Episode #156 - “I Am Here: The Journey From Fear to Freedom” (with guest Ashley LeMieux)

Parenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker

Dr. Meg Meeker

Kids & Family, Education, Parenting, Self-improvement

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Meg has a heart to heart conversation with Ashley Le Mieux, who shares how she tragically lost three of her children – two to the foster care system, and one to a premature birth. Rising from the ashes of pain and loss, Ashley describes her journey to finding healing and transformation, and shares how you can do the same. DR MEG & GUEST ASHLEY LEMIEUX (PART 1) This episode begins with Ashley explaining how she and her husband were permanent guardians of two children for over four years, and how they were in the process of adopting when the adoption was unexpectedly contested. As quickly as the children had come into their lives, they were taken from them, literally overnight. Three and a half years later, Ashley and her husband also tragically lost a biological son. Ashley describes these heart-wrenching experiences before she and Dr. Meg dive into discussing her book, “I Am Here: The Journey from Fear to Freedom”. Key points include: What if it’s not fear? What if it’s love? Moving forward in the face of loss and sadness How our past can serve our present, which can then serve our future Why happiness is unfulfilling when compared with peace DR MEG & GUEST ASHLEY LEMIEUX (PART 2) Dr. Meg and Ashley LeMieux continue their conversation, discussing the process of reimagining your future and reclaiming your power. Ashley introduces a tool called, “Clarity Mapping,” which helps determine priorities in order to create tangible, bite-sized, actionable items for each day. Listeners can learn to move through their pain and loss to find clarity using these confidence-building practices. FROM THE PRODUCER Thanks for listening to Episode 156, I AM HERE: THE JOURNEY FROM FEAR TO FREEDOM, and for helping Dr. Meg’s parenting revolution reach more than SIX MILLION downloads! Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes! Get Social with Dr. Meg on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @MegMeekerMD Dr. Meg’s parenting resources and tools are available at www.meekerparenting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For 30 plus years, I've seen every type of child grow up.
0:06.1	Instead of giving me what I wanted, she gave me what I needed, which was true.
0:10.6	Don't let emotions win.
0:12.9	Let truth win.
0:13.9	Do your very best and you should have a lot of fun while you do it and the better you
0:17.0	get at something, the more fun you're going to have is something.
0:19.4	You, moms and dads are wired with everything you need to be a parent to a great kid.
0:27.4	Well, hey, everyone and welcome to Parenting Great Kids.
0:30.1	I can't believe it, but this is episode number 156 and I am your host as always, Dr. Meg
0:37.0	Meeker.
0:38.0	You know, we have a great show today.
0:40.6	My guest is Ashley Lemieux.
0:42.6	She's a young woman who is kind and delightful and lovely, who has endured a lot of pain
0:50.2	when it comes to parenting over her young years.
0:53.3	She's going to talk about that pain today, so if you're a mother in particular who has
0:57.4	experienced loss in your relationship with your kids or even loss of a child, this is
1:02.4	your podcast, you really need to listen to it.
1:05.6	Ashley is incredibly upbeat and hopeful.
1:08.6	If you like any of the podcasts, I've got a bunch of online courses that I've written
1:12.4	and you can check them out at meekerparenting.com.
1:17.0	So here we go, Ashley Lemieux has made a career out of helping others reignite the light
1:23.8	within them.
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