How did I get here? | Maylee Willson
08/11/20 • 50 min
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Maylee Willson remembers the day she woke up in a bed at a detox center in Abilene, TX. It was February 28, 2018. She asked herself how did she get there? It became the start of a very honest conversation with herself that she never had before.
In the first episode of a two-part series, Maylee talks with Prickly and Blooming host Jessie Browning about the origins of her alcoholism and how it started to affect her family with a young child.
Episode Timeline:- [00:03] Intro
- [03:44] The moment that changed Maylee Willson
- [05 30] What got here there?
- [09:02] The progression from her first drink
- [14:53] Hangxiety
- [17:10] Drinking starts affecting her life
- [23:51] An intervention
- [26:20] Moving back to Abilene
- [29:55] Going through recovery during pregnancy
- [36:01] Back to work
- [39:34] Mommy wine culture
- [42:41] Feeling empty
- "There's this cycle that I was in and that I know that has happened to lots of other alcoholics is that you drink to ease this anxiety, but then the anxiety comes from the alcohol, so you're just constantly trying to find relief from something." -Maylee Willson [16:19]
- "Looking back on it, it's like I know that the action that I'm taking that is giving me this result, but I just couldn't realize you have to take that action out of your life." -Maylee Willson [21:06]
- "The number one reason that I want to do this and have this conversation with you is I just cannot live with myself knowing that there are other women out there who are going through what I had been through. I cannot let them do that without saying there is a way out of this. Whether you want to do it or not, there's hope and there are options." -Maylee Willson [42:01]
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Maylee Willson remembers the day she woke up in a bed at a detox center in Abilene, TX. It was February 28, 2018. She asked herself how did she get there? It became the start of a very honest conversation with herself that she never had before.
In the first episode of a two-part series, Maylee talks with Prickly and Blooming host Jessie Browning about the origins of her alcoholism and how it started to affect her family with a young child.
Episode Timeline:- [00:03] Intro
- [03:44] The moment that changed Maylee Willson
- [05 30] What got here there?
- [09:02] The progression from her first drink
- [14:53] Hangxiety
- [17:10] Drinking starts affecting her life
- [23:51] An intervention
- [26:20] Moving back to Abilene
- [29:55] Going through recovery during pregnancy
- [36:01] Back to work
- [39:34] Mommy wine culture
- [42:41] Feeling empty
- "There's this cycle that I was in and that I know that has happened to lots of other alcoholics is that you drink to ease this anxiety, but then the anxiety comes from the alcohol, so you're just constantly trying to find relief from something." -Maylee Willson [16:19]
- "Looking back on it, it's like I know that the action that I'm taking that is giving me this result, but I just couldn't realize you have to take that action out of your life." -Maylee Willson [21:06]
- "The number one reason that I want to do this and have this conversation with you is I just cannot live with myself knowing that there are other women out there who are going through what I had been through. I cannot let them do that without saying there is a way out of this. Whether you want to do it or not, there's hope and there are options." -Maylee Willson [42:01]
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So many do-over buttons | Julie Schechter
Julie Schechter, a Harvard graduate, was sitting in her office in a New York high-rise tower when she realized she didn't like what she was doing or feel that she was making any kind of contribution. She felt lost, an overwhelming sense of misalignment and decided to change her career path.
In this episode of Prickly and Blooming, Julie talks with host Jessie Browning about how she navigated that career shift and founded her business, Small Packages, that work to end the loneliness epidemic across the US. She also talks about how her business idea became a timely project during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Episode Timeline:- [00:03] Intro
- [00:25] Meet Julie Schechter
- [02 :14] An overwhelming sense of misalignment
- [04:56] Julie's law school journey
- [10:23] Making the decision to quit
- [12:08] Starting her first business
- [13:00] Finding her community
- [16:34] Building a product-based business
- [20:42] Feeling that shift
- [24:26] The launch of Small Packages
- [29:08] Working as an entrepreneur vs as a lawyer
- [30:03] How COVID-19 affected Small Packages
- [31:59] How Small Packages works and where the idea came from
- [35:05] A summation of Julie's experience
- [37:39] Jessie's rapid fire questions
- [40:49] Contacting Julie Schechter
- [42:15] Outro
- "As an entrepreneur, it's a lonely road unless you decide you are determined for it not to be." -Julie Schechter [14:06]
- "Being able to visualize the end product pretty clearly, I think, is always the physical sign that something is showing that you are on the right path." -Julie Schechter [21:12]
- "Just not be afraid of the fact that there's so much more fluidity to life and we're initially led to believe and that's not a scary thing. That's the way life is." -Julie Schechter [36:19]
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Adjusting to Life After Treatment | Maylee Willson
1 RecommendationsIn the second episode of this two-part series, Maylee Willson continues her honest conversation about alcoholism with Prickly and Blooming host Jessie Browning. She talks about the events leading up to February 27, 2018 when she checked into a treatment center to detox. Maylee has been sober since February 28, 2018.
Listen to how she adjusted to life after treatment. She shares her experience attending her first AA meeting and how those meetings saved her life.
Episode Timeline:- [00:03] Intro
- [02:24] Something's gotta change
- [06 35] The last selfie before getting sober
- [07:38] Word of the year: commitment
- [09:05] February 27, 2018
- [12:25] Going into treatment
- [14:23] Her first AA meeting
- [17:16] Brene Brown Book Club
- [18:15] "Rehab is gonna suck"
- [24:40] Family Day
- [26:16]Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- [29:19] Finding her sponsor
- [34:12] Adjusting to life after treatment
- [38:08] Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- [44:43] Word of 2020: community
- [46:47] Jessie's rapid fire questions
- [50:19] Contacting Maylee Willson
- [51:34] Outro
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough" by Brené Brown
- Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- Serenity House
- "I think the more that we share our honest, real stories about what alcoholism looks like and who it affects, the more we can reach other people who are suffering and maybe affect them to step out of the storyline they've been living and try a new one." -Jessie Browning [01:23]
- "That was the first AA meeting that I've ever gone to and that was the first time that I ever said out loud ‘I am an alcoholic' and that was the first time in my life that I met people who knew what I felt like." -Maylee Willson [14:36]
- "Treatment got me sober. It gave me a safe space to get clean and it taught me a lot, but then AA has kept me that way. AA is really what has saved my life." -Maylee Willson [35:03]
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