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If this conversation resonated, Onsite offers immersive therapeutic experiences to help you slow down, reconnect, and get honest about what matters most. With campuses near Nashville and San Diego, Onsite supports people navigating burnout, relationship strain, addiction, trauma, or the sense that life feels off. Learn more at experienceonsite.com or call 1-800-341-7432. A simple conversation can be the first step toward living more fully. What happens when you stop performing your life and start living it?What if the exhaustion you're feeling isn't a sign you're doing something wrong, but proof you're finally doing something real? Mallory Ervin has lived much of her life in front of people—as Miss Kentucky, on The Amazing Race, as a creator who's built an expansive online community, and as the founder of brands like Living Fully and In My Sundays. But what makes her story compelling isn't the resume. It's what she's done underneath all of it. Instead of hardening or hiding, Mallory has softened. She's let her life shape her work, and she hasn't rushed past the hard seasons or cleaned them up before telling the truth. In this conversation, Mallory opens up about the cost of being known, the weight of building businesses while raising young kids, and the moments that forced her to ask whether she was living fully or just filling her days. She talks about the difference between being busy and being present and why rest became the foundation of her most successful business. She reveals what it's like to rebuild your sense of self when the world already has an opinion about who you are. This isn't a conversation about balance or having it all figured out. It's about what it takes to stay human in the middle of a life that moves fast, feels full, and demands more than you sometimes have to give. In this conversation, you'll learn:How to stop living in the performance and start living in the presenceHow grief doesn't follow a timeline and why that's okayHow motherhood forces you to confront who you really areHow to build a business around rest when you've spent your life runningHow to navigate the gap between who you are in public and who you are at homeHow to stop waiting for permission to take up spaceHow to let your life shape your work instead of the other way aroundHow to stay soft in a world that rewards being hardHow to honor the liminal space instead of rushing to the next thingHow to stop apologizing for being human Welcome to Human School, where we learn what matters most - Miles Adcox Follow Human School:YouTube - Human School PodcastInstagram - @humanschoolofficialThreads - @humanschoolofficialTikTok - @humanschoolofficial What We Discuss:00:00:00 Intro - Welcome to Human School00:00:17 Meet Mallory Ervin00:02:02 Showing Up Tired and Grateful00:05:19 Why Authenticity Became Non-Negotiable00:07:32 Why Recovery Was the Greatest Gift of My Life00:17:20 Rock Bottom, Surrender, and Radical Honesty00:23:10 You Don’t Have to Hit Rock Bottom to Change Your Life00:32:57 Distraction, Social Media, and Avoiding Yourself00:41:15 When Help Turned Into Addiction: Mallory's Journey to Recovery00:58:52 What Recovery Support Actually Looks Like01:08:30 Earning a PhD in Yourself01:13:38 The Temptation to Go Back to Old Patterns01:18:58 What Recovery Taught Me About Daily Life01:35:52 Defining What "Live Fully" Really Means in Life01:40:33 The Balance in Being Driven to Excellence and Staying Present01:43:44 Creating a Life Your Kids Can Learn From & Be a Part Of01:55:33 The Entrepreneur: Live Fully & In My Sundays 01:59:03 Closing Reflections on Authentic Living
