Mallory Ervin
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And I think, Jamie, you cannot access the incredible life that like, I feel like I'm leading right now, this incredible life. I couldn't have accessed that had I not gone through that. So if you're a person that nobody knows what you're going through, right now and you're sitting there and you're thinking, I feel totally hopeless. I hate my life. Maybe you're like I was.
And I think, Jamie, you cannot access the incredible life that like, I feel like I'm leading right now, this incredible life. I couldn't have accessed that had I not gone through that. So if you're a person that nobody knows what you're going through, right now and you're sitting there and you're thinking, I feel totally hopeless. I hate my life. Maybe you're like I was.
I'm not going to live another six weeks. I will physically die. If you can have the strength and the courage to make it through this and walk through this, you can access the most incredible life. You cannot imagine the life that you can access. But you oftentimes have to be the person.
I'm not going to live another six weeks. I will physically die. If you can have the strength and the courage to make it through this and walk through this, you can access the most incredible life. You cannot imagine the life that you can access. But you oftentimes have to be the person.
I was very lucky to have my parents and people on the outside see that there was something wrong and they stepped in. But sometimes, Jamie, people don't have that person. And sometimes people have to be the person that chooses to walk into this fire. And it is the most daunting thing ever to think about walking into a treatment center or approaching a person about help.
I was very lucky to have my parents and people on the outside see that there was something wrong and they stepped in. But sometimes, Jamie, people don't have that person. And sometimes people have to be the person that chooses to walk into this fire. And it is the most daunting thing ever to think about walking into a treatment center or approaching a person about help.
Because there is a hard part that you have to walk through to access that beautiful life on the other side. But my Lord, if I can just scream one thing from the rooftops till the end of my life, it would be, in a way like you are the lucky one, because if you, if you have that sort of low, you can have this sort of life on the other side.
Because there is a hard part that you have to walk through to access that beautiful life on the other side. But my Lord, if I can just scream one thing from the rooftops till the end of my life, it would be, in a way like you are the lucky one, because if you, if you have that sort of low, you can have this sort of life on the other side.
And it's only accessible through going through the blazing fire that is walking through addiction or walking through leaving an abusive relationship or walking through a really scary career change or a complete reinvention. Um, what you get on the other side is so amazing. So I would say to that person, like, remember what's on the other side.
And it's only accessible through going through the blazing fire that is walking through addiction or walking through leaving an abusive relationship or walking through a really scary career change or a complete reinvention. Um, what you get on the other side is so amazing. So I would say to that person, like, remember what's on the other side.
Don't just think about the pain and the hard stuff and the embarrassment and all that stuff. Cause that's, that's all going to be in the middle, but I want you to think of the other side. Cause it's, it is so awesome. It is so awesome. And it is the reality.
Don't just think about the pain and the hard stuff and the embarrassment and all that stuff. Cause that's, that's all going to be in the middle, but I want you to think of the other side. Cause it's, it is so awesome. It is so awesome. And it is the reality.
If you walk into any AA meeting, if you talk to anybody, like look at all the people that we look up to and that you've already had on the Jamie Kern Lima show. Look, the Oprahs and the Ed Milets and the Robin Roberts, every single one of them has a story of walking through the fire.
If you walk into any AA meeting, if you talk to anybody, like look at all the people that we look up to and that you've already had on the Jamie Kern Lima show. Look, the Oprahs and the Ed Milets and the Robin Roberts, every single one of them has a story of walking through the fire.
Yes. Oh, I'm so glad that you said that. Yes, that is a fact. That is a fact that we talk about that people love you the most for your authentic self and all of these things over and over. But I want to tell you the story of how I told my family, essentially, and what I was met with. So, okay, we grew up on this farm.
Yes. Oh, I'm so glad that you said that. Yes, that is a fact. That is a fact that we talk about that people love you the most for your authentic self and all of these things over and over. But I want to tell you the story of how I told my family, essentially, and what I was met with. So, okay, we grew up on this farm.
So my grandparents are in the middle, and we're all surrounding them on this big, beautiful piece of property. My whole life, I was an example to these people.
So my grandparents are in the middle, and we're all surrounding them on this big, beautiful piece of property. My whole life, I was an example to these people.
Yes. They were proud of me. And I was a good example in every single category, Jamie. You want to talk about academics? I was valedictorian in my class. You want to talk about like, you know, singing? I was on every single stage in our hometown and then like national. They were just so proud. They were just so proud of me.
Yes. They were proud of me. And I was a good example in every single category, Jamie. You want to talk about academics? I was valedictorian in my class. You want to talk about like, you know, singing? I was on every single stage in our hometown and then like national. They were just so proud. They were just so proud of me.