'll record in my bed, we'll,

you know, sit down and just answer questions and talk about our dating. And she was having a

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