Emily Lynn Paulson writes about the messy truth behind polished lives and the systems that profit from them. She is the author of Highlight Real: Finding Honesty and Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life; Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing; and the forthcoming thriller, The Revenge Party. Through two TEDx talks and frequent media appearances—including the "Today Show," the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Seattle Times, the Chicago Tribune, "Next Question with Katie Couric," and the "Tamron Hall Show"—Paulson has become a clear-eyed commentator on resilience, belonging, and the complicated economies of modern womanhood.