Hey there friend welcome to another episode of Job with Julie. I'm Julie Slattery and I will

remind you that this podcast is an outreach of a ministry called Authentic Inim intimacy. We are a ministry that is dedicated to helping

people make sense of God in their sexuality. Well, on this podcast, I sometimes interview

experts who can give us guidance and healing, but other times I ask people just to share their stories.

You know, stories really give us hope that healing is possible for us to. My guest today is Anne Lynn and she has

one of those very powerful stories. Anne was born in Vietnam. She immigrated to the

United States when she was four and

unfortunately she experienced a very volatile and abusive home environment.

It's no wonder that the concept of a forever home, which is the title of Anne's new book, is so key to her.

Now on her stumbling journey of healing, Anne has discovered how to unlearn defense mechanisms

and toxic cycles that she was raised in growing up and now

is walking every day with her forever home in mind. So I think you're going to be

encouraged and inspired by her story.

So grab your coffee and join in my conversation with Anne Lynn.

Hey, Anne, welcome to Java with Julie.

You are, I hope I use this term correctly, you are a social media

influencer. Is that right? Yes. Okay, we hear about you people, you know, like from

our generation we hear about these social, social media influencers and you are one so tell us a little bit about what that means and how you found yourself in that position

Well, I never set out to be a social media in that

the position? Well, I never set out to be a social media influencer,

especially because the vocation didn't exist when I was younger either.

So it wasn't something to aspire to. However, I did find myself in the lucky

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