Help Others But Stay Humble: Veronica Valli and Julie Elsdon-Height

The Bubble Hour

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2017

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Is it difficult to share knowledge without becoming a know-it-all? Is it possible to help thousands of people get sober and avoid becoming egotistical? Does shedding anonymity automatically make someone a spokesperson for recovery? What are the potential pitfalls of recovering out loud and how are they best avoided? Therapist and author Veronica Valli (www.veronicavalli.com), and recovery advocate and lifestyle blogger Julie Elsdon-Height (www.soberjulie.com) return to the show to discuss lessons they have learned from interacting with followers of their work.

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0:00.0	I own it, a distant, not proud that was me, and when I face it a little dignity, not looking for excuses, I just want to be free from power, weakness, head on sea.
0:23.6	Free, free, free, free, free, free.
0:31.6	Well, hello, everyone, and welcome to the bubble hour where real people tell real stories of addiction and recovery.
0:43.3	I'm your host, Jean McCarthy, author of Unpickled, and I am just back from a history-making recovery conference for women in New York City, which was hosted by She Recovers, and it was awesome.
0:57.5	And one topic that kept coming up again and again as we spoke amongst ourselves was how
1:04.0	it is that we can allow ourselves to be blown away by the power and the connection and the impact
1:10.0	that we have on one another's recovery
1:13.2	without letting that take over our ego.
1:17.1	Ego is one of the root problems behind addiction.
1:21.1	And healing or readjusting ego is one of the main goals of recovery.
1:25.7	And it doesn't matter if we're talking about a sponsor who's helping others or a blogger
1:30.7	or a commenter on blogs or a podcast host or right up to a bestselling author or keynote speaker.
1:38.9	It's all the same.
1:39.6	We all walk that fine line between sharing the helpful things we've learned and what we know versus
1:46.7	being a know-it-all. So here to discuss that with me today, I've brought back to my favorite
1:55.1	guests. I have Veronica Valley from VeronicaValley.com and Julie Elston Hight from Soberjuly.com.
2:04.6	They've both been on the show before.
2:06.5	You can hear Veronica's episode was February 1st, 2017.
2:10.9	Julie's episode was January 25th, 2017.
2:15.2	And ladies, welcome back to the bubble hour. Thank you. Thank you for having us. So great to be back.
2:22.4	Oh, so nice to hear both of your voices again. Well, let's jump right into the discussion.
2:29.2	Julie, I'll start with you. Tell me how it felt for you to see a room with 500 women in recovery you
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