Little People, Big World Star Amy Roloff on her "Second Act" (ep. 166)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
For over a decade, Amy Roloff has welcomed millions of viewers to her sprawling 100-acre Oregon farm on TLC’s hit reality television show Little People, Big World.
Today, Amy shares about growing up with achondroplasia dwarfism, how she learned to accept + love herself and how she’s embracing her “second act” after raising four children.
This genuine and heartfelt conversation is for you if you want to hear about honoring your own version of perfection.
SHOW NOTES
- Amy refused to go to school in fear that others would ridicule her for her dwarfism. Her dad recognized that others may be inconsiderate of her differences but reminded her she had the power to accept + embrace her differences.
- In first grade, Amy refused to engage with a boy that was taunting her and leading her to believe she wasn’t good enough.
- Amy's positive outlook is contagious: “I can get through this day because tomorrow may be different.”
- Motherhood encouraged Amy to release her inhibitions. Amy's has four children: twins Jeremy + Zach, Molly and Jacob. Zach has the same type of dwarfism as Amy.
- Little People, Big World:
- Amy was hesitant to partake in reality television fearing it would make her vulnerable to public scrutiny.
- She chose to embrace the platform to reveal how relatable her family is, despite their differences.
- Watch TLC’s Little People Big World here.
- Get Amy Roloff’s new book A Little Me here.
Thank you to our Live Inspired community member + friend Jeff B. for recommending Amy Roloff as a guest for the Live Inspired Podcast. Share your guest recommendations with us at [email protected].
If you enjoyed today's episode, you'll love hearing how Live Inspired Podcast guest Lizzie Velasquez embraced her differences + is inspiring kindness across the globe. Listen to ep. 71 here.
AMY ROLOFF'S LIVE INSPIRED 7
1. What is the best book you’ve ever read? A Little Me by Amy Roloff.
2. What is a characteristic or trait that you possessed as a child that you wish you still exhibited today? I tried different things. Now that my kids are adults, I am getting better at saying "yes" to different things.
3. Your house is on fire, all living things and people are out. You have the opportunity to run in and grab one item. What would it be? Whatever photo albums I could get. Those are priceless.
4. You are sitting on a bench overlooking a gorgeous beach. You have the opportunity to have a long conversation with anyone living or dead. Who would it be? One of the disciples, maybe even Paul, and learn to embrace disagreements with others.
5. What is the best advice you’ve ever received? Find something within yourself that allows you to believe in yourself, instead of looking to others for acceptance.
6. What advice would you give your 20-year-old self? Why did you waste so much time worrying about what other people thought? You missed out on a lot.
7. It’s been said that all great people can have their lives summed up in one sentence. How do you want yours to read? Amy lived an honest, real, compassionate and loving life.
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| 0:47.5 | Welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. John is the number one national bestselling author of the book On |
| 0:55.6 | On Fire. He's a world-class inspirational speaker, and he's the host of the live-inspired podcast. |
| 1:01.4 | John interviews extraordinary individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from |
| 1:06.9 | accidental living and more fully live your life story. Here's your host, John O'Leary. |
| 1:13.6 | Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the live-inspired podcast with John O'Leary. |
| 1:18.6 | I'd like you to think momentarily back to your childhood. |
| 1:23.6 | I want you to think for a moment about the walls in that bedroom growing up. |
| 1:28.5 | And if you're like many of us, you probably had some pictures or posters up there hanging up on those walls. |
| 1:34.4 | If you're like many, they were probably pictures of celebrities or movie stars, maybe astronauts, band members, stars that you looked up to. |
| 1:43.3 | Stars maybe that you wanted to become. That's pretty |
| 1:47.0 | ordinary stuff. But if you're like today's guest, your wall was completely empty. There were no |
| 1:54.6 | posters. There were no pictures because back then for you, there was no one that you thought you could be like. |
| 2:01.6 | There was no one you felt you could look up to. |
| 2:03.7 | There was no one you felt you could become like because you felt completely isolated, |
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