Finding connection is a huge drive in all of our lives and it’s no secret that people have found what they were looking for in MLM and alcohol use. Even if they later realize that these solutions are much more destructive than they are good. 

My guest Emily Lynn Paulson is the author of Highlight Real: Finding Honesty and Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life, and Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing. 

She has given two powerful TEDx talks, both challenging the status quo of parenting, alcohol use, and feminism as we know it. 

Emily is going to take us on her journey of sobriety and rediscovering herself and her community after leaving MLM. 

 

We’re going to dig into:

• [1:20] What does happiness mean to Emily

• [3:02] How Emily got involved with MLM and the similarities between that and alcohol use

• [5:52] The fear of things not being fun, or missing out when finding sobriety

• [8:37] The shift of the societal conversation toward wellness in relation to alcohol

• [10:18] How both MLM and alcohol filled her need for community

• [13:14] When Emily realized she needed to get out of her MLM once she found sobriety

• [16:09] How was her community affected when she found sobriety and left the MLM industry

• [21:38] What was the inspiration for Emily’s book

• [24:02] Her healing journey and repairing relationships after leaving the MLM

• [25:32] How can someone create a little more happiness each day starting today

 

Resources:

• Podcast Resources: https://www.simonacostantini.com/resources 

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• Emily’s book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Hey-Hun/Emily-Lynn-Paulson/9781955905251

 

Connect with Emily

• https://www.instagram.com/emilylynnpaulson/

• https://twitter.com/emilypaulson

• https://www.facebook.com/emilylynnpaulson 

• https://www.emilylynnpaulson.com/ 

• https://www.sobermomsquad.com/ 

 

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