EP. 9 | Unveiling MLMs: A Journey from Recruitment to Realization w/ Emily Lynn Paulson

"I was perfect prey because I was looking for something. I was lost. I wanted to escape. And it's this very enticing like, it's like you're joining a movement, you're joining a tribe”.- Emily Lynn Paulson

Today on Within:

• The intense pressures and unrealistic expectations placed on mothers.
• How sobriety can help you gain clarity and address deeper issues.
• Why joining a MLM could be costing you money?
• Unpacking how MLMs operate by targeting vulnerable women.
• Sober Mom Squad: A community that offers support for sober-curious women.
• Making choices that align with personal values rather than societal pressures.

Emily Lynn Paulson

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 is the founder of Sober Mom Squad and has given two powerful TEDx talks, both challenging the status quo of parenting, alcohol use, and feminism as we know it.

Paulson has also been featured in major publications such as the Today Show, New York Times, Washington Post, The Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune, Next Question with Katie Couric, and the Tamron Hall Show. She resides in Central Oregon with her husband and their five children.

Follow Emily :

• IG: @emilylynnpaulson
• Order: Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing & Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life
• Join: Sober Mom Squad
• Subscribe to Emily’s Substack: Newsletter

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• IG: @katyrexing 
• Join us in Panama in March 2025 for our weeklong Women’s Meditation and Yoga Meditation Retreat
• Get your copy of my recent e-book, “Well Within” featuring over 100 pages of recipes, meditations, and daily mindfulness practices.
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