#108: Taking Your Life Back (with guest Rebekah Gregory)

Parenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker

Dr. Meg Meeker

Kids & Family, Education, Parenting, Self-improvement

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

When life just seems like it can’t get any worse, it’s almost instinct to just give up and let life happen to you. There’s a feeling of depression that can creep in, and a sense of helplessness can paralyze you if you let it. It takes a lot to press-on and take back your life, but you can do it! After spending years in a home where her father was abusive to her and her mother, and then losing her leg in the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, Rebekah Gregory could have given up and decided to be satisfied with her life that seemed like it would always be going from one tragedy to the next. Instead, she stood in the face of adversity and decided to take her life back! Because of all that she’s overcome and how she’s developed into an amazing wife and mother, Dr. Meg knew this was a story that Parenting Great Kids listeners just had to hear. Rebekah tells Dr. Meeker the story of her childhood and how she overcame the odds to become the woman she is today, even though she lost her leg in a terrorist bombing. There’s so much you will be encouraged by from this interview! Also in this episode, Dr. Meeker answers a question from a wife and mother about differing parenting styles between her and her husband beginning to push them apart. If you have a question you want Dr. Meeker to answer in a future episode or on the Meeker Parenting Community page, email them to [email protected] and listen to see if your question is featured next! WELCOME Dr. Meg introduces the topic “Taking My Life Back” along with her guest Rebekah Gregory and teases her points to ponder that you can start using right away. A CONVERSATION WITH REBEKAH GREGORY (PART 1) In today’s episode Dr. Meeker has a wonderful conversation with Rebekah Gregory about taking her life back after it feels like things are spinning out of control. BREAK A CONVERSATION WITH REBEKAH GREGORY (PART 2) In today’s episode Dr. Meeker has a wonderful conversation with Rebekah Gregory about taking her life back after it feels like things are spinning out of control. POINTS TO PONDER Dr. Meg gives you her points to ponder as you learn more about taking control of your life in the face of adversity. LET’S GET SOCIAL Email Dr. Meg at [email protected] or tweet your question to her @MegMeekerMD. In today’s episode, Dr. Meg answers a question from Samona about differing parenting styles between her and her husband beginning to push them apart. PARENT PEP RALLY FROM THE PRODUCER Thanks for listening to Episode 108, Taking My Life Back and for helping Dr. Meg’s parenting revolution reach more than FOUR MILLION downloads! Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes! Get Social with Dr. Meg on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @MegMeekerMD Have a parenting question? Write Dr. Meg at [email protected] and she could answer your question during the show or you can let us know what you’d like to hear about in a future episode! Dr. Meg’s parenting resources and tools are available at www.megmeekermd.com and click on “Parenting Resources”. Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes! 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.
0:06.0	Instead of giving me what I wanted, she gave me what I needed, which was truth.
0:10.5	Don't let emotions win.
0:13.0	Let truth win.
0:14.0	Do your very best.
0:15.0	And you should have a lot of fun while you do it.
0:17.0	And the better you get at something, the more fun you're going to have at something.
0:19.4	You moms and dads are wired with everything you need to be a parent to a great kid.
0:26.0	Welcome to Parent and Great Kids. This is episode number 108 and I'm your host
0:31.6	Dr. Meg Meeker. Today my guest is Rebecca Gregory.
0:36.0	Rebecca is a well-known motivational speaker and founder of Rebecca's Angels Foundation.
0:42.0	She's a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.
0:46.5	Rebecca eventually had to have her left leg amputated
0:50.6	because of the damage caused by the blast.
0:53.0	Her memoir titled Taking My Life Back was released in 2017.
0:59.0	The same year Rebecca started her own nonprofit Rebecca's Angel Foundation, which is his families, especially children
1:06.9	living with mental illness or healing from a previous trauma. Rebecca and her husband Chris reside in Florida with her two
1:14.8	children, Noah and Riley. As always I'll share my points to ponder for you to start
1:20.8	using right away and remember please don't just download the
1:24.6	episodes click on the subscribe button because then you'll be joining my
1:28.9	parenting revolution and every new episode will automatically show up in your
1:33.4	subscribe list. Also not only are we on iTunes but the PGK
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